REFLECTOR:Re: Insurance Woes

Scott Derrick reflector@tvbf.org
Wed, 07 May 2003 15:53:48 -0600


> checkout at the Factory is warranted.  For the BFR, it's only an idea that a
> CFI with Velocity experience do the check out.  It doesn't have to be at the
> Factory but a checkout by a CFI off the street that has little or no
> Velocity time is going to be far less valuable than a CFI that routinely
> flies in a Velocity.

I think this really depends on the instructor.  I just did my BFR a few 
weeks ago.  I told the flight instructor I wanted a work out. He had 
flown with me before and knew how a canard should fly but not more than 
30 minutes stick time in mine.

I was beat by the time we were done.  We did slow flight(climbing 
descending, turns), power on stalls(canard), approach stalls(canard), 4 
approaches under the hood with holding and full entry, emergency 
descent,  electrical failure, emergency gear extension,  two power off 
landings from the pattern.  We read through almost the entire POH.

I felt like it was a fairly good BFR and probably as good as a factory 
CFI would give if not better. It was 2.5 flight hours and 2 hours on the 
ground.

Scott