REFLECTOR: Insurance advice needed

[Al Gietzen]

Geoff;
 
Upon further reflection; AUA will likely write insurance through Chartis
Ins.; and they will likely have the same requirement.  Options include:
 
Brian's suggestion ( seems like a good one).
Do 5 hrs in a Mooney; flaps up landing,
See if John will give you 5 more hours in the Velocity.
 
Al

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Geoff Gerhardt
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:18 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: REFLECTOR: Insurance advice needed


Guys, 

I have my airworthiness inspection schedule for next week, got my complex
endorsement then went down to Velocity a few weeks ago for transition
training (went great, John's a great instructor), so first flight is in
sight.  I had some bad news from my Avemco rep.  I've had builders insurance
with them for awhile and had talked to them last week about transitioning to
flight insurance, liability only.  Fine, they said, everything was in order
after I relayed all my info.  But, today I got a call and my rep said I need
another 5hrs in retract time before they'll insure me.  Just go out in an
Arrow for 5hrs, he says, and you'll be good.

A couple things - no, 5hrs in an Arrow after coming off Velocity transition
training and I'll be worse.  It took about 5 landings to get out slow
landing, aileron control on final mode and into 85kt final, all rudders.
Five hours in an Arrow right before my first flight would not be a good
idea.  Secondly, why do they care about my time in a retract for liability
insurance?  Landing wheels up doesn't do a lot of damage to the runway.
Sorry, just venting.

Anyway, I'm considering my options now.  Fly without insurance for the first
5hrs?  Does anyone know any other insurance companies for low-time retract
pilots (I have 5hrs retract time)?

Geoff
173RG
http://thegerhardts.com/velocity


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/private/reflector/attachments/20120731/7b53a25f/attachment.html>