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Robert M. Gary wrote: I actually agree with you. I know quite a few 20,000 plus hour GA pilots who can take experience in dozens of other airplanes and do just fine in an airplane they've never flown. I would be leary of letting anyone 'unknown' fly a plane I owned, regardless of their time (even time in type). Whilst I have flown aircraft without a checkout (three single seat aircraft, the Piper Pawnee and a fairly unconventional glider, an HP-11, as well as a more conventional glider - you can't have normal checkout in a single seater!) a friend of mine was badly bitten by letting a pilot he hadn't flown with before fly his Europa. This pilot had over 5,000 hours, but still apparently didn't know that you're not supposed to land a Europa on its nosewheel, and destroyed the nosegear, prop, engine mounts etc. The Europa tri-gear is entirely conventional in its handling and landing characteristics - from flying one myself, I'd say it's no harder than landing a Grumman Tiger/Cheetah. The Europa's nosewheel is similar to the Grumman's - a bent bit of wire with a castoring nosewheel intended purely to keep the prop off the ground. There are some high-time pilots around who have avoided crashing simply because of a stout nosewheel. It's because of things like this, if I fly with a pilot who I don't know and/or haven't flown with a lot, I'm not going to assume ANY level of competence until I've seen them fly a bit. This is why insurance companies have checkout requirements - because without checkouts, there's a large minority of pilots with reasonable time who'd be collaping nosegear or groundlooping or other (mainly landing related) mishaps. -- Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net "Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee" |
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Dylan Smith wrote in message ...
In article , Robert M. Gary wrote: I actually agree with you. I know quite a few 20,000 plus hour GA pilots who can take experience in dozens of other airplanes and do just fine in an airplane they've never flown. I would be leary of letting anyone 'unknown' fly a plane I owned, regardless of their time (even time in type). Its kind of like saying you wouldn't let someone else sleep with your wife. Sure they may do a good job, but that doesn't make it ok. |
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