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Building
an RV - Flight
Training
Consider This:
Before you hop in your new RV and slip
the surly bonds, ask yourself:
am I really ready ?
When your new airplane is ready to fly,
it’s time to sit in some quiet spot, put your ego on
the shelf and be brutally honest with yourself. You may
have spent years in the shop building instead of flying,
and although your airplane is ready to fly, you may not
be. There is no dishonor here. It’s just a fact of
life. But the desire to fly the airplane you’ve spent
so much time building is very strong, and it takes very
little justification to make the risk seem acceptable.
The airplane, however, doesn’t care at all about
justifications or excuses or expectations. The laws of
physics will not be repealed by wishful thinking.
If you have any reservations at all
about your flying skills, experience, or currency, why
jump into a high performance airplane that you’ve
never flown before and risk all that work and possibly
your life? Especially when there is an alternative.
Transition
Training
What It Is – and Isn’t:
Transition training is designed to convey the
basic knowledge required to fly an RV safely. According
to Federal regulations and insurance requirements, this
training is specific to transitioning pilots into the
RV. It is not intended to teach every possible skill or
nuance of RV flying, nor is it basic flight training,
general proficiency training, aerobatic training or
tailwheel endorsement training.
In 2011, the FAA issued a new Advisory Circular
concerning Transition Training in Experimental aircraft.
FAA AC
90-109 - Airmen Transition to Experimental or Unfamiliar
Airplanes. Click
here to read
RV
Transition Training Syllabus
Who Qualifies for Transition Training?
Transition training in RVs is available only to
pilots who are building or who own RV aircraft. All
pilots seeking this transition training must be current
in other general aviation aircraft.
Who Provides Transition Training?
The instructors below are participating
in the Transition Training Program. They teach a
syllabus prepared in cooperation with Van’s Aircraft,
Inc. Others around the country also offer some services
and have proven acceptable to insurance companies.
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Mr. Mike Seager (Vernonia, Oregon)
Mike has built an RV-4 and an RV-6. He is the acknowledged dean of RV instructors and probably has more RV hours than anyone. Those hours include thousands of dual instruction given in the RV-6/6A, RV-7/7A and RV-9/9A. He is based in
Vernonia, Oregon, a 10-minute flight or 40 minute drive from Van's. Mike flies the aircraft to major fly-ins two or three times a year, making stops at designated places along the route for a day or more to provide training.
Instruction from Mike is available in the RV-6A, RV-7, RV-9/9A, RV-10
and RV-12.
(RV-4, RV-8/8A and RV-9/9A pilots train in the RV-6A or RV-7).
Contact Mike between 6:30 am and 7:30 am Pacific Time.
Phone: 503-429-5103
e-mail: rv6cfi@hotmail.com
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Mr. Alex DeDominicis (Dallas / Ft. Worth, Texas)
Alex has built an RV-7, RV-7A and an RV-10 and has flown all RV types.
He earned his CFII Multi engine in 1991 and has been instructing ever
since. He moved to Ft. Worth Texas from Chicago to work as an Air
Traffic Controller in 1994 and has been training and assisting RVers on
a continual basis since he got the FAA waiver (LODA) in 2001.
Instruction from Alex is available in the RV-7, RV-7A and
RV-10. All aircraft are equipped with Constant-Speed propellers.
(RV-4, RV-8/8A and RV-9/9A pilots train in the RV-7A or RV-7)
http://www.rvtraining.com/
Phone: 972-775-1896
e-mail: alex@RVTraining.com
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Mr. Brian Moentenich ( Gresham, Oregon )
Brian has built an RV-6A which has been flying since 1997 and has
accumulated over 2,000 of RV time logged. He is a retired mechanical engineer
and earned his flight instructor certificate in 2007. Since early 2008,
Brian has been providing transition training for RV-6A, RV-7A, RV-8A
& RV-9A airplanes. He lives in Gresham, Oregon (15 miles east of
Portland), and bases his RV-6A at Troutdale (KTTD). Since he is retired,
his training schedule is flexible.
Brian uses his 2-place 160 HP fixed pitch propeller RV-6A (N38155) for
training. For scheduling and additional information contact Brian.
Phone: 503-666-7518
Cell: 503-784-5754
e-mail: n38155@comcast.net
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Mr. Chris Droege (Boise, Idaho)
Chris has been involved with the building and flying of RV airplanes since 2003. Actively involved with EAA National and Local; he enjoys helping other pilots and builders safely achieve their dreams of RV flight, whether they are building a new aircraft or buying a slightly 'used' model. "RV's are a special airplane, and flying them is an art requiring a bit of extra knowledge, easily attained with proper instruction!".
Chris is based in the Boise, Idaho area and provides transistion training for most of the RV series airplanes, including RV-6A, RV-7A, RV-8A, RV-9A, and the new RV-12. He is self-employed, allowing for easy, flexible scheduling of dual instruction.
Instruction currently given in N585RV, a 180 hp, IFR, constant speed, fuel-injected RV-7A. It has both, glass and round gauges, modern Garmin radios, and a 430 GPS.
http://www.letsflyrvtraining.com/
Cell: 208-867-8468
e-mail: jcdroege@aol.com
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Mr.
Tom
Berge
(
Plymouth
,
Minnesota
)
My
path to Certified Flight Instructor started in 1987 with my private
certificate. That same year
I began building my RV-6, finishing and flying it in 1991.
During
the next ten years or so, I involved myself deeper in the
RV world by giving numerous first rides to potential RV
wannabes, helping out individual builders with questions,
and teaching the occasional construction classes. People
also started asking for pre-FAA inspections and pre-buy
inspections, so those were added to my list of RV
activities.
In
1997 I inserted myself into a weather situation that
tested the limits of my luck, so I trained for and
received my instrument rating the following year. Safety
began to take an ever-increasing role in my actions.
2001
brought an RV-7A kit to the workshop and 23 months later
it emerged complete. The RV-6 was sold and a new adventure
began. My activities continued in the RV world around the
local area with the usual inspections, construction
training and builder assists, but I wanted to do more. I
started the process of getting my Commercial certificate
and completed that in early 2009, then took aim at the
Flight Instructor certificate. I attended American Flyers,
graduated from their structured course in
Atlanta
,
GA
and finally finished up September of 2009.
As
of the fall of 2011, I have accumulated approximately 2600
hours in RVs, with 1600 in the RV-6 and the balance in
either an RV-6A or my current RV-7A. I am also a technical
counselor for the Twin Cities RV Builder's Group.
I
look forward to expanding my RV activities by
transitioning the beginning RV pilot and passing along the
experience I have accumulated over the years.
http://www.rvtransition.com/
Phone:
612-418-9500
e-mail: tom@rvtransition.com
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