RE: Getting a CFI checkout for two-control Coupe

[Mi Vida Loca]

At 08:57 PM 5/6/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Well, my one experience with a CFI in my coupe was an 19 year old CFI I had
>just spent 3 hours with in solid IFR. When we got back, I offered him a
>ride in the coupe the next day, which he took me up on.
>
>I spent maybe 5 minutes going over the unique parts of flying a coupe, we
>went up and around the pattern and he landed it absolutely perfectly!
>Actually did a better approach than I do (and I have since adopted his
>technique). So just because they are young and coupe-inexperienced doesn't
>mean they aren't going to be able to pick it up darn quick.
>
>Just my 2 cents.
>
>-Tom
Tom,
You got lucky and you know it :-) I agree a blanket statement can never be accurate, but the vast majority will fit into the less desirable picture. Still pays to find another Couper first. I was lucky when I got back into flying after a 6 year layoff (I had been flying a Mooney 201 back then) I got a few min in a 150 then a quick checkout (half dozen takeoffs and landings) with a Couper who has a CFI, went to Charlotte NC and picked up 41C and flew her back to Dallas. Total time to get recurrent was less than 45 min. The Coupe made getting back into flying after 6 years easy. Transition to the Coupe is easy as long as you know the caveats and don't try to fly it based on all the old hanger stories you heard.
Dave
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