Originally posted by DavidR
Regardless if you come to me with a Diamond Dust I won't sign you off.
David Reid
P.S. Why should there be a compromise just because you want to fly Turbines? Pay your dues like the rest of us did and prove you are a competent pilot.
With that attitude I wouldn't come to you at all. I'm sure there are gonna be a lot of people telling me that David is a great guy, and that's probably true...but his post is extremely condescending.
I currently fly IMAC type airplanes but want to to fly turbines. I found a local TCD and asked what he wanted to see. I told him I had no interest in DF's. He said GP Patriot...I bought a GP Patriot. He has been very helpful...with none of the "pay your dues" vibe. He let me hang out during jet rally, go through the start up procedure (his and others...including John Redmond), call for him...and generally get a feel for the whole scene. The scene out here is cool and unassuming...doesn't sound like that in Oxford.
Sportflyer, hook up with a TCD and find out what they are looking for and go from there. I'm sure someone in Indiana would be glad to add to the ranks of safe turbine pilots.
BTW....you can be damn sure I'm gonna use the buddy box for a while once I get a turbine in the air. How long? Who knows...as long as it takes to be really safe..not "waiver" safe. I don't want this to become another "waiver" thread. Moral of this story is find a TCD and do whatever he wants!
Bob