Originally posted by DavidR
After you have 400 or so turbine flights under your belt then look back and tell me what you think of this conversation. But until then whether you like it or not you lack the expereince to determine what the proper type of airplane for your waiver flights should be.
I probably won't remember this conversation after I get 400 turbine flights...thats gonna be a long time from now. I also realize that I lacked the experience to determine the correct aircraft for my waiver. The bottom line is that it doesn't matter what you or I think....only what my TCD thinks/wants. So I am doing exactly what he wants....no reason to make it more complicated. I also want him around later when I get the turbine up and running so he can help me become comfortable/safe with it. That's also why I am gonna buy the same airframe and engine that he has. I'm not gonna get a waiver with a Patriot and get a BVM F-4 and expect to safely operate it. My TCD also asked what jet I was gonna get first, and that helped him come up with the waiver aircraft. Interested people should be lead in the right direction, not spoken down to. The viability of this segment of the hobby depends on new people buying stuff.
After I get my waiver and can fly my turbine comfortably alone, I will remember what it was like to be on the outside looking in....I think some have forgotten.
Bob Convery