Instructor needed in northern N.J.

[Lrn2Fly]

I helped a young fellow get his new plane, a '68 C model up to New Jersey last weekend. We flew from Florida without incident and landed at Greenwood Lake Airport (4N1) where he is based.  He had a flight instructor he was working with, who has now gotten his dream job and is no longer available.

If there is someone in northern New Jersey who is available to help this guy out please call  (201) 370-6232  (this is his direct number)

Thanks all...

Sam Lindsay, CFI

'66 Mooney E model "Matilda"

[carusoam]

Sam,

Any idea what type of training the new owner is looking for?

Transition training or more?

Best regards,

-a-

[Lrn2Fly]

Carusoam:

The new owner is a young man with low time, just got his license last year. He has his complex endorsement and 10+ hours in the plane now, with me.  Technically he is legal to fly according to his insurance.   He really just needs an experienced pilot or CFI to sit right seat for several hours to ensure he does things right.  The training I provided him was mostly the cross country flight so he did not get as much traffic pattern work that he needs to practice his new skills.

[Hank]

5 hours ago, Lrn2Fly said:

Carusoam:

The new owner is a young man with low time, just got his license last year. He has his complex endorsement and 10+ hours in the plane now, with me.  Technically he is legal to fly according to his insurance.   He really just needs an experienced pilot or CFI to sit right seat for several hours to ensure he does things right.  The training I provided him was mostly the cross country flight so he did not get as much traffic pattern work that he needs to practice his new skills.

Tell him to join MAPA and attend a PPP. My first one was five weeks after I finished my 15 dual including 5 IMC when I bought my Mooney with 62 hours and 0 complex. They hold 5 or 6 a year at different locations, including Vermont I think. The one in Niagara was fun, too.

[Ned Gravel]

22 hours ago, Hank said:

Tell him to join MAPA and attend a PPP. My first one was five weeks after I finished my 15 dual including 5 IMC when I bought my Mooney with 62 hours and 0 complex. They hold 5 or 6 a year at different locations, including Vermont I think. The one in Niagara was fun, too.

Ah yes..... The MAPA PPP.... Or.  "How to stall your Mooney 25 different ways in just two days"  

There is the departure stall, the climbing turn stall, the base-to-final stall, the collision avoidance stall, the "hold-my-coffee-and-watch-this" stall and the ........

Never scared myself so many times in two days since that time in....  Well I was in the Army then.  

Best course for a Mooney Driver.  Great instructors.  You learn to get over your fears and get over yourself.  Trust your instincts.  Trust your Mooney.

[Hank]

2 hours ago, Ned Gravel said:

Ah yes..... The MAPA PPP.... Or.  "How to stall your Mooney 25 different ways in just two days"  

There is the departure stall, the climbing turn stall, the base-to-final stall, the collision avoidance stall, the "hold-my-coffee-and-watch-this" stall and the ........

Never scared myself so many times in two days since that time in....  Well I was in the Army then.  

Best course for a Mooney Driver.  Great instructors.  You learn to get over your fears and get over yourself.  Trust your instincts.  Trust your Mooney.

I've been twice, and do not remember many stalls. The first time I was a fresh PPL, had figured out how to fly my Mooney, and wanted to learn to fly it correctly. So we went out, reviewed PPL maneuvers and found what my numbers were. Still remember doing steep turns and hitting my own wake . . . 

The second time, among other things, we went to the instructors home field, 2440 x 40; my second landing there was simulated engine out to a full stop. I also impressed him with sustained slow flight, stall horn buzzing, making left and right turns to headings or toward landmarks. After about 5 minutes, he decided I was OK and went on to other thngs.

The maintenance classes were also very valuable; I went to a Jerry Matheny maintenance class between my two PPPs. May need to do a 3rd one soon . . . Bad habits creep in, and my first BFR here the instructor was gawping out the window on takeoff, muttering "boy, you can tell this isn't a Cessna" right at the very beginning . . .

[Bob_Belville]

2 hours ago, Ned Gravel said:

Ah yes..... The MAPA PPP.... Or.  "How to stall your Mooney 25 different ways in just two days"  

There is the departure stall, the climbing turn stall, the base-to-final stall, the collision avoidance stall, the "hold-my-coffee-and-watch-this" stall and the ........

Never scared myself so many times in two days since that time in....  Well I was in the Army then.  

Best course for a Mooney Driver.  Great instructors.  You learn to get over your fears and get over yourself.  Trust your instincts.  Trust your Mooney.

I did the PPP in Manchester NH last September. Lee had me doing stalls at night for about an hour. He was disappointed that hands off my old E would not demonstrate a death spiral.

[carusoam]

PPP is a great idea.  They have the Mooney knowledge and the ability to flex the plan to match the pilot's specific needs.

I got to train with a couple/few of CFIIs that I met using MS/MAPA members... my situation was pretty unique, but the MAPA QQQ was well prepared to handle my uniqueness...

Best regards,

-a-