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[varicam]

i am only repeating info from my boss. from what i have been told regarding the eclipse jet, a type is not required. but i dont know how old my info is. my boss seems to be up to date on it though.

I give up, surrender, wave the white flag, and whatever else:

Because your boss says so, no type rating is required. The FARs and Eclipse management are absolutely wrong and Eclipse's inclusion of a type rating with the purchase of one of their airplanes can't be right because there isn't such a thing. Forgive me for previously believing my own lying eyes instead of your boss.

 

[patq1]

Eric,

You have a commercial multiengine rating according to your profile. I think that will cover the high performance sign off.

pat

 

[Jet_Dreamer]

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Originally posted by Jet_Dreamer
i am only repeating info from my boss. from what i have been told regarding the eclipse jet, a type is not required. but i dont know how old my info is. my boss seems to be up to date on it though.
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I give up, surrender, wave the white flag, and whatever else:

Because your boss says so, no type rating is required. The FARs and Eclipse management are absolutely wrong and Eclipse's inclusion of a type rating with the purchase of one of their airplanes can't be right because there isn't such a thing. Forgive me for previously believing my own lying eyes instead of your boss.
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easy there varicam, i did not want to start some flaming match about a stupid thing like "my dad says this". excuse me for spreading ill info. i can safely say you are correct after i reviewed the fars. i will simply question my recent info from my boss.
peace.

 

[avbug]

A multi engine rating doesn't automatically cover the high performance endorsement, because the multi engine training and practical test may be taken in an airplane with less than 200 horsepower (that's per engine, not total).

The high performance endorsement is required, not implied. In other words, if you obtain a rating, you still need the endorsement. A rating doesn't replace it.

The eclipse jet is the BD-5 of the new millenium. It's been nothing but lies and misinformation. The fact that they still release information to the flying public is only an insult to intelligence.

Wait! Let's tune in this week and find out how many tens of thousands of airplanes they're gauranteed to deliver, and if the potential cost hasn't risen again, or if they've found that the new powerplant selection still won't cut it for their airplane, again. I'm sure it will eventually fly, but the credibility of that program is in the toilet.

 

[Eric]

Thanks guys

Thank you for all the responses.

Turns out the guy's last flight review was over 24 months ago. Looks like I just need to bite the bullet and get the high performance endorsement.

Patq1, I got my multi rating in a Seminole. It only has 180 HP per side, so I didn't get the endorsement.

Did my instructor rating in the Arrow, 200 HP. Still didn't qualify. If I had only had one more horsey......

 

[Timebuilder]

Find an instructor friend with a Cherokee Six. Get the signoff, and you're done.

 

[English]

Or, if you have any C172 time, find an instructor with a Cessna R172K (Hawk XP), 210 HP, and get the endorsement that way. Cheap and easy.

 

[embdrvr]

you just have to observe his/her flying. i did one in a tail dragger a few years back and it was my first time in a conventional gear airplane.

Hmmm....this sounds like something that is legal but not smart.
I have a fair amount of time in taildraggers including some experience in the squirellier ones like the Pitts, Christen Eagles, and even a few times in warbirds. I've had to take the controls away from someone that would have converted a taildragger into a ball of crumpled aluminum. If JetDreamer found himself in the same situation I suspect that he'd have an accident on his record. When I was a CFI I used to do a lot of BFR's for taildragger owners because I was the only guy with a lot of tailwheel time. There is nothing difficult about becoming a competent taildragger pilot but I really suggest you become comfortable in them before giving a BFR. Just my .02

 

[Jet_Dreamer]

embdrvr- this ride in the tail dragger was with a good friend and i had never been in the type before. it was a bfr and a bit of flight instruction for me. never continued with the tail dragger because i didnt care for it.

i certainly would NEVER jump in a unfamiliar airplane with someone i dont know. just doesnt sound smart.

 

[embdrvr]

embdrvr- this ride in the tail dragger was with a good friend and i had never been in the type before. it was a bfr and a bit of flight instruction for me. never continued with the tail dragger because i didnt care for it.

i certainly would NEVER jump in a unfamiliar airplane with someone i dont know. just doesnt sound smart.

So who was really getting the BFR?
People you know can kill you just as easily as a stranger.

Just curious. What didn't you like about flying taildraggers?

 

[Jet_Dreamer]

embdrvr- i was giving the bfr in my friend's greatlakes. cfi doing a favor for a cfi. i didnt care for the feel of the airplane during landing, a little squirrley. anyways i enjoy my tricycle landing gear airplanes a lot better.

 

[avbug]

That's okay. Not everybody is comfortable when one takes away the training wheel.

Conventioal gear isn't squirrely, it just reveals deficiencies that the nosewheel tends to hide. So long as one is content to live with that, it's no problem at all.