Ya, he was. As Paul Harvey would say....the rest of the story. The guy was 70 yrs old and had not flown in 15 yrs. He had owned a number of airplanes earlier in his life, I have no doubt that at one time he was a pretty good stick. Hell, he flew many years with no probs at all.
The next problem I had was that he bought the airplane without telling his family. They were not happy. Before I left, I encouraged him to fly more with an instructor and work on his skills. It was hard to tell the old guy I wouldn't sign him off for the BFR. But, he just wasn't safe at that time.
The next problem I had was that he bought the airplane without telling his family. They were not happy. Before I left, I encouraged him to fly more with an instructor and work on his skills. It was hard to tell the old guy I wouldn't sign him off for the BFR. But, he just wasn't safe at that time.