Mountain Checkout

shamrock104 · Post by **shamrock104** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:43 am

Can anyone recommend schools or freelance in the BC interior?

cgartly · Post by **cgartly** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:26 am

Where specifically in the BC interior?

shamrock104 · Post by **shamrock104** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:33 am

anywhere, but more interested in someone with experience

Colonel Sanders · Post by **Colonel Sanders** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:42 am

I read a book about it by Sparky Imeson. He seems to
be the expert on the subject.

Old Dog Flying · Post by **Old Dog Flying** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:50 am

Sparky went west while doing the things that he warned others not to do...at the same strip that he had previously bent an aircraft.

pelmet · Post by **pelmet** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:10 pm

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief ... 5429&key=1

Read it here

CpnCrunch · Post by **CpnCrunch** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:33 am

And he isn't the only one:

http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot ... stery.html

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:23 am

That's exactly why he kept telling you not to do those things! Are you going to pay attention to the truth and plan ahead now?

CpnCrunch · Post by **CpnCrunch** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:15 pm

So is it a problem with the teacher or is the message itself wrong? I'm not convinced that mountain training is beneficial for recreational pilots.

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:49 pm

It's not a problem with the message specifically. Humans living in an imperfect world will sometimes be lured in to a problem. Even if they are the leading expert on teaching others to avoid it.

CB1100F · Post by **CB1100F** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:30 am

squamish Glacier Air!

JDW · Post by **JDW** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:22 pm

^that was my first thought too, only flown glacier once with a buddy but if i were gonna go flirt with the mountains itd have to be with someone very experienced like francois. its at best, not overly useful and at worst, quite dangerous to do mountain training with low time instructors.

CarbHeat · Post by **CarbHeat** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:06 pm

I'm not sure about the interior, but if you want to make the trek out to the Vancouver area I'd recommend Francois Leh out in Squamish or Michael Peare in Boundary Bay.

tiguan · Post by **tiguan** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:26 pm

Make sure you pick an instructor with some mountain flying experience and not someone who is "practicing" his mountain flying lesson with you in the aircraft. Your life could depend on it...there have been a few accidents over the years in the lower mainland on mountain checkouts. Some of which were fatal. Don't be afraid to speak up if your instructor puts you in an unsafe situation.

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