Good BFR after 8 years

[Danny Deger]

I stopped flying 8 years ago and am ready to get back into it. I took my
BFR yesterday and was pleasantly surprised that my flying skills were still
intact. I thought I would need a couple of hours dual, but pulled off the
BFR in 1.0 flight time.

Now all I need is for the weather in New York to warm up so I can go get my
Taylorcraft.

Danny Deger

[Robert M. Gary]

On Mar 9, 3:51 pm, "Danny Deger" > wrote:
> I stopped flying 8 years ago and am ready to get back into it. I took my
> BFR yesterday and was pleasantly surprised that my flying skills were still
> intact. I thought I would need a couple of hours dual, but pulled off the
> BFR in 1.0 flight time.
>
> Now all I need is for the weather in New York to warm up so I can go get my
> Taylorcraft.

The Taylorcraft makes a lot of sense. I find that when giving a BFR to
pilots that have been out for awhile they generally are still very
good at the stick. Where they need work is usually on the radios and
FARs. However, I believe a BFR should be suited to the pilot, so a
Taylorcraft pilot doesn't need to get drilled on airspace, radios, etc
to the extent that a Bonanza pilot does (unless you tell your CFI that
you plan to take your Taylorcraft into class B on a regular
basis;) ).
Its a good thing the FAA still allows us this freedom. The talk is
that the FAA wants to restrict this and make the BFR more like the IPC
(the IPC has a very detailed list of things you must do contained in
the IR PTS).

-Robert