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Posted for Barney Britton <barney@minitdrugs.com>:
Well maybe you have to be Canadian to get insurance as well?
I have a fully insured IVPT, but I am in Canada and am also ex airline with
11,000 hours. Not sure why there would be a difference between Canada and
the US. But it may be there have been no serious Lancair accidents in
Canada to my knowledge, with the IV's anyways. Also, we are required in
Canada to have a "high performance" aircraft type rating specific to each
aircraft because of it's wing loading and high VNC. This requires all of us
Canadians to have proper training before we can fly it the first time. I do
recurrent training faithfully with High Performance Aircraft Training even
though it is not required by my insurance policy. I was able to use the
High Performance Aircraft Training program to attain my type rating in
Canada as I also have the first IVPT in Canada and have no one in Canada to
do my type rating with in Canada. I highly recommend that everyone take
their initial and recurrent training with them.
Would self imposing type ratings on everyone with IV's in the US help? I am
not sure, but it may. It definitely would not hurt. It could be done
simply by giving a one year grace period to complete the training and have
the cards issued. This way at your next recurrent training you could
receive your type rating at no extra charge!
Flame away!
Barney Britton
C-GPOA
IVPT
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Are any of you having problems getting insurance for the Lancair? I tried
to get a quote for a Lancair Legacy FG yesterday and was turned down.
I tried both Avemco and Falcon.
Avemco wanted 600 hours and an instrument rating.
Falcon wanted 500 hours and an instrument rating.
I have just shy of 300 hours commercial pilot, single and multi, and
instrument rating. About 50 hours of single engine complex retractable.
They declined to quote me???
Are all you guys retired military and airline pilots with thousands of
hours?? What gives here and do any of you have any suggestions?
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