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John: Thats a damn good idea. I'd be happy to fly right seat with
you if you ever get down to the bay area. Dont really care for your
weather way up north there.. Good Luck. Bill H.
P.S. to Bob Pastusek. WOW, thats the best idea thats come out of LOBO
so far. Someone should get a pat on the back for that one. : - )
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:48 AM, John Barrett <jbarrett@carbinge.com> wrote:
I am looking for a IVP pilot with >100 hours PIC time make/model to fly with
me as copilot in SW Washington State. Needs to be familiar with LOP
operations, preferably having attended the program in ADA OK on this.
I need another 12 hours to complete phase I and am flying as PIC. Currently
the airplane is in Kelso and the geographic limits for the phase I range to
Bremerton airport to the NW, and maybe some of the strips south of SeaTac
would be available as well. My limits for landing right now require a 4,000
foot runway (call me cautious).
This request is generated by an email from Bob Pastusek informing me that
LOBO has negotiated a “pilot” program – pun intended - to allow second pilot
in IVP’s during Phase I in order to improve safety of these flights and
safety for the make/model in general. No training is allowed so CFI status
for second pilot is not needed. Can be either flying as copilot or PIC.
What’s in it for me? I would like more exposure to LOP operations – would
like to test my aircraft/engine more now that it is breaking and at
different power levels to get better and more complete data than I have now
on LOP ops. Trying to do this while flying the plane is a bit hectic.
Someone with more knowledge and experience with this could be very helpful
in gathering, sorting verifying and applying data. Observations and input
on all aircraft systems and performance would be a huge bonus.
What’s in it for you? Good question. One interesting thing would be
exposure to the VP system in a IVP. Mine is not working perfectly, but it’s
very interesting to see what activities the system performs automatically.
Maybe the satisfaction of helping out another newbie?
My timeline is short. Not sure how long it will take LOBO to get the
arrangement approved. I plan to put more hours on the airplane this next
Monday and Tuesday weather permitting. I’m only flying it in hard VFR
conditions right now. I hope to be finished with phase I within another two
weeks – again weather permitting.
Regards,
John Barrett, CEO
Leading Edge Composites
PO Box 428
Port Hadlock, WA 98339
www.carbinge.com
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