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—Iowa class— Jamie was a natural at teaching!
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I wanted to find a helicopter school this spring so I could safely learn some new maneuvers to work on this summer. I came across Todds web site and decided to take the trip to California and give it a shot. I am fortunate that my son works for a major airline and the trip was free for me. First of all, Todd is a great guy and a great instructor with lots of patience. I was barely into forward flight last summer and hadn't flown yet this year until we met, so he had his work cut out for him. Todd had me flying at speeds and altitudes that I had never been before. Then we worked hard at loops, rolls, autos, tumbles, stall turns and a couple of maneuvers I don't even know the names of. We kept doing them until I was doing them right. We also worked on me getting control of an out of control heli. By the end of 10 hours of instruction, I feel confident about doing all this stuff on my own. Actually, I WAS doing them on my own toward the end, just with his heli. We also spent the proper amount of time on the proper setup of a heli and the programming of my 9Z radio. And lets not forget safety, he stresses this alot. After a couple dozen practices, he actually let me do a complete auto from 200 feet up with his Freya. Is that trust or what? We done a ton of flying. Todd don't believe in just standing around talking about flying. We flew on his Freya, used his radios, and burned his fuel. Needless to say, I am giving a thumbs up to his school. I believe this has changed the hobby for me forever. I plan on working on what I learned all summer and going back next spring for some 3D stuff. As an added feature, the scenery out there is beautiful and I got to watch Todd do some pretty amazing and graceful 3D flying. So,if you are in a learning rut like I was or just want to speed things up a little, consider Todd's school. You will probably just spend the money on crashes learning by yourself anyhow. :-)
Chris Peffers
Newark, Ohio
Chris Peffers
Newark, Ohio
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