Not quite. Before 1997, there was only one endorsement, called "high performance", which you could get in either a complex plane or an over-200 HP plane, and it was good in both. So, you could get that endorsement in a fixed-gear C-182 and be good to go for a plane with retractable gear, too. Took the FAA a few years to realize that was a bad idea and split the endorsements. Only problem is they didn't come up with a new name for over-200HP. As a result, a pre-97 HP endorsement earned in an Arrow is not valid for what we call a "high performance" airplane today (an engine over 200HP) unless you got some PIC time in an over-200HP plane before 8/4/97 -- and that has confused more than one unsuspecting pilot.
Well, I had one guy show up for IR training in his 300HP retractable Piper Lance in 2007 with only a pre-97 high performance endorsement earned in an Arrow in the early 90's -- and no over-200HP time until he'd bought the Lance in 2003. The instructor who trained him in the Lance didn't realize what had happened, and did not give him a post-97 HP endorsement as part of the checkout, so when he came to me, he'd been flying his plane illegally for four years. Needless to say, he had a proper post-97 HP endorsement from me in his logbook before we were done, so he was legal from then on, but he was fortunate nothing bad had happened in the interim to bring either FAA or insurance company scrutiny of his logbook.all these years.....maybe I need a new endorsement?
Just remember that you can earn a complex endorsement in a lot less time than that with which an insurer will be satisfied. You may still find you need more time with the renting agency's instructor before you're allowed to take the plane by yourself. For people buying something like a Bonanza without previous retractable time, it's not uncommon to see their insurer require 10 hours with an instructor and another 15 hours solo before carrying passengers in order to avoid staggeringly high premiums.
You can't fix stupid.
Learn levers eh?
Flying a twin is just a few extra levers,
The turbine I fly has the same amount of levers as a 182, don't even need to worry about mixture, guess anyone who can fly a 182RG should be able to just jump in and go eh
Flying a plane ain't linear, 1 & 0s, on/off lever pulling.
Yes, it should, as long as it's in your logbook as PIC time.I had a check out in an C-182RG before 1990....so it should be good.
If "learn[ing] the levers" was all that was involved, I might agree, but it isn't, so I don't. The instructor has to be convinced that the pilot not only knows what the levers do, but applies that knowledge correctly and consistently in all reasonably foreseeable circumstances. That takes a lot more than 15 minutes.
When I did my Commercial training in the Arrow, my instructor said I was ready to solo it in it when I had about2-3 hours but we needed 10 hours of dual due to insurance.
It's a lot more than learning levers IMO. Whenever I get in a new plane, I always get a POH and read up. Flying is a lot more than just flying. You have to put in the ground and study the airplane
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