TECHNICAL COUNSELORS AND FLIGHT ADVISORS

EAA has created and implemented the Technical Counselor and Flight Advisor programs to improve the safety and reliability of homebuilding experience.  EAA Chapter 309 has several experienced folks available to assist you or answer your questions.  There is also a wealth of information at Home Builder's Headquarters 

 

You're at that point in your homebuilding project when a second set of eyes looking over your work sure would be comforting. I can hear the questions in your mind:

Did I really do this right? Does that look right?

It doesn't matter whether you've just finished your wing rib jig or made the first glass layups, if you're feeling insecure, there's folks around to help. 

People who've been there and done that, people who know the marvels of the aviation world, such as your new Stumpfire Belchwing, like the back of their hand. People who can pat you on the back and say, "No, seriously, it looks fine," or say, "Have you considered doing it over?" This is a vehicle in which you're going to defy gravity; it's obviously better to be safe than sorry.

What you need is an EAA Technical Counselor! These folks are experienced, volunteer advisors who want to share their knowledge and expertise with you for nothing, free, gratis, zippy! That's a pretty good deal and they're nice folks too.

By involving EAA Technical Counselors in your building project, you will greatly enhance the awarding of an Airworthiness Certificate by the FAA inspector.

  

You've read all the magazine articles ever printed about the Blissmaster 5000 that you just built. But, wait, wasn't there something in one of those articles about how the airspeed indicator would start reading out in Mach speed if you let the nose drop too much? Wow, what an airplane!

Yeah, the Blissmaster 5000 is the hottest little airplane around and you just built one. It's going to be great to blast through the skies at hundreds of miles per hour, blistering the paint off the nose, and living life as a blur. Much better than all those hours you've spent plodding along in that Cessna 152. Hey, how much harder can it be to fly the Blissmaster 5000?

On second thought, maybe you should discuss these flight characteristic differences a tad with an EAA Flight Advisor. Those folks can help you compare your current flying abilities with those you'll need to fly the Blissmaster 5000. They'll even help you find instruction in an aircraft like the Blissmaster. If you prefer, they might even be able to find someone qualified to make that first flight for you, someone who can really wring that little sky puppy out and make sure it's ready for you and you're ready for it!

 

KENT ASHTON

kjashton@vnet.net

704-784-1874

  • Pvt Pilot, ATP, Mult-Eng. & Glider.  4400 hours/500 Cozy
  • Former Air Force Pilot
  • Various construction experiences including completing plans built Cozy IV, repair and maintenance of Cozy III, construction of BD5.
  • Lead advisor on EAA 309 Chapter's RV6A Project

RONNIE BROWN

romott@adelphia.net

704-892-5122

  • Pvt Pilot with Instrument Rating
  • 1100 hours experience
  • Test pilot Velocity Experimental
  • Involved in Several First Flights and Flew Chase

 

RONNIE BROWN

romott@adelphia.net

704-892-5122

  • Pvt Pilot with Instrument Rating
  • Repairman Certificate - Velocity Experimental
  • Various construction experiences including Velocity RG, RV's, Quad City Challenger, GlasStar, Cubs, and Bird Dogs.
  • Knowledgeable of wiring and avionics systems
  • Rebuilt several motorcycle and auto engines

DALE ENSING

densing@carolina.rr.com

704-243-1129

  • Private Pilot ASEL
  • EAA Flight Advisor Program 2003
  • Lead Flight Advisor on several first flights
  • Test pilot on own RV6A

 

DALE ENSING

densing@carolina.rr.com

704-243-1129

  • Private Pilot ASEL
  • Aircraft Built and other building experiences, MINI MAX - fabric covering over wood completed 1988; RV-6A - aluminum construction completed 2004; Assisted building: Prescott Pusher, Kit Fox
  • Repairman Certificates for Min Max and RV-6A.
  • Graduate of Western Michigan School of Aviation, Aviation Marketing (A&P classes)
  • EAA Flight Advisor Program 2003
  • EAA Technical Councilor Help Desk  Oshkosh various years

RON MURRAY

Ronald_P_Murray@msn.com

704-663-5521

  • Private Pilot with Instrument Rating
  • Owned 4 airplanes: Piper Warrior, Piper Arrow, Trinidad & RV
  • Repairman Certificate - RV-9A Experimental
  • Completed an RV-9A slow build
  • Assisting several RV builders with construction tips, techniques and inspections  
  • Knowledgeable of wiring and Flight / Engine Instruments
  • Based at Lake Norman Airpark -14A 

 

NEIL STEWART

neilstewartc@aol.com

704-399-6478

  • FAA A&P Certificate
  • Experienced Aircraft Mechanic

JOHN WIGNEY

johnwigney@alltel.net

704-664-4167

  • Private Pilot
  • Assisted with chapter build of RV-6A.
  • Built & test flew Europa monowheel a/c.
  • Extensive composites experience.
  • Repairman Certificate – Europa N262WF.
  • Aeronautical engineering degree