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Flight Instruction

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Flight Instructors:

All Area Codes are 970 Unless Noted

Lead Instructor
Dennis Spencer
  330-8917

Instructors
Braydon Fisher
  207-1178
Darwin Idler
  225-2431
Richard James
  315-6042
Durbin Seidel
   221-2559


Weekends, by appointment:
Andy Hiller
  214-1716
Dave Genet
  674-0058
Bob Ferrero
  214-1716

 One of the benefits of being a club member is the flight training offered at no charge.

The primary purpose of the flight training program is to get new students into the air in a safe and organized manner.

Love-Air strongly urges all new students wanting to learn to fly R/C models to contact an instructor or other club member. It takes a lot of time, money, and effort to build an R/C model. Flying models can be very dangerous without the proper training. Do not try to fly one of these models without the proper training. No matter how many years you have been building models, or even if you are a full scale pilot, you will need help in learning to fly.

Flight instruction is offered to any club member at no charge. Beginner's night will be on Thursday evenings during Daylight Savings Time between 5:30 to 7:00 PM.

On Thursday instruction nights, Priority will be given to beginners flying with instructors. Anyone desiring instruction should come to the flying field on Thursday night or make arrangements ahead of time with an instructor.

Flight Training Program Outline

  1. Field Safety Rules: Student will have a good understanding of Love-Air field rules, AMA safety code, and use of frequency pins.
  2. Preflight Inspection: Instructor to determine that students aircraft is in a safe and airworthy condition. Teach student to preflight aircraft before each flight.
  3. Flight: Student will become familiar with pre-takeoff check, straight and level flight, and left and right turns.
  4. Figure Eight: Student will become proficient at straight and level flight, trimming, and flying a figure eight.
  5. Rectangular Course: Student will learn aircraft orientation, i.e. right / left control from any position. Learn to keep the aircraft in a designated flight area and fly rectangular course.
  6. Complex Turns: Student will learn climbing and descending turns, steep bank turns, use of throttle, and recovery technique from steep spiral.
  7. Stalls and Slow Flight: Student will learn turns, climbs, and descents in slow flight. Power on and power off stalls with appropriate recovery.
  8. Takeoffs and Landings: Student will be proficient in takeoffs, landing pattern with airspeed control, approaches, and landings. Training will include deadstick landings, crosswind takeoffs and landings, go-arounds, and engine failure after takeoff.
  9. Aerobatics: Introduction to basic aerobatics such as rolls, loops, and split S. Discussion of aircraft limitations, safe altitudes, effects of wind, and flying in control.
  10. Pilot Exam: Student must be proficient in the following:
    • Demonstrate safe operating procedures on the ground, and in the air.
    • Taxi and takeoff with straight departure.
    • Demonstrate control in flight.
    • Demonstrate control with engine out. (engine may be at idle)
    • Demonstrate stalls and stall recovery.
    • Perform standard landing with downwind, base, and stable final approach to full stop.