Chad Kerland, Flight Instructor
Performance Flight
Sally is ready to go!
By Mike & Sally Harris
Learning how to fly has never been on our Bucket List. But it’s the kind of opportunity that you grab when given the chance. An d we did. Mike and I spent a few hours on Veteran’s Day learning how to fly a plane at Performance Flight located opposite the Westchester Airport terminal in Hangar M.
If someone were interested in learning to fly – one would probably shop around for the right place to take lessons, so Performance Flight offers a two-hour Experience for $299. The first part of the Experience is the preflight – learning about the plane and how it works as well as deciding where to go on the short flight. During the flight, the student actually taxis, takes off, flies the plane and lands. For our Experience I was the student, Mike was the photographer.
The first 30 minutes were spent with Performance Flight General Manager Kevin Cregan who gave us the run down on what to expect from our experience.
We flew a Cirrus SR 22. Performance Flight operates 13 aircraft – all Cirrus SR 20s or 22s.
Our fliht instructor Chad Kerland made us feel like we were in extremely competent hands. He showed us how the wings, the propeller, the rudder and the flaps all work together to make the plane fly where you want it to go. It was comforting to know that these small planes are equipped with airbags in the seat belts and a plane parachute that would open from the tail and allow the plane to “gently” float to the ground in the event of something going terribly wrong. But Chad assured us that wouldn’t happen. And I’m happy to report he was absolutely right.
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Performance Flight is located at 136 Tower Lane, Hangar M, West Harrison NY 10604. (914) 397-1444
www.performanceflight.com
Kevin Cregan, General Manager
E-mail: kcregan@performanceflight.com
www.performanceflight.com
Kevin Cregan, General Manager
E-mail: kcregan@performanceflight.com
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