HP Endorsement

Sometimes the things you accomplish are not really in your sights. A few days ago a friend sent a message asking if I would be available to act as safety pilot so he could get his instrument currency up to date before he ran out of time. He also happens to be an instructor and I knew that he was currently flying a T206H. I told him if a HP endorsement was included beforehand I would love to help out. I would be able to get the endorsement and a bit more PIC time to help at some point down the road. He agreed to do the training for my endorsement in trade for a safety pilot. Friday morning he flew over and we sat on the ground for a few hours and went over the systems of the airplane and high performance aircraft operations. Two and a half hours later we were wheels up and headed to Cushing (CUH) to do some landings and our planned air work en-route. After we went through maneuvers for my current certificate and a few landings we aimed the nose to Ponca City for lunch and his signature in the logbook. After lunch we got in a few approaches as the winds were howling and turbulence below six thousand was rough. He sweated out his approaches and I got to enjoy a new bird from the right seat while handling the busy traffic at Ponca City.

The turbocharged 206 is a great airplane and in my opinion a great airplane for the endorsement. I had a blast learning about turbocharging and my first experiences with the blue knob.