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The WingOver
Aerobatics, LLC team is proud of the experiences &
training provided to their students!
Here's what some
of our students are saying:
"The experience and teaching style
that Steve has is truly one of the best kept secrets in the
aviation world."
I went to Steve to learn about upset
attitudes, spins and to become familiar with the Pitts
with the same anxieties as a death row inmate.
I was certain the outcome would be the same. I left the
course unsure if I had just flown with the top instructor
in the world or a subliminal Pitts salesman that Curtis
Pitts had crafted as part of his design. Steve is certainly
both.
The lessons started with me really
not all that excited about doing spins. The lessons ended
with me playing the "what if" game - putting the airplane
in every imaginable attitude and situation to see what
would happen and how I would recover. The latter was not
at Steve’s suggestion, but mine.
Steve’s
mastery of the airplane in all attitudes and all spin
types, combined with his extremely calm manner gave me
the confidence that there was nothing I would be able to
do that he couldn’t talk me through. I flew the airplane
the entire time. With Steve’s mastery of the airplane
and his ability to calmly translate that experience into
words, you never have to hear those dreaded words – "watch
this".
If you have any anxieties about stalls,
spins or being upside down, do yourself a favor and take
some lessons from Steve. All your anxieties will be left
in the air."
Todd Mason, Chehalis, WA
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Just a quick note to say thank-you very much for the Pitts lesson. I have to say that although I imagined it would be a great experience, the performance and enjoyment far surpassed my expectations. I am very keen to carry on flying with you and I'll contact you in November when I am back from work. Your instructing techniques made me feel like I actually knew what I was doing by the end of the flight! Thanks again.
Daniel Sweet
I just wanted to take the time to thank you once
again for the most fantastic experience of my life! The training you gave me on June 4 in “Unusual Attitude and Spin Awareness” was well
worth the price of admission and more. I’ve been communicating with Faith, a
fellow member of the “Goofy Grin Club” and we are both of the same opinion
that your excellent instruction, and the vehicle used was beyond adjectives.
I wish I hadn’t got my stomach a little high in
my throat, or I would have gone for some more aerobatics. Oh well, I guess
that gives me an excuse to visit you in the future for more instruction. I
still can’t believe what you taught me and allowed me to do in that fabulous
airplane. I felt so one with the machine, and you were so calm and cool, even
when, instead of rolling, I went into a dive and almost redlined it!
I greatly appreciate your very personal manner
of instruction and the fact that you constantly checked in to see how I felt.
I honestly feel that the instruction has given me a much greater appreciation
of “unusual attitudes” and how to get out of them. Most important I think, is
the increased level of comfort I feel with the skills you provided. It goes
without saying that I would recommend your course, and you and your wife’s
company to anyone. And speaking of Kathy, for the short time I was able to
talk with her I found her a warm and genuine person. And I’m so impressed with
the speed with which she took up aerobatics!
As I dig deeper into your web sites I am even
more impressed with you and your wife’s depth and breadth of skills and
knowledge. Much success to you both.
Thank you again for a most indescribable
experience. I find that when trying to relate it to others, there seems to be
no way to convey the intensity of the experience. Oh well, you just had to be
there right?
Best regards, Terry Shumaker |
"Steve,
it was a great experience. I took the Pitts out today and spun
it, looped it, Cuban eights and reverse, and hammerhead. Absolutely
no anxiety at all. You taught me well and gave me that experience
to experience the unknowns.
At today's poker run, I took a friend
who started flying last year, took 10 hours and then suddenly quit.
He said he just didn't have time and would take it up again someday.
I sat right seat in 140, with him in the left. I let him fly it
the whole time with exception of some foot work on takeoffs and
landings. We flew most of the legs at 1500 to 2000 feet. The
last leg I told him to take it to 3,000 feet. I then had him do
slow flight which he did wonderful. I then asked him to demonstrate
a power off stall. His voice changed as he pleaded - Can we please
not do that on this flight. He then explained he was terrified
of stalls. That was his last lesson. His instructor took him
out, had him pitch the nose way up, it broke, and he was to push
it way down. I could tell there was no chance he would do a power
off stall without a fight. After he got it back to cruise flight,
I confided my terror of stalls when I was a student and many of
the first years of being a private pilot and about my anxiety three
days ago about doing inverted spins. I promised him I could demonstrate
a stall that wouldn't leave his stomach in his throat. After he
felt reassured, I did a power off stall slowing the plane gently
so the noise was not above the horizon. At the stall, I showed
him how just a slight pressure forward would fly the airplane again.
Then a full stall keeping the noise straight with the rudder- the
nose on the 140 hardly goes down at all and it just buffets along.
He couldn't believe how simple stalls could be. I'm not sure
why instructors seem to start with the abrupt pitches but it terrifies
many students for years.
I just wanted to relay the story
because I am certain I started the same confidence in stalls
with him that you gave me in recovering from unusual attitude.
I also tried my best to emulate the same calmness and explanations
you gave me. He told my wife after the flight when I wasn't
around about his positive experience with me and that the stall
was the reason he quit flying. Thanks so much Steve
"When I needed to get some advanced training to prepare for
the first test flight of my Christen Eagle, several people pointed
me at Steve Wolf and Wing Over Aerobatics.
Steve first spent a good deal
of time with me on the phone and on the ground working out what
I needed in terms of training. Flying with Steve was outstanding
- not only did he significantly sharpen up my air work, but being
able to pick up just a fraction of his overwhelming experience
with aircraft structures, flight testing and high performance
biplanes was a tremendous bonus. In addition, Wing Over Aerobatics'
Pitts S2B is also the best rigged aircraft I think I've ever
flown, which made the flying even more enjoyable and, coupled
with Steve's relaxed instruction style, the learning environment
first class. Finally, Wing Over Aerobatics' location is also
a bonus: Creswell Airport not only has a reasonably light traffic
load but it is right next to a large tract of airspace that can
be easily used for aerobatic instruction - no long flights to
a practice area!" Robert
"My 96 year old mother loved the ride!"
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