That's good to know. On balance, do you see any difference between
owners and renters? Does the owner's extra familiarity with the plane
make any practical difference?

I don't know about anyone else, but I know that as an owner, spending
several hundred hours in the same aircraft, I become MUCH more proficient
with an airplane than I could when I rented a wide variety of aircraft.

An example: When we had our Warrior, I was able to hit my own wake
turbulence in a 360 degree standard rate turn, without reference to the
altimeter, not varying my altitude plus or minus 50 feet. My CFI was pretty
impressed, but it was just a matter of being intimately familiar with the
nuances of a particular bird, after literally spending *years* in the left
seat.

I sure couldn't do that in our Pathfinder when we first got it -- heck, I
doubt I could do it now, after a couple of hundred hours. It's just a
"feel" thing that aircraft owners develop, and renters can't -- UNLESS they
always rent the same plane. (Which I never was able to do.)

Time in type -- especially if it's the same aircraft -- is valuable.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"