Jay Honeck wrote:

You, perhaps more than any renter pilot I've ever known, are ready for
ownership. Anyone who is jumping the mountains in Spam cans every year to
attend Oshkosh has no business flying rental birds.
Well, they were very nice, fairly new rental spam cans...but, yes, I'd
agree that a typical ratted out 30+ year old C-172 isn't something I'd
want to use jumping over the Sierras.

Get thee a partner, and buy thee an airplane, Jack! Your FBO shutting down
is "the sign" you've been waiting for!
Yep, it might be. I'm going to poke around a bit to see what may be
available in terms of flying clubs. In addition, there are other rental
pilots from my former FBO that may be interested in co-owning.
So...we'll see. This very well could be a push toward ownership. Now,
can you create a nice uptick in the stock market for me? Sure would
make co-ownership right now easier. :-)

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL, IA Student/flying club member/co-owner wanna-be,

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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