Jack Allison wrote:
Gliding? Cherokees do that? I thought it was more falling out of the
sky like a streamlined manhole cover :-) Does make it easy to get back
on the glideslope when you're white over white on the VASI :-)


That they do. Energy management is a piece of cake with the Arrow... there's
never any left.


Rental rates for an Arrow around here (Sacramento, CA) run $140+/hr.
wet. Sounds like the $101 was a good deal. That's pretty close to the
going rate for a Skyhawk around here.


Since I wrote my original posting, things have apparently happened at my FBO.
My checkout pilot and I had had a conversation suggesting that the price for the
Arrow be dropped from $120/hour (the usual rate) since nobody was flying it. I
just checked rental rates after reading your comments and saw where it's been
dropped to $105/hour ! That $101/price was supposed to be for the month of
September only. Naturally, I am delighted. Here's what the rest of the fleet
goes for in upstate South Carolina:

1976 C-172 M $90 (a real POS)
1981 C-172 P $90 (twice the AC for the same price)
1977 C-172 N $100 (nice; Garmin 430)
2001 C-172 SP $120 (nice; Garmin 430)
2003 Alarus $100 (Garmin 430; have two of these AC)

Have fun with the Arrow. We sure like ours.

Now that the price has dropped , it'll be hard for me to climb back into one of
the C-172s again... unless scheduling becomes a problem. I'm hoping the
insurance / experience requirement will keep the hoi polloi from renting it
*too* much. Of course, the FBO is hoping the exact opposite. G



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE