Paul Tomblin wrote:
: In a previous article, said:
: Whenever your requirements include longer trips with little flying time
: (e.g. fly to a nice place an hour or two away, stay for three or four
: days and fly back), both rentals and most flying clubs aren't an option.

: Flying clubs are. I regularly fly a club plane to Ottawa (1.75 hours
: flight time) and then stay for two or three days. I've flown to Oshkosh
: (4.5 hours flight time) and let it sit for 8 days. Not all flying clubs
: are douchebags about minimum flying hours per day.

... but I think most probably are. Unless you're in a *large* flying club (more than 3-4 planes, with multiple ones
in the same class), it's not an option. Most I've seen have one or at most two of the "primary trainer class" (e.g. Cessna
150/152), "instrument trainer class" (e.g. Cherokee 140/180), "complex-trainer class" (e.g. Arrow/Mooney/172RG), or
"twin-trainer class" (twin Commanche, etc). Most of them have high utilizations and have rules structured to discourage
weekend trips.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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