Got My Ticket today!!!!

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:

I was whining at work about the high cost of rentals these days. I can't seem
to find anything to fly for less than $100 or so per hour wet. Looks like you
found a bargain.



Yep, $100 wet for a C-172 is what I see as the going rate around here.
CB - your rates are sweet.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane

"To become a Jedi knight, you must master a single force. To become
a private pilot you must strive to master four of them"
- Rod Machado

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
The only Beeches I've ever flown have been a T-34B and a Duchess.
You make the
Sundowner sound very attractive and you wrote a damned fine assessment. Now I
want to look one over.


If you're ever in New England, NY, NJ, or PA... G

On May 13, 8:00 pm, Margy Natalie wrote:
CareBear wrote:

Good catch Bob. I obviously overlooked or didn't record something in my
calculations. Even if I use your figure of $5400.00 it is still a
reasonable cost as far as I am concerned. The instructor time is
built into
the hourly cost. That is, the $68-$70 per hour includes the instructor,
airplane, and fuel. Sorry for the miscalculation.

-- CareBear

You've learned the most important skill, airplane math! When we were
restoring the Navion we started adding up the bills and then decided
that was no fun. We have NO IDEA what the thing cost and we don't want
to know! You can't take it with you and the kids don't deserve it!

Have FUN, go buy a plane!

Margy

When someone ask me what a various airplane restoration that I have
done cost, I always just say the purchase price and then add the line
which I got from a guy who I knew while growing up, who all he did was
restore airplanes. He would restore them test them out and then sell
them and find another one to fix.

His line about what it cost to put it back together was "About X
number of years of the best fun my wife and I have in public."

It took getting a little older to fully comprehend the phrase.

Robert

CareBear wrote:
After an additional 5.5 hours practicing forward slips to a landing and soft
field landings, I got my ticket today.

Congrats!


My plan is to forge on and get Instrument Rated.

I highly recommend it if you plan to do any real traveling by plane.
Even if you only fly in VFR conditions, being on an IFR flight plan on
those long flights makes your trip safer.


-m
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## insert tail number here
## KHAO, KISZ
"Each of nature's organisms, when frightened or confused, reacts in a
characteristic way: Deer flee, blowfish swell up, and government
emits pieces of paper."
-- Bill Stone

[CareBear]
My plan is to forge on and get Instrument Rated.

Be sure to also get a lot of "look out the window" time. In doing the
IR, you will spend a lot of time focused on the instruments, but you
don't want to get into the habit of doing that when in visual
conditions. With the new geegaws, even VFR pilots are starting to do that.

Jose
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except there's no God, and there's no dice. And maybe there's no universe.
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Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:

The only Beeches I've ever flown have been a T-34B and a Duchess. You make the
Sundowner sound very attractive and you wrote a damned fine assessment. Now I
want to look one over.


They are roomy but they are pretty slow.

On Sun, 13 May 2007 19:14:48 -0500, CareBear wrote:

Dallas, it is a Cessna 152. The hourly (Hobbs) price is $70.00 per hour
with or without the instructor.

Ah.. The $70.00 per hour is pretty standard for a CE-150/152. You're
basically getting the instructor for free.

--
Dallas

On 13 May 2007 20:29:37 -0700, Jay Honeck wrote:

welcome to the growing (but still tiny)
group of humans who have mastered the skies.

Actually, we're shrinking.

The number of student pilots is down by about a third since 1990, from
129,000 to 88,000. The number of private pilots is down from 299,000 to
236,000, according to statistics kept by the Federal Aviation
Administration.

That's ok... it's becoming an even more exclusive club. :-)


--
Dallas

"Dallas" wrote in message
...


Actually, we're shrinking.


I wish I were shrinking

ktbr wrote:
Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:

The only Beeches I've ever flown have been a T-34B and a Duchess. You make
the Sundowner sound very attractive and you wrote a damned fine assessment.
Now I want to look one over.


They are roomy but they are pretty slow.


Hey, roomy is good. More room for my big ass. G

Actually, it's my shoulders that are jammed in, whether in GA or in coach. I'd
love a little more shoulder room.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com