Arizona pilot training

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote in message
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Jay Beckman wrote:
Unfortunately, they just bumped the hourly rate up to $110/hr a couple
of
weeks ago.

IMO, it's still a competitive price per hour (IIRC, Chandler Air rents
their
new SP for $120-125/hr...) but it's fueling my interest in flying clubs
right now.


Good God! Here I was feeling sorry for myself having to pay $85-95 an
hour,
depending on whether the bird had GPS or not. I can remember paying
$37.50 an
hour for a C-172 years ago.


When was that?

I remember paying $18 (1979, club, or $22 from the FBO...WET) and that was
for fairly new stuff.

Matt Barrow wrote:
Good God! Here I was feeling sorry for myself having to pay $85-95 an hour,
depending on whether the bird had GPS or not. I can remember paying $37.50
an hour for a C-172 years ago.


When was that?

I remember paying $18 (1979, club, or $22 from the FBO...WET) and that was
for fairly new stuff.


Back around the same time.... 1978-1980... somewhere in there. Even in our
club, we were never seeing prices as low as yours.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:
Good God! Here I was feeling sorry for myself having to pay $85-95 an
hour,
depending on whether the bird had GPS or not. I can remember paying
$37.50
an hour for a C-172 years ago.


When was that?

I remember paying $18 (1979, club, or $22 from the FBO...WET) and that
was
for fairly new stuff.


Back around the same time.... 1978-1980... somewhere in there. Even in
our
club, we were never seeing prices as low as yours.


Mine was in Grand Junction, CO....where was yours?

I notice costs vary widely across the US, often by 50% or so.

Matt Barrow wrote:
Back around the same time.... 1978-1980... somewhere in there. Even in our
club, we were never seeing prices as low as yours.


Mine was in Grand Junction, CO....where was yours?

I notice costs vary widely across the US, often by 50% or so.


Rock Hill, SC. It wasn't a club in the classic sense of the word. The FBO ran
it and gave about $8-10 discount per hour if you joined. The dues were only $20
/ month so it didn't take much to make it worthwhile. Also, they had a pretty
wide selection of aircraft. As I recall there we

3 C-152
3 C-172
1 C-172RG
1 C-210
2 PA-28R-201 (one was a t-tail; one was straight)
1 PA-32-300

Sad to say, there were no twins for rent. But it seemed like a pretty good
deal, and everything was kept up. Since most were leasebacks, the avionics
varied a bit but all were good IFR birds except the C-152s. Our C-210s changed
from time to time; we had one equipped with a Robertson STOL kit, LORAN, and
weather radar that was incredible. Unfortunately, it didn't stick around all
that long. But you always had a choice and could pick something suitable.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:

Mine was in Grand Junction, CO....where was yours?

I notice costs vary widely across the US, often by 50% or so.


Rock Hill, SC. It wasn't a club in the classic sense of the word. The
FBO ran
it and gave about $8-10 discount per hour if you joined. The dues were
only $20
/ month so it didn't take much to make it worthwhile. Also, they had a
pretty
wide selection of aircraft. As I recall there we

3 C-152
3 C-172
1 C-172RG
1 C-210
2 PA-28R-201 (one was a t-tail; one was straight)
1 PA-32-300

Sad to say, there were no twins for rent. But it seemed like a pretty
good
deal, and everything was kept up. Since most were leasebacks, the
avionics
varied a bit but all were good IFR birds except the C-152s.

That might be the big difference between your club and mine. We had a
similar line up of about a dozen aircraft, mostly 152's, 172's and two 182's
(a NA and a T182), but only the 182's were IFR capable. The NA 182 was, AIR,
$32-34 an hour. It was also only, maybe a year old. The T182 was about
$40/hr and had an RNAV.