First SR-22 flight

Gizzy,

Thanks. I got the info. It looks more like a "rental" arrangement than
a club though. I belong to a non-profit club where all members own
shares of the aircraft. The "non-profit" arrangement keeps the rates
low.

--Dan


Gizzy wrote:
BTW its not a cheap club to join, not expensive, just not cheap either. Plus
you need 20 hours dual in the SR22 before you can solo
But that plane is worth it.

Jeff

Dan wrote:

What is the name of this club? I haven't heard of it before...

--Dan

Gizzy wrote:
I used to post on here as turboarrow, sold my plane about a year or so
ago and did some multi engine training in a sececa II, well, today I
just joined a Cirrus flight club here in the Phoenix Az area (FFZ) and
took my first flight... gotta tell you, thats one hell of a plane!!!

Fast and very slick.... most of flyign it is pretty easy, no issues...
my main issue is landing... landing is plane is easy... its getting the
plane slow and to decend... seems I get it down to 100 kts, then I have
to put the nose down to get down... in a few seconds I am at 120 kts
again... Overall very nice and fast plane, overall better esperience and
more work then I had expected.

Jeff

Seems like the other clubs I h ave looked at, they charge a monthly membership
fee, which goes towards the airplane, then an hourly fee for using the plane, the
membership for the 22 is limited at 10 or 15 people, forgot which.

in the ones where you own shares of the airplane I have looked at, you usually
have to put down a large amount of money, say, 4 owners on the club, each person
has to put in 1/4 of the price of the plane, if you want out, you have to sell
your share of the plane. I know there are several ways to have a flight club.
But with a $400k + airplane, its hard to keep the rates real low.


Dan wrote:

Gizzy,

Thanks. I got the info. It looks more like a "rental" arrangement than
a club though. I belong to a non-profit club where all members own
shares of the aircraft. The "non-profit" arrangement keeps the rates
low.

--Dan