421C down in Washington State

Why?
I can't read the minds of the insurance co's so I'll pass on that.

Mary and I have priced insurance in all sorts of planes. Neither of us are
instrument rated, and insurance costs are only marginally higher.

The final quote was an additional $1200/yr for the lack of an
instrument rating. However, he did have a commercial. He did have
Mooney time.
For a pilot low time w/o retactable time the quote was an additional
$2000 the first year.

-Robert

I wanted to partner with a non-instrument rated pilot in my
Mooney and the broker almost laughed.
Why?

Ok, I'll take a guess. You can run into a lot more weather at 200knots
than 110knots in a C172???

-Robert

I wanted to partner with a non-instrument rated pilot in my
Mooney and the broker almost laughed.
Why?

Ok, I'll take a guess. You can run into a lot more weather at 200knots
than 110knots in a C172???

The point is, that's a good theory, but it's not borne out by the numbers.

Mary and I can get insurance in a Mooney tomorrow (with ~10 hours training,
due to our lack of complex time), for not a lot more than we're paying now,
and we're both VFR pilots.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:




The point is, that's a good theory, but it's not borne out by the numbers.

Mary and I can get insurance in a Mooney tomorrow (with ~10 hours training,
due to our lack of complex time), for not a lot more than we're paying now,
and we're both VFR pilots.

That has been my experience. It would have cost more to insure a 206
limited to four seats than my Bonanza costs for 6 seats.

On 2006-01-28, Jay Honeck wrote:

Mary and I can get insurance in a Mooney tomorrow (with ~10 hours training,
due to our lack of complex time), for not a lot more than we're paying now,
and we're both VFR pilots.

I got insurance in a Comanche as a VFR pilot. However, the terms
specifically required 10 hours of instrument training before solo.
I already had some (more than 5, less than 10) hours in type plus
a little other retract and high perf time.

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
. ..
Non-instrument-rated pilot and his 421C are down in the vicinity of
Carson, WA. Last reported at 11000 (?). The mind boggles. Weather is not
too swift in the Seattle area...dunno the condx down there.


I'm near the Gorge, in the Portland area, and haven't flown in a month
because of the wind/weather. Waiting to get my approaches in, but the
weather's not even good enough for IFR practice most days. (No approach at
the home field)

-c

"gatt" wrote in message
...

"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
. ..
Non-instrument-rated pilot and his 421C are down in the vicinity of
Carson, WA. Last reported at 11000 (?). The mind boggles. Weather is not
too swift in the Seattle area...dunno the condx down there.


I'm near the Gorge, in the Portland area, and haven't flown in a month
because of the wind/weather. Waiting to get my approaches in, but the
weather's not even good enough for IFR practice most days. (No approach
at
the home field)

-c



You have a NDB at KTTD!

You have a NDB at KTTD!

What's an NDB? Is that that thing that sends "dot, dot, dot" on the
right side and "di di di" on the left side??

-Robert

That would be an Adcock Range or 4 course range. The NDB is
just a radio station that is used by the ADF as a source for
the directional loop antenna to point to.
BTW, it was .- and -. (A and N) and when on course all you
heard was a steady ____________

You flew a little to the side of the leg and thus hear a
steady tone with a slightly audible A in the background.
There was even a reed needle that could be panel ,mounted
and would vibrate. That was high tech in 1940.



--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
ps.com...
| You have a NDB at KTTD!
|
| What's an NDB? Is that that thing that sends "dot, dot,
dot" on the
| right side and "di di di" on the left side??
|
| -Robert
|

"Jim Macklin" wrote

That would be an Adcock Range or 4 course range. The NDB is
just a radio station that is used by the ADF

Jim, you really don't catch the jokes very well, do you?

Bob Moore