How Lively is GA where you live?

where the heck do you guys find multis so cheap?! I pay 300/hr wet for a 1972 Seneca 1 with a POS KLN 90B... usually goes for 350/hr but i bought a 20 hour block.
 
We have $95 for a Traumahawk, $125 for a 172 and Warrior, $250 for a Seminole. We also have $190 for a 182T, and $225 for SR20 and $250 for a SR22. Why there're Cirri, I have no idea.
 
Located in OMA:
PA 140-94 an hour
PA 180- 105 an hour
Arrow- 125 an hour

The Cessna's
172N-98
G1000 172- 142

There are more, but it sums it up.

I do enjoy employee rates:rawk:

PA 140 for 72 an hour and the Arrow for 98.
 
I'm part of a 150 (150 hp conversion) ownership group at KSAF. I pay $55 wet, great little VFR time builder.

As for rentals, the 1982 172P I'm doing my instrument in rents for $115/wet (great deal imo, it has a Garmin 430 with a WAAS upgrade). There is an older 172N that I did some of my private in that rents for $105, a 2001 172R for $125, and a G1000 DA-40 for $150. Not too sure about the rentals in ABQ.
 
jrh said:
Maybe so.

But when was the last time you heard somebody say, "Wow, these planes are cheap! I'm going to fly twice as much as I used to now!"? And actually follow through with such a statement, of course.
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Me. When I found out Cessna's were cheaper in Louisville then they are in the Bay Area, by A LOT, I started flying out there every other month and blowing all my money on flying out there. I get about 5-6 hours out there for the price of 2.5-3 out here. Sure, there's nothing to look at, and its all flat, but time is time.

Even out here, once I'm checked out in the 172N which is $30/hr cheaper than the S, I'll probably fly twice a week as opposed to once every 2 or 3 weeks.
 
GA is non existant in South Central OH... I can go for weeks and not see and airplane above. Out of the 6 local airports, there are 3 airports that have one rental a piece, all OLD 172s and they never fly.

I flew .9 hours in 2010...

Wish there were more, but no economy here = no students = not one can offer planes = no GA...

When I moved (ended up) here, I was very sad at the state of GA here...
 
Living in southern Maryland, the GA world is pretty average to low. There are really only three GA airports that have flight schools and because they are so far apart, they have ridiculously high prices for their aircraft.
 
Florida has many active flight schools and many people that like to fly for fun. I can rent a C172 with Garmin 430 for $80/hr. The Seneca I is $179/hr.
 
ChasenSFO said:
Me. When I found out Cessna's were cheaper in Louisville then they are in the Bay Area, by A LOT, I started flying out there every other month and blowing all my money on flying out there. I get about 5-6 hours out there for the price of 2.5-3 out here. Sure, there's nothing to look at, and its all flat, but time is time.

Even out here, once I'm checked out in the 172N which is $30/hr cheaper than the S, I'll probably fly twice a week as opposed to once every 2 or 3 weeks.
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If I ever need to seriously timebuild more than 10 hours/month, I'll be looking for that sort of deal. As it stands I do the lessons and odd flying that I can within my means. To think that the demand is inelastic for flying is, in a word, arrogant. Sure, it's as addictive as crack, but at the end of the month I still pay my bills first, then spend money flying.

The escalating costs are pricing people who want to fly out of this business, and I don't like it.
 
Our airport has a 9,000ft runway, 24hr tower, tracon, and whatever else you could need. For local based planes (all of 20 or so at our airport) it has been relatively dead. Only 3-4 planes fly on a regular basis. Most of the pilots complain about the "high gas prices" and fly to neighboring airports to get gas $.20 cheaper (and the gas at those little airports has probably been in the ground for a couple years). Our local EAA chapter has been trying to stir up trouble lately as well.

As for the local flight school it has been a great year for the university training we do. "Off the street" students however is dead and has been dead for a while. However what do you expect when you don't advertise or look for students, just wait for them to come wandering in...

Anyway locally a C152 is $80, C172r is $115, Arrow is $140, and Apache is $180. All prices wet. We had a Seminole and it was renting for $300/hr but the school is now trying to sell it. Instruction is $25/hr.
 
There are a LOT of aircraft owners here in Juneau, but the vast majority of them only fly on rare CAVU days between April and September. I'd bet that well over 90% of the flying at JNU is the local 135 ops, which are alive and well here. I have access to a '69 172K with manual flaps, 180 HP motor with CS prop, and STOL kit for around $100/hour. But that's a benefit of working where I do. What rentals there are available outside of that, and what they cost, I have no idea.
 
GA is non existant in South Central OH... I can go for weeks and not see and airplane above. Out of the 6 local airports, there are 3 airports that have one rental a piece, all OLD 172s and they never fly.

I flew .9 hours in 2010...

Wish there were more, but no economy here = no students = not one can offer planes = no GA...

When I moved (ended up) here, I was very sad at the state of GA here...​
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How different two parts of the state are. I live in northern Ohio. There is a glider airport 20 mins from me which I tow and fly gliders at that will have gliders lined up all day waiting to be towed on a nice day. Same thing with the airport I fly out of mostly. The flight school has 10+ airplanes and during the nice weather there will be a line waiting to takeoff. Where excatly are you at?
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It would probally be like a 1 1/2 hour drive but Ceaser Creek Soaring in Waynesville is a huge soaring club. They have 3 Piper Pawnee that they tow with and are always looking for new tow pilots. It would probally be worth the drive out there on a weekend if you were towing for them. You would easily probally get 10+ tows a day.
 
Just looked them up. Looks like some good times, but I don't have any glider ratings. Looks like they need that for their tow pilots. I meet all the other requirements, though.

Not that I'd be against getting my glider ratings. That was one of my bucket list things to do. Actually, it was one of the reasons I took the job at Daniel Webster a few years ago (which they subsequently mothballed the glider fleet just after I got there). As with anything, funds would be the limiting factor.

Like I said though, within about a 1.5-2 hour drive of me, there is NOTHING of significance for GA. It's a shame, I really miss flying!!!
 
ChasenSFO said:
Me. When I found out Cessna's were cheaper in Louisville then they are in the Bay Area, by A LOT, I started flying out there every other month and blowing all my money on flying out there. I get about 5-6 hours out there for the price of 2.5-3 out here. Sure, there's nothing to look at, and its all flat, but time is time.

Even out here, once I'm checked out in the 172N which is $30/hr cheaper than the S, I'll probably fly twice a week as opposed to once every 2 or 3 weeks.
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Smart move. Never thought how you could make your work situation discount your flight time.
 
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