aircraft rental in hawaii?

TXaviator

TXaviator

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anyone got any connections in honolulu or on that island? thinking of taking a jaunt out there and would be nice to sightsee by air.

tips? things to know? caveats? contacts?
 
shoot a pm to user N18040. He took a trip out to HI and rented sometime last year I think.
 
former CFI I used to work with used to be stationed in Hawaii. As I recall, most FBOs require a 10 hour checkout in make & model no matter what ratings you have, no matter how many hours you have and even if you want to rent a 172.
 
drive down lagoon and look to your left. the seaplane base there is where i got my ASES. He'll take you flying around the island, give a great tour, and you get to log some seaplane time.
 
I believe the previous posts are accurate regarding checkouts. When I was last at HNL (years ago) I checked out with George's Aviation (no idea if he is still there) around said Lagoon Drive. I'd suspect you'd have to call ahead to whichever FBO because they are all in hangars and behind locked gates. Try a cross country from HNL to Lanai and Molokai.
 
A year or so ago my dad and I rented a 172 from Georges Aviation, http://www.georgesaviation.com/ for a flight around the island. We took off from Honolulu, flew counterclockwise along the coast to Dillingham, dad and I switched seats, and then flew the rest of the way back to Honolulu. It was an amazing flight and I would recommend it for anyone that is going to be there. We had scheduled this scheduled for MLK day and due to some miscommunication the instructor that was supposed to go with us wasn't there when we got there and we had to wait on another guy. The one we had though was great, he pointed out all the sights, and even found some whales. Apparently he was also an old flying buddy of Sully's. We didn't mess with actually getting a checkout because that involved more flying than we were planning on doing anyway, but if you have any other questions let me know.
 
There are a few places you can search for to rent. I rented a 172 on Oahu at HNL - I'm not sure you'll actually need to do a 10 hour checkout in type - If you're on Oahu you'll have several outfits you can try to rent from.

If you're looking to stay local (no overwater) it was a standard checkout - can you fly? stalls/slow flight.

If you wanted to go to another island - it was a inter-island checkout - 2.8 on the hobbs HNL to OGG and back stopping at MKK on the way back and I was signed off to take the aircraft - a 172.

Otherwise - if you're not looking to do any significant amt of flying, just go with the instructor on a sight seeing flight.

Things to look out for - things are pretty laid back so if you're flying on the weekend call ahead (like at ITO) to make sure someone will be around to fuel you otherwise you'll be waiting around for someone to come back to work or he might have decided to take the rest of the day off and there no fuel for you until tomorrow. There is a self-fuel pump at OGG that takes credit cards.

OGG - great for gusty crosswind landing work

If you do want to take the plane without the local onboard your checkout will cover the VFR altitudes and the island reporting service.

There's a defined altitude similar to the odd/even VFR altitudes except it's 1500 2500 3500 for the low altitude VFR sighting seeing folks.

Your checkout should cover how to use the Island reporting - kind of like VFR flight following by position reports - make sure you have your guy go over pronunciation of the reporting points you plan on using.

Flight School Hawaii at HNL sells the VFR charts and the Pacific Supplement which explains the above if you forget and didn't write it down.

It can get pretty turbulent on the leeward side of Oahu (i.e. over Honolulu and Waikiki)
 
cool info thanks guys! yeah im not looking to do anything substantial, just take the lady friend out for sightseeing :-D

thanks!
 
Don't even bother with the checkout... I rented a 172 a few years ago in Maui. Cheaper to pay the extra $50 to bring a CFI with you on your sightseeing (plus he'll know where all the cool spots are).

Hour + in the cessna was cheaper than one of the 30 minute helicopter rides for the two of us.
 
FlyingSig said:
Don't even bother with the checkout... I rented a 172 a few years ago in Maui. Cheaper to pay the extra $50 to bring a CFI with you on your sightseeing (plus he'll know where all the cool spots are).

Hour + in the cessna was cheaper than one of the 30 minute helicopter rides for the two of us.
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yeah that probably makes more sense, though it is a little more romantic with just me and the lady... *shrug*
 
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