You can work on an airplane so long as you are under the supervision of an A&P.
Check 43 app. A.
but just because it is old and rough-looking doesn't mean it is not airworthy.
They aren't requesting anything. They're just saying that it's available for those who want it.You should be very very warry of any flight school that is requesting you give them your money up front. This is sometimes the sign of a school that is having money problems.
Nope. I can work on my airplane all I want to without any A&P around as long as I stick to preventive maintenance. [CFR 14 § 43.3 (g)]
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Amazing how much maintenace work a pilot (either as owner or operator) can do to an airplane. 29 individual items listed and some are not what you would normally consider preventive maintenace.
haha, I don't think any required item for VFR daytime was inop except for the beacon light. I'll give them that one though, bulbs burn out. The tires isn't really a big deal either, I just couldn't find the air pump in the hangar. Didn't help that my (at the time) future employer told me that it was 70 bucks to put air in the tires. It's free.... I knew it should have been a red flag when they asked me if we were at SDF or LOU. Must've called the (then) new guy.:laff:Jordan are we talking about the same school who has that ex-Riddle 172 with the flat tire and every required item inop?
If you feel the risk ($1000 lets say) is worth the return (typically about 5% or $50) then go for it. If you can't afford to lose that type of cash then don't do it. My account has $.20 on it right now at my school. I pay when I fly and we don't offer any incentives to put down deposits, it just isn't the way we operate. We don't borrow from our students to pay the bills.
Which Charlie Alpha one was that?One of the best airplanes I have flown looked like it came out of a war zone. Solid white, patches all over, old logos appeared to be spray painted out. But all the important stuff worked... hated to have to give that one up.
Which Charlie Alpha one was that?but not really....
What?!??! You hate 54X? It's 3 degree constant sideslip made everything fun, and the fact the #1 nav was slight tilted to the right so you couldn't really tell when you're dead on localized made everything more interesting. Actaully I'm flying it today and am ready to head home in about 30 mintues or so.Actually it wasn't at Central Air...
444 and 888 weren't too bad...
hated 667
...really hated 54X
What?!??! You hate 54X? It's 3 degree constant sideslip made everything fun, and the fact the #1 nav was slight tilted to the right so you couldn't really tell when you're dead on localized made everything more interesting. Actaully I'm flying it today and am ready to head home in about 30 mintues or so.
Pretty much what I was going to say. Where I'm at though its 135/hr for either the R or S and if you put down 2k at a time you get a 5% discount which gets applied automatically to your first flight.I'm sure if we actually started the engine we would have found more wrong with it.
Anyway, my school does block time too. I fly our 172R and the 172S models. The R goes for $150/hr wet and the S for $160/hr wet. By paying $1500 for block time, I get the R at the rate of $130/hr and the S for $140/hr. There is a monthly fee, but I don't remember how much it is since they like me and don't make me pay it. Even if I had to pay the fee, that 20 dollars adds up fast when you fly at least once a week like I do, especially since I'm finishing up my XCs.
In your case, where you fly just a few times a month, I wouldn't buy block if there is any monthly fee involved.