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"This may be a bigger problem to some than others . . ."

HAHA..yeah. The head guy died not long ago, Richard Butler. It was poetic that he got sued, lost his "compound" to the plaintiff, and ended up pretty much a nobody. All that rascism stuff is an embarrasement to most of us that live around here. We do kind of tend to be anti-establishment and independent sorts, though, as you can tell from my threads....

Anyhow, Lloyd, after meeting you, I don't think many of the rednecks left over around here would give you any trouble.
 
I was going to do the full Sparrowhawk conversion to bring it up to 125hp. After doing the prop only, though, (115hp) and not being overly impressed with the difference, I decided it wasn't worth spending the extra money and lose the ability to burn autogas. The 125hp conversion isn't approved for autofuel. A 150 hp conversion would be da bomb but it's expensive and takes away the ability to do aerobatics legally. It's a paperwork thing with the STC mod aircraft never being test flown in aerobatics.

I weigh 160 and with someone my size in the other seat I can still get 500fpm. We put new plugs in it on the last annual and I swear it gave me an extra 100 rpm. Made a huge difference.

My airplane has a Garmin 430 IFR approach approved GPS/Comm in it. I charge 60/hr but can't rent it out. If I could get insurance, I'd rent it out to free lance CFI's as long as they didn't go to one of those big academies.....hehe.

I've never done aerobatics in it. No chutes. That was always my goal but it never happened. Nor have I ever done any aerobatic training.

"Some guys truck" has always been a truck I owned with a tank in the back. I've done the 5 gallon thing, too, when necessary. There is also an "auto fuel transfer pump" that used to be advertised in Trade a Plane. I got one once. It hooked up to your car battery, one hose went in your gas tank, the other end was a normal fuel nozzle, and you'd pump gas out of your car into the plane. Very slick. Not sure if they still sell them.
 
Interesting....

this guys sparrowhawk lives at a club he's been running for 10+ years around here, I think he's got 6 or 8 airplanes now.
I'd consider buying one but A) I'm poor and B) I'm poor
I guess renting will do unless someone is selling a fraction of one some day. Still seems weird to me to operate a 152 out of a 5800' field.
 
DE727UPS said:
"This may be a bigger problem to some than others . . ."

We do kind of tend to be anti-establishment and independent sorts, though, as you can tell from my threads....
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I'm more of a rebel than you make think, Don . . . ;)

Anyhow, Lloyd, after meeting you, I don't think many of the rednecks left over around here would give you any trouble.
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Oh, after living here in the south for a while and spending lots of time in Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee and Louisiana, I'm not too worried - I've been prepped!:)
 
DE727UPS said:
I charge 60/hr but can't rent it out.
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Is that due to lack of renters or other issues? I'm in Spokane over breaks and it's a long drive down to PUW where I usually rent from. Which field is the plane based at?

-John
 
When school starts, ask Midstate if they need another 152. About the only kind of instruction I'm interested in is IFR, seeing as how there is so much BS involved in other stuff these days? I can't rent it out cause you basically can't get insurance for a one plane operation anymore. Have you ever heard of anti-authority attitude or heard of the antidote for that?
 
I'm trying to understand...How much can one really save on training by buying an airplane? When you consider all the maintenance and costs of ownership (what a headache), it doesn't seem worth it to me unless it's really going to save you thousands of dollars.

How much could one save on training by buying a twin? How much does a twin cost, anyway?
 
"How much can one really save on training by buying an airplane?"

It's hard to say. I don't think you can go wrong if you get it early in your training and you fly it a lot. If you don't fly much, it's not a good idea.

"How much could one save on training by buying a twin? How much does a twin cost, anyway?"

We just talked about this not long ago but I forget where. Search Pilot602's posts and you'll find it.
 
DE727UPS said:
... get it early in your training and you fly it a lot. If you don't fly much, it's not a good idea.
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That's a very good point. Since most of your fixed costs are monthly, like the bank note and the hangar/tiedown rent, you usually have to fly the thing some set number of hours a week if it's to be cheaper than renting.
 
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