PC12 purchase...need lots of hours fast

OK, i've got my pilot lined up for my training, a timeline developed, and a rock solid plan of attack. We (my pilot and myself) go in front of the owners hopefully for the last time friday and get them to cut a fat check or give us the keys to the castle or something. If all goes according to the script, I should start my instrument training over again in the next 2-3 weeks and by the time I have the inst. done I should have the hrs needed for my comm. then it's on to the PC12 for the next 400-500 hrs. which will give me around 600-700 TT and a whole bunch of turbine time...that ought to satisfy the damn insurance co.!
 
Well, we have our first trip in the PC12 planned for Oct. 26, to South Dakota for a pheasant hunting trip. I've never been hunting before although I have shot skeet before but I don't even know what the hell i'm going to do. I guess i'll have to buy a shotgun and go hunting or carry birds for 10 days...pretty rough business.

The up side is I will start getting some time in the PC12 and begin my path to fame and fortune...OK, well fame anyway. Although I will have to pay for my lodging, everything else will be covered and my time will not cost me anything. This is so awesome, I can't believe this is how I will be spending "the rest of my days" I can't wait to get started!
 
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck......................................................................:panic:





Max
 
Well Max, from what i've seen of those pheasant they aren't the brightest birds so I should at least have a chance. I only want to get one or two, have one stuffed and eat the other maybe. I usually prefer to buy my fowl at the grocers.
 
Sum Biatches...This mortgage bank fiasco has my plans to fly full time on hold...possibly permanently. The "Dudes" have started second guessing the Pilatus purchase and are prolly going to back out of the deal.:banghead:

I on the other hand, have not and will not throw in the towel that easily, i'm selling my truck and a few other things and going for my Inst., Comm. & CFI...I will fly one way or another!

I'll be 38 in a week, I hate my job, recently divorced, kids gone...screw it, i'm out!
 
Good luck. Hope things work out.

38 isn't too old to still have a good career in aviation. I say "good" as one who didn't need to make over 100K as long as I enjoyed what I was doing. Your single-ness will allow you to have a higher QOL while making less.

Just don't leave your kids out of the picture. They are precious, and they need to know you want to be in their life.
 
DE727UPS said:
Good luck. Hope things work out.

38 isn't too old to still have a good career in aviation. I say "good" as one who didn't need to make over 100K as long as I enjoyed what I was doing. Your single-ness will allow you to have a higher QOL while making less.

Just don't leave your kids out of the picture. They are precious, and they need to know you want to be in their life.
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Well, I only feel/act 25 so i'm good there. I don't need to make $100k a yr either, as long as i'm flying and making a "livable wage". I don't really have the desire to go to an airline...just doesn't sound all that appealing to me but I could be wrong. As far as kids go they're all grown up, we have a great relationship, their bio mother is totally out of the picture and #2 is flakey and off to the races...so it's kind of been just us 3 for the last 6 or 8 yrs and we like it that way.

My goal with this route is to teach my youngest to fly and get him on a career path he can enjoy for many years to come and still have fun. If it's in the cards we're going to buy an RV4 or Christen Eagle next year and head south chasing the sun for a few months.
 
I thought all you need was the POH, the keys, and your fee? And why are you being so careful with this, you were ready to take off across the Atlantic in that Lear 25 without any training.
 
Jimmy_Norton said:
I thought all you need was the POH, the keys, and your fee? And why are you being so careful with this, you were ready to take off across the Atlantic in that Lear 25 without any training.
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You might be confusing him with an NW_Pilot on a different forum...I don't see any posts by NW here where he mentions a Lear, and I'm pretty sure I know who you're talking about. Different cat.
 
SteveC said:
You might be confusing him with an NW_Pilot on a different forum...I don't see any posts by NW here where he mentions a Lear, and I'm pretty sure I know who you're talking about. Different cat.
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Ahhhh.....my bad........sheesh if this nw_pilot knew about the nw_pilot I am thinking of he would have chosen a different screenname......lol
 
I'm a newbie here and I'm rootin' for NW Pilot. I hope you get into professional flying like you want. I'm 44 and hope to retire from my current gig, take a 50% twenty yr pension and fly professionally.
 
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