Rental @ SRQ or VNC?

[killbilly]

The TPA pics thread has been sort of inspiring.

I'd like to take a weekend and head down to SRQ to see my pop and play a little golf and also - and this is important to me - I'd like to take him flying.

Does anyone have suggestions/recommendations for an FBO down there that will let me rent a 172 of some flavor?

Also - when dealing with a renter they don't know, are they going to require a checkout flight with one of their CFIs? Will having a renter's insurance policy help with that?

I mean, I want to take him flying, but if they're going to require 5 hours in the plane before I can take it out + CFI costs, it's not worth it.

 

[Murdoughnut]

Don't know of an FBO there, but if you do go up, you should fly into Whitted at St. Pete and eat lunch downtown. That's an awesome trip fo sure.

 

[KVNC]

I'm glad my pics inspired you!

At SRQ you have Cirrus Aviation (Which is weird because they have no Cirrus's) that has a couple 172's for $124/hr or $144/hr for G1000

At VNC there is Blue Sky Aviation inside the Jet Center. They do not have a 172, only a 152 for $90/hr and a Cherokee for $118/hr

Either way, I believe any place you go will most likely want to have you do a checkout flight. I would be very surprised if they didn't.

I also agree with Murdoughnut, a trip to SPG and lunch downtown would be very nice. The weather down here has been great the last week or two, makes for awesome trips!

 

[killbilly]

I'm glad my pics inspired you!

At SRQ you have Cirrus Aviation (Which is weird because they have no Cirrus's) that has a couple 172's for $124/hr or $144/hr for G1000

Wow. Are they nice 172s? SPs?

At VNC there is Blue Sky Aviation inside the Jet Center. They do not have a 172, only a 152 for $90/hr and a Cherokee for $118/hr

Hmm. Much as I'd like to, for just a weekend visit, it would take me a little too long, I think, to get checked out safely in a Cherokee. Never flown one before and I'd like to have more than a couple hours in it before I took a passenger with me.

Either way, I believe any place you go will most likely want to have you do a checkout flight. I would be very surprised if they didn't.

Yeah, I suppose so.

As far as a destination, I'm not sure yet. This is sort of only in my head at the moment - haven't talked to my Dad about it yet.

 

[KVNC]

I have never rented from Cirrus Aviation, so I don't really know what condition they are in. I do believe they are all SP though.

Heres the link for their website: http://www.cirrusaviation.com/aircraft.php

 

[Murdoughnut]

Last time I checked out to rent a/c from CAMS at PIE, the flight ended up being 1.6 hours and we covered everything, and I mean everything in the PTS. Over $217 later I was regretting it. Said it was something to do with insurance requirements.

A month or two before that I had checked out at a rural field in Phillipsburg, OH - did a few turns, a few stalls, showed the guy I could fly, and was back in 0.7

 

[tlewis95]

I am looking into doing something similar with Atlas Aviation at TPF which has a huge fleet and pretty reasonable prices.

http://www.atlasaviationinc.com/

 

[killbilly]

Well, we'd launch from SRQ or VNC - both are reasonably close to his place. Actually, there's a private-use grass strip right by his house, but I know no aircraft are based there.

Guess I'll call down to Cirrus and find out what their expectation of a checkout is.

 

[EDUC8-or]

Totally unrelated, but I saw an airplane on 14 at SRQ yesterday with a collapsed nose gear.