Just buy a Bonanza...
But no, seriously, that's what you are going to end up with...
Check out the Vans RV-12.
I built an RV-7A, and completed it in 2017. I/O 360 c/s. It took 15 years.
My wife is on your side! We just did her first front seat ride with me in a beech sundowner and she said “it feels like we are going really slow”Bonanza is out then, if my wings are folded back I have some serious issues to overcome
Mostly just my wife and I. Cheeseburger chasing out of P19 and KDVT. I live at p19 and have a place in Page, so some trips to Page. We have family in Hesperia so weekenders from p19/KDVT to Victorville/hesperia. My wife joins me in retirement at the end of the year and we are dreaming of flying out of the valley in the summers up in the small towns in the remote places up north (idaho/Wyoming).
I was on KDVT hangar list in 2006, it was 8 years long.
I fly/rent a beech sundowner out of the north hangers. I am about 1.5 years away on the hanger list. The distance to dvt is a drag from chandler but all my support flys out of there. My cfi and soon to be cfii is there. So is my friend who is a 777 pilot and cfi who owns a 170b and will do my tail wheel endorsement. I would love to network with you and do pilots stuff!I was on KDVT hangar list in 2006, it was 8 years long.
2009, they called me, and said everyone in front of me canceled. I wasn’t ready to move my experimental project to the hangar, so I bought the Cessna, as the economy tank, and picked it up for $30k ( flew it for 10 years, and put 500 hours on it), and sold it for $60k. Im still out there, south side.
What airport will you be training out of?
I hope you can find a nice C180 to purchase in the future. Gotta be lots of places around Arizona to explore in a Skywagon.
Chino
Very cool, hopefully we will be able to help you out as well with our new venture. I’m hoping to be partially operational by 10/1.
Hit me with the details.. or send me a conversation. I tried to pm you but got denied, so you might have to unblock me or take me off ignore!
61. I still have a full time job... lol. Yup, I plan on hitting Havasu for at least one of the long cross country flights. It will probably be 2 actual sessions with the instructor per week, plus I'm taking care of most of the ground school online. I spoke with the outfit and they are cool with me doing a combo of in person ground school and online. Basically said your instructor will be able to tell pretty quick what in person instruction you need and I'll only be charged for the actual time with him in person, 15 minute increments.
Definitely keep your outfit in mind. Good video too.Very cool, hopefully we will be able to help you out as well with our new venture. I’m hoping to be partially operational by 10/1.
Here is a little video interview my business partner Chris did with one of his multi students a while back. There is some insight in this interview as well it will give you some insight into who I’m playing ball with and what he brings to the table. Best of luck on your path and I look forward to helping you along the way if we can.
My buddies who fly when they owned were all into club flying or joint ownership. Basically set it up like a business with rotating schedule preferences and two different accounts to hold money and pay rental to their own plane. They would book it out and tally it all up each month, then the rental fee's each one paid went into the joint accounts for annual inspections and general maintenance. I think I'd have to know the person pretty good to go about it that way, but it's not a bad idea to co-ownership on something like a this.
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guy could almost fit that in the budget.This should help adventurous people wanting to get into Rotorcraft.
You Can Fly This New Helicopter With Your Driver’s License and Just 30 Hours of Training
Christened the ATRX-700, the two-seat chopper caters specifically to rookie aviators with fly-by-wire flight controls that make it easier to operate.
That looks to good to be true.This should help adventurous people wanting to get into Rotorcraft.
You Can Fly This New Helicopter With Your Driver’s License and Just 30 Hours of Training
Christened the ATRX-700, the two-seat chopper caters specifically to rookie aviators with fly-by-wire flight controls that make it easier to operate.
Great way to beat the traffic to the cabin on a Friday.
Nice. Still in the very early stages. Got to talk to ground and air control yesterday. I don't think they laughed to hard and seemed patient. Still in level flight, ascents descents with turns, and today... unless I've forgotten everything up to this point, we're going to start steep turns and power off stalls. Hit a little wind right after takeoff yesterday... Wanted to yell Fuck Yeah... but I didn't think that would be appropriate
That's an oldster. What year?I got a little seat time yesterday afternoon, about 4:00 we flew down to corona and picked up a few cases of oil from aircraft spruce. Threaded the needle on airspace from cable between ontario and bracket then down the west side of the 71. Would have been 3 hours of traffic that time of day, flight was maybe 15 minutes or so each way while looking at commuter traffic below
1959, it’s my partners wife’s plane. Super clean little plane and flys very nice. First plane I ever took off and landed in.
You still thinking about career change or just enjoying the hobby aspect of it?Nice. Still in the very early stages. Got to talk to ground and air control yesterday. I don't think they laughed to hard and seemed patient. Still in level flight, ascents descents with turns, and today... unless I've forgotten everything up to this point, we're going to start steep turns and power off stalls. Hit a little wind right after takeoff yesterday... Wanted to yell Fuck Yeah... but I didn't think that would be appropriate
Anybody in the South Corona area between Lake Mathews and Elsinore today between 9 - 10... look up. That will be me in the little white Piper Cherokee doing circles at about 4000 ft.
That Duke has a million bucks in engines, that’s a bad SOB right there.There's another rare plane in the photo.
You'd look good in a Duke.
2nd Career in retirement from PD, and possibly a part time gig on my days off between now and retirement. It will take me a few years to get enough hours and certs to get hired in any type of commercial capacity. Still wide open on what type of commercial flying I'll be doing. Unless Cali completely screws cops in retirement (they are always threatening) I won't need a crazy salary to maintain and enjoy life. Just want something that I will actually enjoy doing instead of just staring at the walls. Basically a career that if it all works out, I don't need, but want, if you know what I mean.
The actual flying has been a blast so far.
I’ve talked with kids that have gone from intro flight to getting hired at sky west in three years if they are focused and hit it hard. It pretty crazy how fast people can progress if they are all in.2nd Career in retirement from PD, and possibly a part time gig on my days off between now and retirement. It will take me a few years to get enough hours and certs to get hired in any type of commercial capacity. Still wide open on what type of commercial flying I'll be doing. Unless Cali completely screws cops in retirement (they are always threatening) I won't need a crazy salary to maintain and enjoy life. Just want something that I will actually enjoy doing instead of just staring at the walls. Basically a career that if it all works out, I don't need, but want, if you know what I mean.
Steep turns were fun. No idea you would hit your "wake" at 4500 ft in air... I thought that was just a boat/water thing
If I could find one with decent times on the engines.... I'd just pay my club dues again and go fly the Bonanza.There's another rare plane in the photo.
You'd look good in a Duke.
I figure the reality is pretty much like everything else in life. Initial purchase or buy into a club, very active. Overtime, it starts to fade a bit and then weeks go by without a second look. I'm hoping to avoid that by simply putting in a flight a week, or if longer every other week after getting my PPL. Even if it just to jump in the seat and go stare at the mountains. We will see. I'm constantly looking at controller.com and going over planes. There seem to be decent deals to be had, but that part of the deal is still way out for me. I'm thinking my best bet is to join a club until I actually get a hanger space that is reasonable to own/rent.
