Swede
Filing Flight Plan
Hey all, New Guy here, just registered, wanted to say hi, and I am definitely looking for opinions on one topic in particular. I'll try to be brief...
I was USAF in 1984. The entire extent of my piston flying was in a beat-up T-41 (C172) prior to pilot training. In those days, pilots started immediately in the twin jet T-37 "Tweet" with ancient centrifugal flow compressors. WW2 stuff. Anyhow, had a fine career, went to the airlines. 30+ years later, I have umpteen thousand hours, but it's all jet.
6 years ago, we moved to an airpark. I bought a basket-case 1966 Citabria. It sat there until November of last year, when an 85 year old neighbor came by and said "Let's rebuild it." Months of labor and massive $$ followed.
She's done! New metal wings, big engine (it's now a 7GCAA) new everything. Nice leather smell inside. All that awaits is a final inspection and sign off.
So there's my story - I can't WAIT to actually bank more than 30 degrees; and maybe pull more than 1.4 G's I have a lot of "re-learning" to do, I haven't flown VFR in 25 years!
My Q: I still don't have insurance, I need to do this NOW. I don't know jack about GA insurance, and would truly appreciate hints, tips, and recommendations to do this properly. I DID use the search feature, that's standard forum etiquette, but found little. Maybe I did it wrong.
Thanks!
I was USAF in 1984. The entire extent of my piston flying was in a beat-up T-41 (C172) prior to pilot training. In those days, pilots started immediately in the twin jet T-37 "Tweet" with ancient centrifugal flow compressors. WW2 stuff. Anyhow, had a fine career, went to the airlines. 30+ years later, I have umpteen thousand hours, but it's all jet.
6 years ago, we moved to an airpark. I bought a basket-case 1966 Citabria. It sat there until November of last year, when an 85 year old neighbor came by and said "Let's rebuild it." Months of labor and massive $$ followed.
She's done! New metal wings, big engine (it's now a 7GCAA) new everything. Nice leather smell inside. All that awaits is a final inspection and sign off.
So there's my story - I can't WAIT to actually bank more than 30 degrees; and maybe pull more than 1.4 G's I have a lot of "re-learning" to do, I haven't flown VFR in 25 years!
My Q: I still don't have insurance, I need to do this NOW. I don't know jack about GA insurance, and would truly appreciate hints, tips, and recommendations to do this properly. I DID use the search feature, that's standard forum etiquette, but found little. Maybe I did it wrong.
Thanks!