Flying_Nun
Line Up and Wait
Referring back to my other thread (http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52617) about losing the SR20 I was flying and the option to maybe get a multi rating in an inexpensive Geronimo:
Well, the MEI I was going to use, and have flown with in the past, is going to the airlines soon. Also, in talking to various folks around the airport I've heard that the maintenance on the Geronimo may or may not be what some would consider adequate. And the Arrow, someone landed hard and sheared off half of the bolts attaching the left main gear to the wing spar.
So, off I go looking for options. Turns out there's a guy that owns a Bonanza G36 with all the Garmin goodies. Awesome! But I need to be IR to fly it solo and it's $260/hr dry. But he's an instructor, DPE, ATP, ex-AF, etc. and has a C172 that I could do the IR in. His aircraft are pristine - not a lick of dirt or oil in the Bo's engine bay. Then just for ****s and giggles, he's got a Baron G58 and a Seminole (for ME training).
My dilemma (setting aside that I'm not IR): get a short check-out in the $190/hr SR22 that is available or go for the Bo? From a dollar perspective it's a no-brainer. But, Lord have mercy, that Bo is nice.
Of course I could just stick to the beater 110 KT C172 for $65/hr.
Well, the MEI I was going to use, and have flown with in the past, is going to the airlines soon. Also, in talking to various folks around the airport I've heard that the maintenance on the Geronimo may or may not be what some would consider adequate. And the Arrow, someone landed hard and sheared off half of the bolts attaching the left main gear to the wing spar.
So, off I go looking for options. Turns out there's a guy that owns a Bonanza G36 with all the Garmin goodies. Awesome! But I need to be IR to fly it solo and it's $260/hr dry. But he's an instructor, DPE, ATP, ex-AF, etc. and has a C172 that I could do the IR in. His aircraft are pristine - not a lick of dirt or oil in the Bo's engine bay. Then just for ****s and giggles, he's got a Baron G58 and a Seminole (for ME training).
My dilemma (setting aside that I'm not IR): get a short check-out in the $190/hr SR22 that is available or go for the Bo? From a dollar perspective it's a no-brainer. But, Lord have mercy, that Bo is nice.
Of course I could just stick to the beater 110 KT C172 for $65/hr.