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This is from Wikipedia Bankruptcy Silver State Helicopters filed a petition with the US Bankruptcy Court for liquidation under Chapter 7 of the bankruptcy code and ceased all operations on February 3, 2008, at 1733 hours Pacific Standard Time.[3] At the time operations ended, the company...

The Eclipse 500 would be my pick from what I've seen. Cheaper and faster then the overpriced Mustang. But when I get to the point when I could afford a 2 million dollar jet, I would probably just go with NetJets.

Thanks for the great responses. I don't think I'll mention the Cirrus SR22 anymore. For whatever reason, certain people seem to feel it necessary to express how they feel about it, even though no one cares what they have to say.

and with the cost of the Mirage/Matrix, you can just by a light jet. If it came as an option on a new plane, I wouldn't mind paying extra. Sounds like to much work with an existing plane.

I find it really weird that you have to use oxygen at high attitudes (obviously you need it). What is it like to strap-on a mask or nasal cannula? I can't imagine it would be comfortable. Why aren't airplanes that can cruise at high altitudes pressurized? Are the Cirrus SR22 or Mooney...

bored, there has to be about 5 billion dollars worth of aircraft sitting at the Aspen Airport.

Yep, that's the AIRCRAFT I've seen. pretty cool looking! I guess its nothing special since there are only 5! What are the chances I've seen two of them at separate airports on Google Earth? I remembered where one of them is, Aspen, CO.

I was looking at different airports on Google Earth and I've come across this weird looking aircraft a couple times. Can anyone identify it from my poor drawing?

I assumed I would fly 2 hrs a day, 4-5 times a week, comes out to about 6-8 weeks. I would rather get it done in as little time as possible. I assumed two months is plenty of time to get it done, being some schools offer accelerated training programs in 4 weeks time.

Thanks, I'll wait till I move and check out California Airways.

I have 6-8 weeks before I move to San Francisco and thought I would consider getting my ppl with in that time frame. The problem is, I can't find a decent flight school within a hour's drive. There are only two in Northern Colorado for that matter and neither of them have low-wing aircraft...

I think I will wait on a new airplane till the end of the year. Someone over on the AOPA forums said it perfectly. "The quality of instruction has more to do with you being a good pilot that what you fly in training."

sorry, I have a life outside the internet. Thanks to those of you who provided great responses and weren't complete jerks. Like I said in the original post, I read in a couple different places around the internet that most students will do fine learning to fly in a high performance aircraft...

Hey everyone, I just joined the forums. I asked this question over on the AOPA forums, but I would like to get everyone's opinion over here. I plan on taking flight lessons in the summer for my PPL after I move to San Francisco. Since I plan on purchasing a plane, I figured I might as well...