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I'm looking for CFI options in south-central Missouri. I'm about an hour east of Springfield. Springfield or West Plains would be reasonable options but I'd love to find an independent CFI closer in. Suggestions/Recommendations?

I have five kids. Two girls, three boys. Girls are 18 and 16, Boys are 15, 12, 9 18yr old will hopefully not be super relevant for the conversation much longer, since she'll move out before I buy a plane (knock on wood...) Not sure how much the others will actually want to fly yet. Once...

I think there's ten guys in the club. Couldn't really say on the additional aircraft, but it's something worth keeping in mind as I get involved there. There's still the Comanche 250 that my CFI owns ... he said he'd be willing to talk partnership after I get my ticket. It's not a six...

Maybe I'll push on it a little then. You never know. I got the distinct impression they were thrilled to potentially have another member so they may be ok with it. Monthly dues are around $80 (it fluctuates a little) so I'd guess flying 20 hrs a month will run me about $1,120 all-in, so $56/hr.

The guy you responded to isn't me ... I'm going to start with the club 172 at least, and then go from there. I can't say how important winter Cascade traversals will be to me. I suspect possibly not so important. However, I believe there's a southern route (along the Columbia, I think) that...

They don't permit training in the Champ, just the 172.

Well, I talked to the guy that runs the flying club my CFI referred me to. They have an IFR equipped 172M and a Champ. After a reasonable buy-in amount (and monthly dues), they're fine with doing training in the 172M, and they are charging between $50 and $55/hr wet. Seems like a good...

Well, heard back from my CFI ... he said he wouldn't touch that 150 if it was him. I'll be contacting the flight club with the 172M, hopefully that will work out reasonably well. He did say that he'd be open to partnering in his Comanche after my initial training is done ... Another wrinkle...

Purely out of unfamiliarity....

Yeah, I think it'll be about 80% me or me and a passenger or two, and only a few times a year would we need all seats full (in a six seat aircraft). My oldest is 18 and graduated HS, so she'll not be around (I hope :D) and the rest of them aren't all that far behind. Picking up a plane...

I left a message with my CFI. I'm guessing he knows exactly what the story is with this plane. I used to live on the wet side too ... I love living out here where the only thing I hear is animals and wind, but from the flying standpoint, it was nice living five minutes from PAE.

yeah, those times caught my eye too....

I saw that one too, and was going to ask my CFI about it. I looked up the registration number and it says it expired a couple months ago. Bad sign? Where are you out of?

Yup, the weather here can get pretty interesting. It cools off pretty good at night, but we've had a ton of 100+ degree days this year... Lots of mountains and hills here, 4-5k ft high, and I'm smack dab between a couple of mountain ranges. Gotta have enough power to get up above them on...

I plan to roll straight into my IFR training. What sort of aircraft fits that bill in the 25k range?

I haven't gotten as far as a budget for a long term aircraft, partially because I don't really want to train in a bigger plane, but also because I'm not 100% sure what my usage pattern will be, and I want to make sure when I do buy, I'm buying the right plane. My current thinking is that...

I live smack dab inbetween Colville (63S) and Chewelah (1S9) ... Deer Park (DEW) is the airport that has the Piper rentals. I've thought about buying, but a C-172 or Cherokee won't fit the bill for me long term ... I will need a true 4 seater or even a 6 long term because I have five kids...

He owns a Comanche (a 250) already...

I'm starting flight training this fall after putting it off for about twenty years. My issue right now is that there's not a whole lot of options around here for renting aircraft. I have a great CFI lined up, but there's no FBO in my fairly rural corner of NE Washington State that rents...