AC rental or partnership in Central Iowa

[jimbo]

I'm brand new to PoA. I'm a PP ASEL, IFR, w/Acrobat endorsement. I live in central Iowa and I'm looking to find either a Cessna 177RG, 182 straight or RG, 210 or Bonanza to either rent or partner with. 600+ hrs most of it in Cessna retrac/HP.

 

[SkyDog58]

I'm brand new to PoA. I'm a PP ASEL, IFR, w/Acrobat endorsement. I live in central Iowa and I'm looking to find either a Cessna 177RG, 182 straight or RG, 210 or Bonanza to either rent or partner with. 600+ hrs most of it in Cessna retrac/HP.

Can you explain the acrobat endorsement?

 

[jimbo]

@SkyDog58: It's a 'sign off' that I can fly aerobatics in aerobatic rated SELs in which I am current. I used to fly the Citabria 7KCAB for those maneuvers.

 

[SkyDog58]

So it is a FBO or club specific sign-off rather than an actual endorsement? Normally when I think endorsement, I think Part 61.31 endorsements such as complex, tailwheel, high power, etc.

 

[jimbo]

@SkyDog58: No, as it appears in my logbook it's a sign-off by my Aerobat CFI; I presume in order to meet the insurance requirements to A) fly solo in that AC, and 2) to engage in aerobatic maneuvers including emergency egress and chute deployment as I recall. The sign off/endorsement is part of my logbook from 1979. I have the endorsements also for the other AC types you mention (HP, Complex, TW). Those too appear as a sign off; no FARs are mentioned however. Do you suppose my CFI's missed something? I have flown many sportsman sequence airshows and never had an issue...

 

[SkyDog58]

It is not my place to judge your CFI, though no mention of the CFR in the logbook entries for your endorsements might be a concern. Maybe one of our esteemed CFIs can weigh in. There are some knowledgeable ones on here. I was just unfamiliar with the term “acrobat endorsement” and that is why I asked.

 

[jimbo]

I am just getting back into aviation after being out since 1990 so it's likely some of the old FARs have changed. If you've never done aerobatics, it's a hoot. I highly recommend it to any pilot as as way to enhance pilot skills.