flyingcheesehead
Touchdown! Greaser!
Now that my club has a DA40 and is back up to three airplanes, we have additional shares available. We're based at KMSN, Dane County Regional/Truax Field in Madison, WI and have been in existence for over 50 years.
We have 3 IFR, GPS (with current databases), autopilot equipped airplanes:
1) 2006 DA40/G1000, N569DS. KAP140 autopilot, GDL69A datalink, speed gear, long range tanks (50 gal), premium interior, cockpit convenience package, 4-way baggage compartment, XLS canopy. Useful load 795, full fuel payload 495, payload w/4 hours of fuel 555. Currently $135 per tach hour, wet.
2) 1971 C182/G, N271G. Garmin 430W GPS, S-TEC 50 2-axis autopilot with GPS Steering, JPI engine monitor, Garmin 340 audio panel, long range tanks (79 gal), 2003? interior, 2005 paint. Useful load 1213, full fuel payload 739, payload w/4 hours of fuel 901. Currently $127 per tach hour, wet.
3) 1977 Piper PA28-181 Archer, N8483F. Apollo GX55 IFR GPS, Piper Autocontrol IIB autopilot, PS Engineering audio panel. Useful load 1006, full fuel payload 718, payload with fuel to tabs (3.4 hours) 802. Currently $106 per tach hour, wet.
(Sorry, the Gulfstream is NOT ours.
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Monthly dues are $180 which includes your first $50 of flying, so if you fly each month it's effectively $130/month. Hourly rates include reserves for engine overhauls and upgrades. Tach hours are relative to the speed the engine is running, so you can generally fly about 1.2 hours for every tach hour you're paying for on a long VFR cross country. Shooting approaches and doing pattern work, you can fly significantly more time for each hour you're paying for. No more paying full rate for taxi time either!
Club shares are currently for sale for $1500, and the share is yours to sell for whatever price you set when you leave the club, pending approval of the new member by the board.
Members must either be at least Private Pilots, or Student Pilots who have soloed and have at least 25 hours of total time.
Scheduling is done online via aircraftclubs.com, and you get your own keys to the airplanes. Availability is phenomenal - In 6 years with the club, there has been only one occasion where I wanted to fly and there were no planes available, and only a handful where I didn't get the specific airplane I wanted.
There are very few restrictions: You can land on grass and/or private airstrips (provided they are FAA-recognized private strips), there's only a 1-hour-per-overnight minimum, etc. Other than that, just follow the FAR's.
All aircraft are hangared, and the FBO's line personnel will take them out and put them away 24 hours a day. This is especially nice in the winter, you can preflight in the hangar and then have them tow you out while you sit inside the airplane. That allows you to take advantage of the excellent performance found in winter flying without having to be out in the cold very much.
Insurance covers all club members as named insured. No renter's insurance needed! (Deductible on the club policy is only $500, which you are responsible for if you bend an airplane.)
Any questions, feel free to PM, email flyingcheesehead at mac dot com or call four one four tree zero fife two four four seven.
We have 3 IFR, GPS (with current databases), autopilot equipped airplanes:
1) 2006 DA40/G1000, N569DS. KAP140 autopilot, GDL69A datalink, speed gear, long range tanks (50 gal), premium interior, cockpit convenience package, 4-way baggage compartment, XLS canopy. Useful load 795, full fuel payload 495, payload w/4 hours of fuel 555. Currently $135 per tach hour, wet.
2) 1971 C182/G, N271G. Garmin 430W GPS, S-TEC 50 2-axis autopilot with GPS Steering, JPI engine monitor, Garmin 340 audio panel, long range tanks (79 gal), 2003? interior, 2005 paint. Useful load 1213, full fuel payload 739, payload w/4 hours of fuel 901. Currently $127 per tach hour, wet.
3) 1977 Piper PA28-181 Archer, N8483F. Apollo GX55 IFR GPS, Piper Autocontrol IIB autopilot, PS Engineering audio panel. Useful load 1006, full fuel payload 718, payload with fuel to tabs (3.4 hours) 802. Currently $106 per tach hour, wet.
(Sorry, the Gulfstream is NOT ours.
)Monthly dues are $180 which includes your first $50 of flying, so if you fly each month it's effectively $130/month. Hourly rates include reserves for engine overhauls and upgrades. Tach hours are relative to the speed the engine is running, so you can generally fly about 1.2 hours for every tach hour you're paying for on a long VFR cross country. Shooting approaches and doing pattern work, you can fly significantly more time for each hour you're paying for. No more paying full rate for taxi time either!
Club shares are currently for sale for $1500, and the share is yours to sell for whatever price you set when you leave the club, pending approval of the new member by the board.
Members must either be at least Private Pilots, or Student Pilots who have soloed and have at least 25 hours of total time.
Scheduling is done online via aircraftclubs.com, and you get your own keys to the airplanes. Availability is phenomenal - In 6 years with the club, there has been only one occasion where I wanted to fly and there were no planes available, and only a handful where I didn't get the specific airplane I wanted.
There are very few restrictions: You can land on grass and/or private airstrips (provided they are FAA-recognized private strips), there's only a 1-hour-per-overnight minimum, etc. Other than that, just follow the FAR's.
All aircraft are hangared, and the FBO's line personnel will take them out and put them away 24 hours a day. This is especially nice in the winter, you can preflight in the hangar and then have them tow you out while you sit inside the airplane. That allows you to take advantage of the excellent performance found in winter flying without having to be out in the cold very much.
Insurance covers all club members as named insured. No renter's insurance needed! (Deductible on the club policy is only $500, which you are responsible for if you bend an airplane.)
Any questions, feel free to PM, email flyingcheesehead at mac dot com or call four one four tree zero fife two four four seven.
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