WellingtonB
Filing Flight Plan
Newbie here with absolutely zero knowledge of flying. Looking to get some advice for a private charter and figured what better place than a pilots forum.
A group of us (6 to 8 passengers) are looking to fly from the San Francisco Bay Area directly to Parker, AZ. Our commercial flight options are boring. Fly Virgin from SFO to Palm Springs and drive a rental car 2 hours to our final destination. Total cost per person for flight/car = $400 roughly.
Now, if we could fly private and direct, it would make things much more interesting. We are fully expecting to pay much more than commercial obviously and understand the costs associated with running an airplane (I'm a boater). What would be our best option for the trip? None of us want to pay G6 money for this trip. Would we be good with a King Air? A fun old DC3? A pair of SR22's and break up the group? Any advice on contacting a school or pilots that need to log hours that could benefit us in cost as well? Any ideas, offers, or feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.
A group of us (6 to 8 passengers) are looking to fly from the San Francisco Bay Area directly to Parker, AZ. Our commercial flight options are boring. Fly Virgin from SFO to Palm Springs and drive a rental car 2 hours to our final destination. Total cost per person for flight/car = $400 roughly.
Now, if we could fly private and direct, it would make things much more interesting. We are fully expecting to pay much more than commercial obviously and understand the costs associated with running an airplane (I'm a boater). What would be our best option for the trip? None of us want to pay G6 money for this trip. Would we be good with a King Air? A fun old DC3? A pair of SR22's and break up the group? Any advice on contacting a school or pilots that need to log hours that could benefit us in cost as well? Any ideas, offers, or feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.