I'm lost..... seriously. where am I

Unit74

Unit74

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Sold my plane and currently without purpose or meaning. Like watching your ship sail off into the horizon, I have a pit in my stomach. The night I last saw her, I could not sleep at all.

Is this what getting hit with a suprise divorce feels like?

I can now go shopping for a Lance, but until I find my next affair, I am totally lost. I even begged another pilot for right seat time already it's that bad.....It's only been 2 days!

Is there some counselling available or anything? I know.....first world problems. What to do with my free time is also another issue.
 
Why would you sell your plane,without another one in the wings? I can only wish you good luck,on finding another quickly.
 
As in hotrod lancair or piper lance?
 
@Unit74, I know how you feel. I sold mine recently as well. I put SO much into that plane, and it sucks to not be able to go out and fly when I want.

I started looking for a replacement, but I just can't make it work right now so..my wife suggested other "projects" for me to get into.

Looking at getting back into running, couch to 5K. Paying off a few bills with the excess cash I'll have now that I'm not paying maintenance fees, tiedown fees, etc on the plane.

I rented a C172 last weekend and it just wasn't the same. Old GPS, high wing, etc...maybe in a few years I'll get back into it but for me, flying is definitely at the bottom of the list for now.
 
Now you know why guys who can't get a medical anymore still can't bear to sell their airplane. When I was in between planes I didn't fly much, and I really didn't like the fact that I lost the ability to go out and fly whenever I wanted to without having to ask someone if I could. These days I fly other people's airplanes way more than my own, to the point that I really don't need to own my own. But I still can't bear the idea of parting with it since that means I can't just hop in the plane some Sunday afternoon and go where I want or go away for the weekend without any worries about when I need to get the plane back.

I think owning an airplane becomes a way of life.
 
If any airplane owners who lost their medical are looking for someone to donate their aircraft to are reading this, please feel free to burden me with your troubles in the form of said airplane. ;)
 
Find another quick. Renting during slumps can be expensive...

...we are talkin airplanes, right?
 
James331 said:
As in hotrod lancair or piper lance?
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Minivan Lance....I can't afford the insurance on a Lancair. You'd think they are a wooden stake to a broker. Same with the Velocity XLRG5 I asked about.
 
Shawn said:
Find another quick. Renting during slumps can be expensive...

...we are talkin airplanes, right?
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I might have to go that route. I'd rather split time with someone rather than rent though.
 
frfly172 said:
Why would you sell your plane,without another one in the wings? I can only wish you good luck,on finding another quickly.
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Cart before the horse comes to mind.... I'm just an average Joe, not a high roller. Had to sell to loosen up the funding string first or I'd have to sell a kidney.
 
Unit74 said:
...Is this what getting hit with a suprise divorce feels like?...
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Divorce runs the risk your net worth gets cut in half. Selling your airplane runs the risk your net worth might double in due course.

Ordinary people would choose door #2. Pilots aren't ordinary people, and understand the trauma of an airplaneless existence...time on your hands, extra cash, the feeling of no purpose in life...it's terrible.
 
Unit74 said:
Minivan Lance....I can't afford the insurance on a Lancair. You'd think they are a wooden stake to a broker. Same with the Velocity XLRG5 I asked about.
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They are more of a handful, however with all the seats in the piper Id think that would have a higher risk factor for the insurance industry.
 
James331 said:
They are more of a handful, however with all the seats in the piper Id think that would have a higher risk factor for the insurance industry.
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Rates were over double what I was quoted on the Lance. Seriously. Double.
 
Never would have figured
 
James331 said:
Never would have figured
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Would assume the hull insurance on a high end EAB would be more than a similar certified airplane, especially after risk-adjusted for the accident rate differential?
 
I just looked at it as potential expense, the airframe isn't really the big ticket item for them, it's the dead folks, and in a lance you can make 300% more dead folks.
 
It's about how many there are, and how many have crashed. Lancairs are not very safe when you look strictly at numbers.
 
Unit74 said:
It's about how many there are, and how many have crashed. Lancairs are not very safe when you look strictly at numbers.
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I've been an EAA member since 1985. The most popular amateur built airplanes don't seem to be inherently unsafe designs. The problem I think is that builders have to dedicate their time and money to building the airplane, and therefore most have to forego building time and experience in the air as pilots. When homebuilt airplanes were simple designs in the '50s & '60s that lack of air time probably wasn't as big a deal as it is now with much more complex E-AB planes with often dramatic performance and occasionally quirky handling in some situations at the edge of the envelope.

There's an effort underway by EAA, the FAA and others in the E-AB community to improve transition training and make some other changes to lower the accident rate. Hopefully the accident trend follows what happened when the same emphasis was applied to the MU-2 and more recently the Cirrus.
 
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