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Ben
A couple of weeks ago I had a long conversation with a deadheadding pilot on a trip back from Dallas. He was very interesting to speak with, and was also helpful in using the Socratic method with my queries. For now, I am not going to continue work on the commercial, as there is no immediate need for it. In future, I may want to teach, in which case I would obviously go back to that certificate.
Perhaps within the year I will get the multi-engine "rating," because there is a flight school that rents Seminoles. The same flight school, though, also rents a single which is more comfortable, newer, faster, and with better avionics (IMO). If they ever get the Seneca they've been talking about buying, that would get me into their Seminoles to get the rating and then into the Seneca for the required hours.
Meanwhile, my teacher has recently become fulltime at the corporate job he has, and therefore has decided that his next aircraft purchase will be a six-seater, primarily for family use. If he still had to make most of his money teaching, he would have had to buy a four-seater, but now he can use his two two-seaters for training. He plans to rent the six-seater to a few of his instrument-rated students. He's looking for a non-turbo, five to ten year-old C206 or PA-32, if you know anyone who is selling.
Although I have about 45 hours in the Saratoga, his insurance will still probably require 5-10 recent hours, which I would want, anyway. So I am planning on going with him to pick the plane up, and fly it back with him. We can do VFR and IFR work on the way home. My recent flights have been alternating solo VFR/IFR practice and cross-countries.
So, that's Ben's Big Aviation Plans for the next few months!
Perhaps within the year I will get the multi-engine "rating," because there is a flight school that rents Seminoles. The same flight school, though, also rents a single which is more comfortable, newer, faster, and with better avionics (IMO). If they ever get the Seneca they've been talking about buying, that would get me into their Seminoles to get the rating and then into the Seneca for the required hours.
Meanwhile, my teacher has recently become fulltime at the corporate job he has, and therefore has decided that his next aircraft purchase will be a six-seater, primarily for family use. If he still had to make most of his money teaching, he would have had to buy a four-seater, but now he can use his two two-seaters for training. He plans to rent the six-seater to a few of his instrument-rated students. He's looking for a non-turbo, five to ten year-old C206 or PA-32, if you know anyone who is selling.
Although I have about 45 hours in the Saratoga, his insurance will still probably require 5-10 recent hours, which I would want, anyway. So I am planning on going with him to pick the plane up, and fly it back with him. We can do VFR and IFR work on the way home. My recent flights have been alternating solo VFR/IFR practice and cross-countries.
So, that's Ben's Big Aviation Plans for the next few months!
