Airplane flying

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Unless you want to burn money like a madman don't even think about buying a plane; the maintenance and insurance will eat you alive. Renting is the way to go, and it's fine to rent a beater to save a few bucks when you're learning.


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This really depends on how often you fly.

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This really depends on how often you fly.


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I've always heard that you need to fly about 100 hours a year to break even vs. renting. For most people 100 hours is ALOT of flying.

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Eyesight: Is your vision correctable to 20/20? If so, you won't have a problem. I have 20/400 vision uncorrected, and never had a problem passing a medical.

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I am color blind - would that be a problem?

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Are you fully color blind, or just color deficient? I'd definitely talk to an aviation medical examiner about that. Also, you could try: http://www.aviationmedicine.com/index.html

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This really depends on how often you fly.


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I've always heard that you need to fly about 100 hours a year to break even vs. renting. For most people 100 hours is ALOT of flying.

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True. But you can't get up at 7 and decide you want to fly somewhere and get breakfast on a whim if you don't own one [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

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it's fine to rent a beater to save a few bucks when you're learning.

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I don't know much about planes but I would think twice before renting a "beater" airplane. Somehow it seems a little more important to have a reliable vehicle when you're up a few thousand feet. Maybe I'm a big pussy, you tell me.

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A beater can simply be a mid 60's cesna 150 that will only top 100 if you have a serious problem but is a great plane to learn in.

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it's fine to rent a beater to save a few bucks when you're learning.

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I don't know much about planes but I would think twice before renting a "beater" airplane. Somehow it seems a little more important to have a reliable vehicle when you're up a few thousand feet. Maybe I'm a big pussy, you tell me.

Swede

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A beater can simply be a mid 60's cesna 150 that will only top 100 if you have a serious problem but is a great plane to learn in.

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Yep. Plenty of 60s-70s planes are still flying around in airworthy condition. Learning in these is great, and builds character. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Anyone ever flown a plane with duct tape on the wing? I have. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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it's fine to rent a beater to save a few bucks when you're learning.

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I don't know much about planes but I would think twice before renting a "beater" airplane. Somehow it seems a little more important to have a reliable vehicle when you're up a few thousand feet. Maybe I'm a big pussy, you tell me.

Swede

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A beater can simply be a mid 60's cesna 150 that will only top 100 if you have a serious problem but is a great plane to learn in.

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Yep. Plenty of 60s-70s planes are still flying around in airworthy condition. Learning in these is great, and builds character. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Anyone ever flown a plane with duct tape on the wing? I have. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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Does a glider count for this one :P?

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Yep. Plenty of 60s-70s planes are still flying around in airworthy condition. Learning in these is great, and builds character.

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I learned in a '65 Piper 140. I thought for a long time that the brand name was INOP due to all of the stickers on the panel. The first time I rented a new plane my first question to the instructor was "DO ALL OF THESE GAGUES ACTUALLY WORK?"

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I've got 13.5 hours as of Friday and I love it. I'm in the Bay area and the best deal I've found is at Hayward airport. The plane is $45/hr dry
AVgas is about $20/hr
Instructor is $35/hr and only charges when the plane engine is running (hobbs time)
So it's about $100/hr total
My flying club also has a deal where you get 50 hrs dual instruction including plane and fuel plus 10 hrs ground instruction for $4799
Also your vision only needs to be correctable to 20/40 in order to qualify for a third-class medical. You should definitely look into it, you won't regret it.

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I've got 13.5 hours as of Friday and I love it. I'm in the Bay area and the best deal I've found is at Hayward airport. The plane is $45/hr dry
AVgas is about $20/hr
Instructor is $35/hr and only charges when the plane engine is running (hobbs time)
So it's about $100/hr total
My flying club also has a deal where you get 50 hrs dual instruction including plane and fuel plus 10 hrs ground instruction for $4799
Also your vision only needs to be correctable to 20/40 in order to qualify for a third-class medical. You should definitely look into it, you won't regret it.

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That sounds a little better price-wise. I havn't called anybody yet here in Salt Lake, but I will next week. Yeah, I think it would be cool to rent a plane once in a while and go for a ride.

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