Originally posted by muckmaw
Question:
For those with their PPLs...what do you do with it? I mean do you travel in a private plane or just go sightseeing?
Do you fly to places you can't get to with a commerical jet? Do you rent a plane by the day? Any fear about taking loved ones up with you?
All questions I need to answer for myself before I continue my education.
Got mine at 19.
$100 hamburger, day trips to places you'd need to spend a weekend, sightseeing, dates (makes a good one actually, Columbus, OH looks very nice at night). I wanted to fly to Meigs, but never got to. Farthest i've flown so far in a single is to myrtle beach in a Mooney M20J 201. There and back to pick up a new 172R my flight school bought. Just do it. costs are high compared to...checkers. Plan to spend $5000-$7000 over the period of 6months to a year. I got away with spending a hair more than $3k for the whole shebang (flight kit, headsets, checkride, written test ect ect) as a bottom line. Worked at the flight school and bummed flight time wherever i could get it. Now i've got nearly an instrument rating, working on commercial and CFI and am a year away from bachelors in Aviation Science, and some Aeronautical Engineering classes out of the way too...I've designed my own landing gear for an airplane i'm building.
Not bad for a 20 year old...is it
Now in my logbook (endorsed and all when required) is .5 in a Citation 500 and a ride Falcon 20 (courtesy of Joe Boxer's crew), SIAI Marchetti SF-260 (Air Combat USA dueling a squadmate), Extra 200, Pitts S2C, Taylorcraft, Luscombe 8A, Aeronca Chief, 150, 152, 172, 182, 210, King Air C90 and Navajo Chieften. Most of the time in a 172 however. And I just ordered the first bit of kit for a 3/4 scale P-51 Mustang. Life's good so far...gotta stay busy
**note**
Citation 500, Falcon(just a ride, no dual given), Pitts, Extra, Taylorcraft, Luscombe, Chief, 182, 210, Navajo, and King-Air (both owned by charter outfit that owns the FBO, both flown part-91) time have all been begged! Its amazing what you can get when you just ask
