Timeline for In what cases does it make sense to buy a plane before you begin pilot training?
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| Jan 19, 2018 at 18:50 | comment | added | alexsh | @Chris Most people prefer low wing planes for almost no other reason than 'they look sexy' but it is nice to stand under the wing in a fly-in when the sun is out or when it is raining. Also, walking on the wing to get into the plane does not do the skin and the ribs any service. So C172>D40 in my book :) | |
| Jan 19, 2018 at 18:47 | comment | added | alexsh | @Canuk Agreed, this is a very fair way of proportioning the expenses and partnerships are great if your partners are reliable. I was only cautioning to weigh all the risks first. | |
| Dec 17, 2017 at 19:53 | comment | added | Chris | My big point against it is that you don't know what plane you'd want to buy. When I started training, I had my heart set on owning a DA40. Wanted one more than anything. 300 hours later and some horribly uncomfortable cross countries in that thing, I'm much more comfortable and happy with my 172. | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 6:58 | comment | added | Canuk | @alexsh partnerships are definitely harder to get out of, but they are great when they work! I went into it with the mindset that I was in for life! We proportion expenses by "renting the airplane to ourselves" and pro-rate time-limited parts and put it into an account (for example, $20/hour for engine maintenance reserve, $5/hour for propeller, etc.) and then we all pay our share of fixed expenses (these are expenses that are if there if fly or not - such as annual inspection, tie down, insurance) | |
| May 15, 2014 at 17:29 | vote | accept | Garrison Neely | ||
| May 14, 2014 at 22:23 | comment | added | alexsh | I would also think twice about a partnership: they are a lot harder to get out of in case you need to. You would also have to think about how to proportion expenses such as annuals, maintenance, etc among the partners (would it depend on how much one flies, for example?) | |
| May 14, 2014 at 20:59 | comment | added | egid | A 172 makes a fine trainer. A 182 would do in a pinch but they're a lot more powerful and the learning curve could be problematic. Insurance would probably increase correspondingly. | |
| May 14, 2014 at 18:21 | comment | added | Garrison Neely | Thanks for the input--my goal would be to get a 172, or even fractional on a 182. Would it make sense from a training point to use those types of planes? | |
| May 14, 2014 at 17:32 | history | edited | Farhan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 14, 2014 at 17:17 | history | answered | alexsh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |