I received all my instrument training using my aircraft. I didn't have
any problems with our local flight school, but times are different. The
DE that I took my ride with also had his own flight school with
aircraft. He told me he would soon shut down that operation due to
insurance costs.


Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI


Scott Migaldi wrote:
Now that I am an aircraft owner I wanted to do some training in my
aircraft before I take it up into IMC. I have been doing the typical VFR
types of drills on my own, stalls, slow flight TO/landings, I even shot
some approaches in VFR but not under the hood to make sure all the
gizmos worked. Now I want to be under the hood with a CFII to do some
approaches, holds, DME arc, and unusual attitudes. I contacted a local
flight school to set up an appointment time with an instructor. All was
fine until they asked which of their planes I would be in. I told them I
would be in my own plane and that was the point of all of this. They
stated they did not do any training, BFRs, or IPCs in a non-school
aircraft as their insurance would not cover them.

Since I am the PIC and it is my airplane is it not my insurance that
covers the flight? has anyone else run into this before?