Actually ,
The airfield owns it's planes and provides it's own insurance.It's a
reason the planes other than the Pitts are so reasonably priced for rental.
Your rental insurance covers the plane, so you are flipping that bill. I
would imagine the Pitts price is due to operating costs. Engine overhauls
and such...and how much does it cost to have chutes repacked ..what is it
like every 90 days or so?

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"Stefan" wrote in message
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Morgans wrote:

I would think that additional insurance prices would also be necessary to
cover the occasional payout for blotched aerobatics, ending in
destruction
of the plane, and occasional demise of the pilot. :-( Add to that, the
tricky ground handling causing ground loops, bent gear, and bent wings,
ect.

Aerobatics is every bit as safe as flying straight and level, even if one
figure or two go wrong (which inevitably happens when you explore new
maneuvres). Statistically, aerobatics is even safer than "normal" flight.

Ground handling a Pitts is another thing, though.

Stfan