Yep!
I told him as much..way over priced! 130 an hour in block time no less
!!!! Ridiculas! I'd love to fly one myself but I won't at that price. Of
course I heard the usual well compare it to the cost and maintenance of a
new Diamond . And compare it to a 40 year old plane. Well if the maintenance
on a new sport plane is more than the maintenance and upkeep of a 40-60 year
old "sport category" plane..I don't want one!
And heck you can rent a Diamond for 130 an hour can't you? They cost in
the range of 140-150 G? The 601 supposedly as S-LSA around 45G ???? I don't
think enough rich doctor and lawyer types will be interested in flying a 601
to keep them afloat. Especially ones that need to get a sport pilot cert.
May want to hold out for that repo

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Gig 601XL Builder" wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote in message
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Jeez, that is high. I'll bet the price drops when no one takes them up on
that. There is no way in hell it costs $130/hour to fly a 601XL unless
there business model has them paying the thing off in 1000 hours.

I was planning on going there or to one of the other sportsplanes.com
centers for some dual and time in model before I do my first flight.
Hopefully by then the price will have dropped. Either that or find out who
is financing the plane there will probably be a repo in a few months.