The plane costs around $80K he's nuts and when I meet him and I'm sure I
will I'll tell him so.

He's flying the plane all over the place to fly-ins and the like. He
probably is trying to pay for all of his flying and it isn't going to work.

Mark my words the price will drop or the repo man will come.


"W P Dixon" wrote in message
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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.