I have always thought that airplane owners would be wise to find a pilot
familiar with their type of aircraft who meets the "open pilot" requirements
of their insurance, and have that pilot fly the airplane for an hour once a
week. Cost to the owner compared to the cost of maintenance should be
minimal. Only hurdle I can think of is some anal FAA guy busting the
volunteer pilot for logging hours (compensation?) with only a private
ticket. Maybe I'm just paranoid.

Bob Gardner

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:rh1wf.471795$084.27584@attbi_s22...
Whenever I see less than 200 hours on an engine in a year, it seems like
there are tales of destruction of an engine to follow.

???

That describes almost every privately owned aircraft at our airport. Only
trainers routinely put on more than 200 hours per year.

Mary and I fly more than anyone at the airport, and we just barely put 200
hours on last year.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"