"dave" wrote in message
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I would double check the insurance cost and the insurance company's
checkout requirements before going further. My insurance company
increased both between my initial informal quote and when I finally bought
my bonanza. Just unlucky timing.


Excellent point. I'm sure I'm in for any number of financial "surprises"
like that, but forewarned is forearmed as they say. I will do so!

When I sold my citabria I simply flew the plane to an airport convenient
to both me and the seller and had a friend pick me up there. The buyer
paid with a certified check. It was only a couple of hundred miles away
so it was an easy trip. When I bought my bonanza I paid the seller's
costs to fly the plane out to me and for his return ticket back to Utah.
You may want to explore those options. I did try to find a local CFI to
fly out with me to pick up the airplane but I couldn't find one with
enough Bo time that was available for a few days. Your insurance company
may want to know that your instructor has time in the TB20. Talk to your
insurance company about that. If something bad happens and the insurance
company determines that the CFI wasn't qualified it could get ugly. I
also tried to get a Bo check out prior to getting the airplane but it's
tough to find places that rent high performance airplanes.

Copy all. All are valid considerations--but, at the end of the day, I've
got to say I'm really looking forward to flying MY airplane back to MY
location. You know??

I'll add the CFI rqmts question to the insurance discussion, thanks. Via
the Socata group, I've found several locations that rent Trinidads (with,
presumably, CFIs available for checkout purposes)--rather than spend the
money to get someone to join me on the trip or to fly MY plane to me, I'd
sooner pay to fly myself to one of these locations and get the hours. One
of them is in White Plains, NY, which is close to both my prospect and my
family.... We'll see.

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Thanks, Dave--precisely the sort of info I'm looking for!

--
Doug
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