Crash Lander wrote:
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If you are buying, just make sure there is an "official" PIC for
test flights. Once you own it, it is available and the problem
goes away. I had to do this when I bought to keep the insurance co
happy.

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Jim Pennino
This is the bit I'm talking about. If I buy an a/c that nobody has for rent,
how do I get legally rated to fly it. Di I just get an instructor to give me
a check rife in it? What if I can't find an instructor who has actually
flown that particular a/c.
For example, I might want to buy a Karatoo. (Ultralight 2 seater)
I've flown a Gazelle ultralight 2 seater, and that is the only a/c I can
legally fly, but nobody rents the Karatoo, so if I buy one, what do I do to
be able to legally fly it?
I know it all hypothetical, (for the foreseeable future!), but it's just
something that popped into my head this morning.
I may be assuming limitations where none in fact exist. I'll ask at the
school in a few weeks when I get back there. Thanks again.

Unless you are buying something really obscure, I would doubt you would
have much of a problem finding an instructor to check you out once you
owned it.

In my case, the insurance required a checkout so I just went to the
local flight school and asked if there were any instructors with
Tiger experience. It turned out there were a couple, one of which
used to be a Tiger dealer, so I scheduled the checkout with him on
his first available day (three days after I took possesion).

And yes, it was tempting to go fly the airplane before the checkout.

So, once you decide on what you want to buy, start looking for the
instructor and you will have plenty of time to make arrangements
for the checkout.

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Jim Pennino

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