On Dec 16, 2:03 pm, " wrote:
On Dec 16, 2:42 pm, Jay Honeck wrote:



Suggestions as to appropriate "training" aircraft (beyond the Cessna 150 /
172) would also be appreciated.

A Cherokee 140 is an excellent and inexpensive trainer that can (in a
pinch) carry four people. It also has the advantage of having the
wing on the proper side of the fuselage...

;-)

Additionally, would it be wise to contract a single CFI to do our
instruction? At approximately 50 hours per pupil, they could log a lot of
time. Maybe we could get a small discount?

Sounds like a good idea -- if you can keep everyone in line and on
schedule.

If you can keep a bunch of student pilots focused and organized,
you've got two great opportunities to save money. In my experience,
however, organizing pilots is a lot like herding cats, so you'll have
your work cut out for you...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Four people in a Cherokee 140? Are you serious?

Is this a flight school for ants?

A Cherokee 140 will take off at full gross (2150 lbs) and clear a 50'
obstacle in 1800' of paved runway. I've had mine loaded with four
people at full gross weight and it flies just perfectly fine.

Just make sure they aren't all 250+lb lardasses.

My Cherokee 140 has a useful load of 810 pounds.
And BTW, it may be going up for sale again soon so I might be able to
resume my dream of building an RV-7.
It's a nice one, with new paint and interior, a new PM3000 stereo
intercom system, and a GPS196.

A good pic of it taken at Oshkosh 2007 is located at:
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/100122.html