Best Single Pilot IFR Plane

After reading this thread, I'm glad I live where I do (CNH). Although
we do have to deal with New England weather, I don't think you can buy a
house for $350K. You'd have to get a house, a bunch of land, and maybe
another small house. As for the airport, fuel is self-serve at $2.45
something, and T-hangar space is $120/month (that's not a typo). I
share a 172 with 4 others. Can't fly for much cheaper than that. (Of
course, a nicer/faster/better plane would always be a good thing.)

Dan

Jeff wrote:
We are looking for land right now so my wife can get another horse, she has to
board hers at a stable and she does not like doing it.
Land in vegas is way way over priced. So 350k for 2.5 acres, if it had a house
on it, would not be bad at all. 2.5 acres with nothing on it...not a chance.

Kevin wrote:


Jeff wrote:

starts at 350k?
is that just the land or the house also?


That is just for a lot approx 2.5 Acres. That would buy you a nice bird !


Kevin wrote:



Jeff wrote:


maybe you should list a price range you was wanting answers for
check out what John Travoltas flies
http://www.ipilot.com/forum/message....id=42554#42554


You bet, lots in the airpark he lives in start at $350K.

/www.jumbolair.com/



Charles Talleyrand wrote:




There must be people on the newsgroup that fly single pilot
IFR on a regular basis. These people have a schedule to make
and would rather not miss that schedule unless necessary. These people
don't have the need to carry many passengers, but just themselves.
My question is for these people ...

What sort of planes are you flying?





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"Dan Truesdell"
After reading this thread, I'm glad I live where I do (CNH). Although
we do have to deal with New England weather, I don't think you can buy a
house for $350K. You'd have to get a house, a bunch of land, and maybe
another small house. As for the airport, fuel is self-serve at $2.45
something, and T-hangar space is $120/month (that's not a typo). I
share a 172 with 4 others. Can't fly for much cheaper than that.

I'm glad I'm where I am too... hopefully most of us are. I'm at 8nc8. No
NE weather but we have summer. Grass but the price is right. $350k put me
on the runway with a home and a 2500' hangar on 3 acres. Only expense is
low property taxes and a nominal homeowners fee. Our private fuel is up to
about $2.35 now and we have JetA (!!). Sometimes we forget how nice it is.

But the cost of flying real estate is all about location. Ironically, life
on an airport offers more mobility and locational independence than any
other kind of living.

Nice thing about our location is that is is a 15 min auto commute to work,
an 18 min cab ride from my ILS at RDU, and truly 1.5 hours to the mountains
(Asheville) or the shore (Ocracoke). Florida and NYC seemed a bit far for
casual travel in our slow plane, at least until 9/11. Now it's a valued
luxury to be able to fly ourselves.

3 acres...that made my wife jelous
thats a really good price for all that.

Jeff

Maule Driver wrote:



I'm glad I'm where I am too... hopefully most of us are. I'm at 8nc8. No
NE weather but we have summer. Grass but the price is right. $350k put me
on the runway with a home and a 2500' hangar on 3 acres. Only expense is
low property taxes and a nominal homeowners fee. Our private fuel is up to
about $2.35 now and we have JetA (!!). Sometimes we forget how nice it is.

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I had been wanting to get a hanger, they told me the deposit was $10,000 with the
remainder $90,000 due upon completion. you have to buy the damn things, surprised
the hell out of me. I didnt need a hanger that bad.

Dan Truesdell wrote:

After reading this thread, I'm glad I live where I do (CNH). Although
we do have to deal with New England weather, I don't think you can buy a
house for $350K. You'd have to get a house, a bunch of land, and maybe
another small house. As for the airport, fuel is self-serve at $2.45
something, and T-hangar space is $120/month (that's not a typo). I
share a 172 with 4 others. Can't fly for much cheaper than that. (Of
course, a nicer/faster/better plane would always be a good thing.)

Dan

Jeff wrote:
We are looking for land right now so my wife can get another horse, she has to
board hers at a stable and she does not like doing it.
Land in vegas is way way over priced. So 350k for 2.5 acres, if it had a house
on it, would not be bad at all. 2.5 acres with nothing on it...not a chance.

Kevin wrote:


Jeff wrote:

starts at 350k?
is that just the land or the house also?


That is just for a lot approx 2.5 Acres. That would buy you a nice bird !


Kevin wrote:



Jeff wrote:


maybe you should list a price range you was wanting answers for
check out what John Travoltas flies
http://www.ipilot.com/forum/message....id=42554#42554


You bet, lots in the airpark he lives in start at $350K.

/www.jumbolair.com/



Charles Talleyrand wrote:




There must be people on the newsgroup that fly single pilot
IFR on a regular basis. These people have a schedule to make
and would rather not miss that schedule unless necessary. These people
don't have the need to carry many passengers, but just themselves.
My question is for these people ...

What sort of planes are you flying?




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We actually have a waiting list for hangar space. We have 6 T-hangars
and 1 community hanger with space for 6 airplanes. The city owns the
airport, and does not wish to fund any new hangars (even though they
would pay for themselves in 6 or 7 years). One could lease a spot on
the airport fairly cheaply and build a privately-owned hangar, but New
Hampshire unfortunately is stuck in the dark ages, and almost all of the
city's funds come from property tax. (The state taxes your property,
too. It's a mentality from the 19th century, and why we pay our state
reps $100/year. All 400 of them.) So a nice $300K set of T-hangars
will cost you about $10K per year just in taxes. I know that sounds
cheap to someone in LA, NY or BOS, but that's a lot to swallow here.
It's a bit frustrating as any addition to the airport would be
beneficial. I happy to have our hangar, but I can see why others are a
bit put off by the situation.



Jeff wrote:
I had been wanting to get a hanger, they told me the deposit was $10,000 with the
remainder $90,000 due upon completion. you have to buy the damn things, surprised
the hell out of me. I didnt need a hanger that bad.

Dan Truesdell wrote:


After reading this thread, I'm glad I live where I do (CNH). Although
we do have to deal with New England weather, I don't think you can buy a
house for $350K. You'd have to get a house, a bunch of land, and maybe
another small house. As for the airport, fuel is self-serve at $2.45
something, and T-hangar space is $120/month (that's not a typo). I
share a 172 with 4 others. Can't fly for much cheaper than that. (Of
course, a nicer/faster/better plane would always be a good thing.)

Dan

Jeff wrote:

We are looking for land right now so my wife can get another horse, she has to
board hers at a stable and she does not like doing it.
Land in vegas is way way over priced. So 350k for 2.5 acres, if it had a house
on it, would not be bad at all. 2.5 acres with nothing on it...not a chance.

Kevin wrote:



Jeff wrote:


starts at 350k?
is that just the land or the house also?


That is just for a lot approx 2.5 Acres. That would buy you a nice bird !



Kevin wrote:




Jeff wrote:



maybe you should list a price range you was wanting answers for
check out what John Travoltas flies
http://www.ipilot.com/forum/message....id=42554#42554


You bet, lots in the airpark he lives in start at $350K.

/www.jumbolair.com/




Charles Talleyrand wrote:





There must be people on the newsgroup that fly single pilot
IFR on a regular basis. These people have a schedule to make
and would rather not miss that schedule unless necessary. These people
don't have the need to carry many passengers, but just themselves.
My question is for these people ...

What sort of planes are you flying?


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"Jeff" wrote in message
...
I had been wanting to get a hanger, they told me the deposit was $10,000
with the
remainder $90,000 due upon completion. you have to buy the damn things,
surprised
the hell out of me. I didnt need a hanger that bad.

Think of it as a real estate investment.