Dual glide slope, $95...priceless!

On 10/20/06 07:39, Robert M. Gary wrote:
Mark Hansen wrote:
Jack,

Great to hear! Also glad to hear you got that VOR problem resolved ;-)

By the way, our club now owns a brand new 172SP with the G1000!
I don't think I'm going to be flying it thought, but it sure looks nice!
I think the hourly rate is going to be something like $115 wet.

That's awesome! They're charging about that same price for old 172's at
Exec.

That's right. I did most of my training at SkyWalk, which was charging over
$100 for a 70's-era 172 with a GNS 430. I"m sure the prices are much higher
now. I tried to look at their rates online, but the site is broken ;-(

I love the club - not just the wet rate, but the insurance that is included
as well.


-Robert




--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
Sacramento, CA

Mark Hansen wrote:
On 10/20/06 07:39, Robert M. Gary wrote:
Mark Hansen wrote:
Jack,

Great to hear! Also glad to hear you got that VOR problem resolved ;-)

By the way, our club now owns a brand new 172SP with the G1000!
I don't think I'm going to be flying it thought, but it sure looks nice!
I think the hourly rate is going to be something like $115 wet.

That's awesome! They're charging about that same price for old 172's at
Exec.

That's right. I did most of my training at SkyWalk, which was charging over
$100 for a 70's-era 172 with a GNS 430. I"m sure the prices are much higher
now. I tried to look at their rates online, but the site is broken ;-(

I love the club - not just the wet rate, but the insurance that is included
as well.

Too bad I"m on the wrong side of town. Davis is a long drive from
Folsom ;(

-Robert

On 10/20/06 13:08, Robert M. Gary wrote:
Mark Hansen wrote:
On 10/20/06 07:39, Robert M. Gary wrote:
Mark Hansen wrote:
Jack,

Great to hear! Also glad to hear you got that VOR problem resolved ;-)

By the way, our club now owns a brand new 172SP with the G1000!
I don't think I'm going to be flying it thought, but it sure looks nice!
I think the hourly rate is going to be something like $115 wet.

That's awesome! They're charging about that same price for old 172's at
Exec.

That's right. I did most of my training at SkyWalk, which was charging over
$100 for a 70's-era 172 with a GNS 430. I"m sure the prices are much higher
now. I tried to look at their rates online, but the site is broken ;-(

I love the club - not just the wet rate, but the insurance that is included
as well.

Too bad I"m on the wrong side of town. Davis is a long drive from
Folsom ;(

You don't really need to rent anyway, do you? On the other hand, if all
you want is access to a G1000-equipped airplane, the monthly dues for
the club are only $20 (although you have to maintain flight currency
in type at least every two months).

I can just imagine you flying to Davis to pick up the G1000 and go
fly it around :-)

Davis is about a 30 minute drive for me, so it's not too bad. Now the
smell of the cows ... that's another issue all together! ;-)
I'm a city boy, after all.


--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
Sacramento, CA

Mark Hansen wrote:
On 10/20/06 13:08, Robert M. Gary wrote:
Mark Hansen wrote:
You don't really need to rent anyway, do you? On the other hand, if all
you want is access to a G1000-equipped airplane, the monthly dues for
the club are only $20 (although you have to maintain flight currency
in type at least every two months).

No, but the G1000 rate is great. I also rent and sometimes instruct in
a G1000 182 at Executive. I really like the system but I still consider
my Mooney to be a more capable family travel machine than the G1000
182, mostly because of the speed difference. Its amazing to be pulling
13GPH and just keeping up with the traffic on the freeway in the 182.

Sadly the Mooney is now at Cameron Park and I'm afraid to fly it
because of some very strange recently fuel problems. I'm getting
different information all over the place. Before I spend $2000 to
overhaul a 600 hour fuel servo I want to look into it more. Owning a
plane, just managing maintenance, is a full time job.

-Robert

On 10/20/06 14:53, Robert M. Gary wrote:
Mark Hansen wrote:
On 10/20/06 13:08, Robert M. Gary wrote:
Mark Hansen wrote:
You don't really need to rent anyway, do you? On the other hand, if all
you want is access to a G1000-equipped airplane, the monthly dues for
the club are only $20 (although you have to maintain flight currency
in type at least every two months).

No, but the G1000 rate is great. I also rent and sometimes instruct in
a G1000 182 at Executive. I really like the system but I still consider
my Mooney to be a more capable family travel machine than the G1000
182, mostly because of the speed difference. Its amazing to be pulling
13GPH and just keeping up with the traffic on the freeway in the 182.


Yes, I almost bought into a Mooney partnership, but just couldn't fit
into the cockpit ;-(

Of course, most of my flying is just training and practice at this
point, so a (relatively) cheap Cessna is just fine. I'm not considering
long distance travel until later. Perhaps by then I'll fit ;-)


Sadly the Mooney is now at Cameron Park and I'm afraid to fly it
because of some very strange recently fuel problems. I'm getting
different information all over the place. Before I spend $2000 to
overhaul a 600 hour fuel servo I want to look into it more. Owning a
plane, just managing maintenance, is a full time job.

Yeah, I've been following the posts. Sorry to hear that, and I hope
it doesn't work out too badly for you.

Best of luck.