Airplane rental / flying clubs near Phoenix

On Nov 29, 3:02 am, Martin Hotze wrote:
Dan schrieb:

We just spent about $200k on the 182, which is a 1998 model.
Sorry for hijacking, but I have to ask: what has to be done on a not yet
10 year old airplane that cost 200k? Wouldn't it be more wise to buy
into a new (maybe jet/diesel) aircraft like a Diamond? I don't know the
details and you for sure made your homework before spending the 200k.
I don't think he meant it as "We spent 200K improving a 1998 Cessna
182" but "We spent $200K as the purchase price of a 1998 model year
Cessna 182."

Right.... We purchased it, and added a Garmin 530W for a total cost
around $200k...

$200k worth of upgrades would have been idiotic!

I read the "spent on" as "spent on improvements/repair/...

So your point in your reply is fine for me. A C182 in this area is a
good plane. I personally flew one from CHD along the border/river to Las
Vegas, St. George, Page, Grand Canyon, Sedona and back to Chandler. It's
nice to have some power left at 10.000ft.

#m
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I am not a terrorist http://www.casualdisobedience.com/

Martin.... I did that myself a couple weeks back. Monument Valley to
the Grand Canyon along the Colorado river is just an incredible
flight....

--Dan

Bones wrote:
I may be relocating to Phoenix in the not so distant future so I'm looking
for airplane rental or flying club recommendations. I'm currently flying
Warriors, Archers and 172s but having a high performance or complex airplane
available would be a plus. Info on rental charges, airplane availability,
quality of the airplanes, airspace considerations and user friendliness of
the airport/FBO/club would all be appreciated.


In the west valley, the choices are dwindling. Glendale Aviation recently
sold and stopped renting aircraft. At GEU, there's still Air Safety
Academy (http://www.airsafetyacademy.com/), which primarily focuses on
renting Cirrus aircraft, but they have some Cessnas on the line as well.
Their costs may rise though since the new FBO owners have raised their gas
prices, presumably in preparation for Super Bowl.

Glendale Aviation's birds were sold or the leasebacks transferred to other
FBO's. Two of their leased 172SP's are now rented out by Angel Air (based
at Stellar) out of Goodyear Airport (GYR). Some of their better CFII's now
operate out of GYR as well. Angel has plenty of planes at Stellar (P19) as
well. Angel Air can be found at http://www.flyangelair.com/ . They rent
172's (steam and G1000, though only steam at GYR), a 182T G1000 (high
perf), a late model Arrow (complex) and a Seminole twin (multi).

I was sad to see Glendale Aviation stop renting as they had the cheapest
rates in the valley Example being (wet, hobbs) $68/hr for a 152
Sparrowhawk, $88 for a 172N, $114/hr for a 172SP, and $125/hr for a 172SP
G1000.

Angel rents the same 172SPs at $120/hr, which is still reasonable given
the rise in cost of AvGas. The 172SP's they have at GYR have seen student
abuse, but are still in reasonably nice shape - being that everything
still works.

Hope this helps,
-Rick (PPL ASEL)