Excellent TV Piece on GA

Jay Honeck wrote in news:0c06a846-b3c5-4e93-8237-
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At HVN, HFD, and IJD, Warriors and 172's are renting for $120-125/hr.
wet, with 150's and Traumahawk's hitting $105-$110. Some of the
bigger schools are going $55-60/hr. for instructors. I don't know of
schools charging less than $50/hr. for instruction.

Out here in God's Country,


What, Jebus drinks in Iowaer bars?


Bertie

Jay Honeck wrote:
At HVN, HFD, and IJD, Warriors and 172's are renting for $120-125/hr.
wet, with 150's and Traumahawk's hitting $105-$110. Some of the
bigger schools are going $55-60/hr. for instructors. I don't know of
schools charging less than $50/hr. for instruction.


Out here in God's Country, instruction is $30/hour.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
You need to find your slowest weeks during the year and hook up with the
local flight schools! If the rental rates are also cheaper a week or
two flying vacation with "discount flying and hotel" for the right and
left coasters might be a good idea.

Margy

On Nov 23, 11:34 am, "Mike Isaksen" wrote:
"B A R R Y" wrote...



Kingfish wrote:
Here in CT it's closer to $7k
with the run-up in fuel costs.

I'd go even higher, now.

At HVN, HFD, and IJD, Warriors and 172's are renting for $120-125/hr.
wet, with 150's and Traumahawk's hitting $105-$110. Some of the
bigger schools are going $55-60/hr. for instructors. I don't know of
schools charging less than $50/hr. for instruction.

For a 55 hr. PPL, that's over 10 grand. I think it would even run
high8's to low 9's at Meriden or Robertson.

I will echo all those prices on Long Island, NY, except I would add the
hidden fuel surcharge of $8-10 per hour. It's never posted on the rate board
and claimed to change every day, but the few times I rented over the past
year its been consistant.

Yikes. Okay, haven't been keeping up on the costs since '03 or so when
I stopped doing primary instruction. I do recall when working in ops
at Brigeport, students from Farmingdale would fly across the Sound to
burn up our pattern as our airport didn't charge landing fees for
T&Gs. I've seen the avgas prices for L.I. airports on Airnav though.

Scary.