I can't tell you anything for Maui but I rentetd a Cessna 172 out of
Kona on the Big Island this January. I used "Above It ALL - Hawaii
Flight Academy": http://www.fly-hawaii.com/
Older C172 or Piper Warrior II: $104/h
1998 C 172: $114/h
All prices are for wet rental.

They also rent a Piper Twin Comanche and a Cessna 207, the latter only dual.

They are sure acommodating tourist, as everyone else on Hawaii is doing.
But the made a professional impression. They state to make a lengthy and
thourough checkout. It was nothing extraordinary, the usual stalls and
some landings. Special emphasis was put on emergency procedures - Lava
(even cold one ;-) ) is a bad place to land on.
They have a minimum rental term (4h) if landing on another airport is
anticipated. Otherwise there are no minimums - but reservations are made
in two our timeslots (you pay less when returning earlier).

I rented one of the older C172. They are also used for airtours under
FAR 135. I planned to circle the island which should take about 1 1/2
hours or so. I never managed it because starting from the Volcano
National Park it became solid IFR - so no hot lava. But the trip itself
was fun of course. Kona is typicaly VFR and Hilo is typically IFR.

On a second trip I flew along the Waipio coastline. This part is very
scenic but also very crouded by air-tours (both small planes and
helicopters). Thus one should report position regularily. And then,
living in the US "highlands", I "had" to fly to Mauna Kea . So I
climed from sealevel to about 13000ft - took me a while with the C172.
Well, I had some help by an updraft. But it was fun.

So enjoy Hawaii
Chris
New Mexico
PP-ASEL
Glider Pilot

Guy Elden Jr. wrote:
First, I'll register my interest in this as well... we're heading to Maui in
September for a week, then the big island for another week. I'm interested
in a Cessna tho.

Second, I'll highly recommend Stewart Ishimoru, at Eveland Aero, Honolulu
Int'l. I know it's not Maui, but I feel I need to give him a nod just the
same.

When my wife and I went on our honeymoon a year and a half ago, we took a
1.5 hour flight with Stewart. I had just earned my PPL, and wanted to fly
around the island, but didn't want to get checked out to do it solo... one
flight was enough for that particular trip. Stewart guided me around HNL,
and I handled the controls for about half the flight... whenever I wanted to
take a picture, he gladly took the controls for a few minutes, then let me
take them back. It was a great experience to see all of Oahu from above! At
the end of the flight, Stewart commented that I must have had a great
instructor, because my flying was excellent! I was very pleased to hear that
(as was my instructor when I told him after we returned).

An ironic note about the flight... if we had just gone to a place to go on
an island tour, it would have cost about double what we paid! So my advice
to people who want to take an aerial tour in Hawaii now is... take an
introductory flight lesson instead... it's cheaper! :-)

--
Guy Elden Jr.


"Nathan Young" wrote in message
...

Will be staying in Maui for 10 days starting Saturday. Would like to
find a rental Archer to use for sightseeing.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Nathan