At least give it a try. You will have a good experience few people have even if for only a few hours.
Some of the posts have good points:
- Look for and older instructor and talk to his/her students if - possible
- Join EAA (Experimental Aircraft Assoc)
- Look for a flying club. Often may have 5 or more people, and some of the members never fly, but still pay their share of the fixed costs
- What do you weigh? If you are slim in trim, a C-150/152 will work. If you are more 'generously' sized, a C-172 or one of the low wing Pipers.
- If there is an active airport nearby, check it out and talk to whoever will listen. And listen to what they say.
- I figure fixed costs if you are owning your own plane, $100/month each for hangar, annual inspection, ins/taxes/registration. So $300/month fixed. Running costs, rough estimate of 3 or 4 times cost for fuel per hour to allow for maintaince and build up a reserve for OH or repairs.
- Lots of people build their own. If you are handy and like building, a very good option, but...you will not be flying while building.
- If you decide to buy - GET THE AIRPLANE INSPECTED FIRST. This could save you a TON of money. I had a friend looking at a plane, everything looked great, but the inspection turned up corrossion. $$$$$$$$$ to fix. He found a different plane, a real creampuff.
- One final point. If you are buying GPS's, fancy instruments, a leather jacket, or whatever. That is money that could be better used to buy fuel. A $250 leather flight jacket = 50 gal or fuel. 10 or more hours of flying.
Best of luck, and let us know how it turns out.
This post was edited by calf at 22:43:29 08/11/14 2 times.
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