Maintenance has processed their backlog, finally. Here's what I know:
Cessna 630 is cruising. She is tentatively scheduled to leave on another epic tour in mid-november for 3 or 4 weeks. Get your flying in!
Cessna 20U has emerged from her annual today.
Cessna 68U is going to be revived in an extensive annual. No ETA is proposed at the moment.
Cessna 739 is cruising.
Cessna 1ES finished her 100hr yesterday.
Cessna 17J is currently under the knife, as Garmin and Cessna think they have the solution to our annoying transponder issues. She will be back this afternoon.
Cessna 25R is hummin along.
Whew!
Thanks to the maintenance crew for crankin out the workload. We look forward to the next bum-rush :)
In other news,
Some friends of the school are selling their aircraft and are taking advantage of the buyer's climate to upgrade. This means deals for you!
Alumnus and generally cool dude Ryan F. is selling his Mooney M20F, N5000F. You've probably heard "triple-zero-fox" around the pattern, as Ryan is a very active flyer.
This was a $110,000 plane last year -- Ryan is asking $79,900 for this 150kt 10gph IFR powerhouse. That's the same mileage as our 150! Mooney 00F sports 2 IFR GPSs (including the potent Garmin GNS480WAAS), dual-coupled S-tec 2-axis autopilot, leather, and is just a sweet ride.
More details available here: Mooney N5000F
Contact Ryan if you're interested in a Mooney ride.
We have gotten more details about what form a flying club would entail, and have some numbers roughed out in order to make it work. We will need 5 people per plane, a $500 refundable start-up deposit, $150/mo access, and possibly a 1-hour-per-month minimum flight commitment. The purpose is to keep the rental rate as low as possible, and open up access to more exotic planes than we can run on our own flightline. ($50/hr for the cherokee six, for instance)
As we add planes, club members will have access to the other stuff for no added charge! We are considering things such as T210s, Bonanzas, Saratogas, and maybe even some more fun things like Citabrias and even twins. Cool birds that our own insurance underwriters would punch us in the nose for even asking about! :)
We are ironing out access and gotcha scenarios, as we want this to be as smooth as possible for our first foray. Feel free to drop me a line if you're interested (if you haven't already -- I haven't forgotten ya if you've already emailed in :) )
...exciting times!
More as I know it!
Blue Skies!
- Mike
