Hi Phil, Thanks so much for your reply. I was wondering who else might be up at this time of night. I'm in Alaska and it's about 2:10 am in the morning. I see that you are "down under." That probably explains why I got a response at my time of the night.
I am really having a change of heart. It seems that I am going through some kind of addiction with the flying bug. I'm not sure if you saw my earlier posts, but I did do some limited flying over 20 years ago. It was in a Cessna 150. I did have fun flying in the airplane. I just never remembered them being so small inside though. After 30 years of flying, the Cessna 150 is still your favorite airplane? How can that be for a pilot that has flown for so long and in so many different aircraft? I'm still amazed at the jet pilots (both commercial and military) who tell me that they like to fly in very slow and noisy Super Cubs. Unless I'm missing something, that seems the same as a race car driver loving to drive an old jeep or pickup truck. I guess everything changes after you have flown for years and have something to compare to. Here's a question for you: If given the choice, would you buy a Cessna 150 or Piper Tomahawk to learn to fly in. I would love to do my training in a flight school or club aircraft. We are located so far in remote, interior, bush Alaska until the only fliers here are the charter airplanes and the private owners. Our village has only 450 people who live here. We are considered a "big" village compared to some of the other villages that have less than 100 people. So the aircraft that are here are Super Cubs, 172, 182, 206, and 207's. There are 2 Piper low wing aircraft that are based out out here. They carry mail and passengers. Cessnas and Pipers were the first planes that I considered. What I keep running into is affordability. So far, it seems that the aircraft that I can afford to buy (I'm a kindergarten teacher), are airplanes that are close to or beyond their overhaul times. They also tend to have 10-15,000 hours on their air frames. What's amazing is that there are dealers here who advertise them with fresh annuals upon purchase. How can they do that with a plane that is beyond it recommended TBO? Most everything I've read so far says to stay away from these high time aircraft, unless you want to pay for the overhaul or replacement of the engine. I sure do appreciate your advice and guidance for my first airplane purchase. Please let me know what ideas you have regarding this. Oh, I have seem some really old planes that fit my budget. They are Tripacers or Cessna 120's or 140's. Older 150's from the early sixties seem to be selling in my price range, but still with high time engines. Is this about right for these aircraft? Is a 10-15,000 hour airframe still safe to fly? Thanks in advance for your reply. Thomas Brock Philip Maley wrote: > Thomas > > I have been flying for about 30 years now and the Cessna 150 (152) is > still my favourite aircraft to fly. I'm very slowly building a KR2 as a > single seater because I could never get myself plus my wife or either of > the kids in and stay under a reasonable max weight. If I were you I'd > either be doing my training in a flying school (or club) aircraft or > buying a cheap second hand C152 or Tomahawk. You should easily get your > money back when you are ready to "upgrade", which is something you will > probably never achieve with a KR. > > Kind regards > Phil Maley > Perth Australia > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
