>>687716024
I should post this in outdoors or something

>>687716024
why?

PP here. Yeah, a 150 usually gets the job done. But do you have the money to maintain it, or is that not your thing?

>>687717071
It's pretty fun.
>>687717340
:[ It makes me mad how dough blowing is flying.
I was thinking on buying one in the future but I really haven't thought it through.

>>687717633
yeah, no shit. why do you want to own a plane fuk tard

>>687717071
>>687717633
>>687717687
if you don't have a reason other than it's fun. rent

I have my endorsement. I can fly in class golf. anything else I need an instructor

>>687717633
I know man. Cost me $8,000 just to get my license. Best to follow the 3 F's rule; if it floats, flies, or fucks, rent it.

>>687717687
The same reason you want to own a car instead of renting one or going about in taxi.
It's yours and there is a connection. Similar connection there is between a ricer and a Honda civic.

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>>687716024
Don't fly into the new world trade center

>>687717919
Are you still a student?

>>687718121
First you buy a plane, then let others rent it from you and charge up the ass for such privilege. The only thing you have to worry about is maintenance.

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>>687718187
Shhhhh I've been planning it for years don't blow my secret

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How normie, get a 777-300ER

>>687718121
No, you own a car because you're going to drive it everyday. Unless you're going to get your commercial license and do sightseeing flights, island hopper flights, bush flights, etc then you're probably not going to fly everyday if just for the simple reason of cash money. 100LL isn't cheap. Neither is maintenance nor a permanent tie down. You're much better off renting or at the very least, fractional ownership. It just makes more sense.

>>687718942
Sooo, you set up a FBO ?

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Easyjet first officer here

Wow, you could say this thread really took off.

>>687719775
Oh shit.
That's super sweet. Your company makes like 24% profits.
Do they at least pay you good money to live in the expensive money hungry hole London is?

>>687720125
Pay is good yea, but my HUB is not Gatwick or Stansted . I operate out of Liverpool

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>>687719775
Shit alright. I can respect that.

>>687719563
Alternately you could get an ultra light.
Just as much fun and cheap cheap cheap to fly.

>>687720452
Also super deadly.

>>687720527
Naaa - no more than other GA flying.

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When i'm not flying in real life, I am on my simulator on an application called Prepar3D. Need a powerful PC for it though

>>687720527
I personally knew someone who died in one.
That shit is deadlier than jumping out of a plane without a parachute.

>>687720659
What do you fly in real life?

>>687720640
I guess so. But you got to admit, it's sketchy af. I've been in and flown a couple myself and you really ned the perfect day to operate them

>>687720659
Right on man, me too.

>>687720827
Yeah, I'm not a fan of them. I prefer a closed cockpit.

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>>687720659
A319/A320
Only aircraft in the fleet

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>>687721258
Nice.

>>687721258
>Only aircraft in the fleet
Isn't easy jet literally only operating a320's ?

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>>687721391
Got offered a job with British Airways on the 777-200ER and the 777-300ER. unsure whether to take it or not as i hate longhaul!

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>>687721538
correct my dude

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>>687716024
This is for sale near me. I like the idea but it would cost over $60,000. for lessons and licensing.

>>687721711
You're retarded if you don't get the job
>>687721946
You're retarded if you don't buy that shit just look at the cockpit

>>687721711
I mean, the pay is kick ass, you probably don't do much manual flying, you spend a lot of time away from family (if you have one), and you get to see more of the world. It's a tough call, but coming from someone who's working on their commercial rating, I would take it man.

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Basically me the day after i graduated from CTC Wings. Was flying my 172 and oil temperature was drastically high, chose to return to the field and land... 5 mile final and hey ho she starts chugging and the prop stops spinning! Ditched her just short of the threshold . Scariest moment of my piloting career

>>687722188
How old are ya, friendos? I'm working on it too.
Currently on ground school :/

I found a sweet 177 for 28 grand. 75 or so I think it was. It needed some work but was a nice plane, Aviconics had been upgraded, Autopilot added etc. Wife said no! /tear Was a nice 70s Neon pee green too lol

>>687721946
Room for one that's all I need.

>>687722188
that's the thing, i have a girlfriend who hates it even when i have a night lay over in Amsterdam etc haha

>>687722326
I'm 19 my dude! Got my initial PPL at 17.

>>687722320
Shit, I can imagine. At least you're alive though! What was dealing with the FAA after that like?

>>687722320
This is why you follow the lists and check the oil.
Too low amount causes the engine to overheat.
You're lucky it didn't stop before the runway.

I've considered getting my pilots license. Anyone in the states have any idea how expensive it is? Can you rent planes to fly for a reasonable rate once you have your license or is this the hobby of the 1 percent? I'm just a mailman.

>>687720640
Ultralight - 2 cycle engine - recommended overhaul every 300 hours
GA plane - 4 cycle engine - recommended overhaul every 2000 hours

Cessna 150 glide slope - 8:1 so at a cruising altitude of FL 110 engine loss would allow you to glide at 50 kph with 10% flaps for a distance of 16-2/3 miles and a little over 17 minutes to land.
Ultralight glide slope - 5:1. Think of what altitude most ultralights stick around and think of how much time you've got after an engine failure with a 5:1 glide slope.

Ultralights aren't permitted to fly over heavily populated areas, can't carry more than 5 gallons of fuel and can't go faster than 64 MPH.

There is a reason people fly GA

>>687722566
Aye! I'm from Amsterdam! But yeah, hopefully she would be willing to work with you since that's your dream and all.

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>>687722326
i'm 22 and i've been flying as a first officer since i was 19. Left school at 17, several applications and 1 year and 9 months later and i flew my first PAX flight from Liverpool - Malaga

>>687722630
very true.

>>687722752
W/o scholarships and prior training ~$10,000

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>>687722326
>>687722623
19 as well, got my PPL 2 months ago.

>>687722968
>>687723025
Aye good shit guys.

>>687722981
What the fuck? For just a recreational license to fly around with? I'm not talking about commercial stuff.

>>687722752
Private pilot's license requirements are pretty inexpensive to achieve and it's a good idea to rent a plane and fly instead of doing road trips in my opinion.
Ballpark of $10'000 dollaros

>>687723025
>>687722623
I'm 18 suck it grandpas :D

>>687716024
com pilot here. just failed a pre employment piss test for marijuana. thought i was clean. passed a walgreens piss test. didn't pass for the dot one. career isnt over but ive got to live with a failed drug test on my record for a long while. working on my cfi rn. also id just try and find other flying fags to go in with you on a fractional ownership type deal and get a 172, warrior, or even a used 182. youd regret getting a shitty plane that

>>687723162
Yes sir. just for a Private Pilot. I mean, you can get Sport and/or glider and balloon, but where's the fun in that?

>>687723162
I can attest to this. My PPL was right around 9k.

>>687723166
>$10,000

guess im sticking to my motorcycle, fuck that.

>>687722630
i had checked, saw nothing on walk around. Turned out there was an Oil leak and the engine was basically like an oven. I got really high praise for being able to make it as far as i did, considering i had no engine and just finished flight school

>>687723271
Nice job mayne.

>>687723315
Shit, I feel for you. The ganja gods are hurt too.

>>687723437
you can get it for cheap if you know someone with a plane and a cfi willing to fly with you. then youd just pay gas and flight fees instead of rental which is where all the money comes from mostly.

>>687716024
If it floats, flies or fucks, rent it. The maintenance costs alone will kill you.

>>687723162
dont let anon fool you. thats if you go to a school. You can find a Flight Inst. at any airport that will almost always charge a lot lot lot less. I paid about 75 bucks an hour, that was for fuel and inst time. A lot of CFIs will teach cheap cause they want the hours to move on to bigger birds. Go to an airport and look for a flight club. Prob charge 100 bucks an hour. you need a min of 40 hours. 60 is pretty normal before taking the Final Check ride.

>>687723638
Refer to the 7th comment.

>>687723533
yeah man. i wont be enjoy the devils lettuce anytime in the future. im sticking to flying and drinking heavily, which i feel like almost every pilot i know does lol ive been researching a job that does surveying and they lend a 172 to the pilot and you just travel the mid west and survey. they pay for everything. and you get 28 an hour which isnt bad.

OP you're going to want to do fractional ownership or not buy it at all unless youve got a kick ass jobs.

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leaving you to now chaps, flying a few ;legs tomorrow on lates! I'll be doing the evening LPL-BFS firstly if you want to track me on flight radar.


(pic related, lpl landing on p3d)

>>687723931
Do I need an atp licence for that cause I want to do that shit

>>687723931
Yeah man, I'm going to have to give it up soon myself. Sucks cock. But that sounds kick ass! I'd take that shit in a heart beat.

>>687724094
>Liverpool airport
Look at this nigga flying on his own airport even on the sim.

>>687716024
Get yourself a Piper Super Cub..

Fly a GYROCOPTER!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kxu543VwlA

>>687724099
just a commercial rating. really straight forward flying. they send a flight plan the day before with a general location, altitude, airspeed, and time of day, and you just go and take picture. the camera they mount actually does this all itself when its hooked up to the laptop that is inside the airplane. its called geovantage
>>687724121
and i know man. i gave it up for well over a month in prep, but i was a pretty heavy smoker so i guess i should have started my cleans sooner.

>>687716024
I fly around your mom a few times cause she so fat

>>687724602
Damn. I guy I knew when I was an AMT who got fired for it. but I wish you the best of luck man! try not to let that fire water get the best of you ;)

>>687724410
STOL cub. you can take off and land in less than 100 ft. probably less. just put that fucker in your back yard.

>>687724410
Man they got those all over Utah.

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>>687724520
I want to fly one of theses.

>>687724829
And so easy an autistic nigger could even fly it..