You'd get LOTS of cross-wind experience - there's a reason most runways in OK are aligned N-S. 1800' would be enough for your average Cessna.
On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 1:17 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > If I were looking to get a plane at some point maybe I should put in a > grass strip and a hanger at some point. It would be east west oriented > though. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 25, 2018, at 12:55 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > Remember that those guys giving instruction to build hours also need to > eat > > - - - > > The instructor on our field charges $35 an hour. I don't know what the > > going rate is in Kaleb's neck of the woods > > Another way to cut costs is to buy an aircraft that already has the auto > > gas STC (Mogas) - non-alcohol regular unleaded is now about $2.70/ gal. > > here, while 100LL (low lead) ranges from $3.90 to $5.10 per gal. around > > here. > > I see $3.50 at Skiatook and $4.80 at Bartlesville around Kaleb. > > Figure a low of 5 gph for a C150 to 11gph for my C182. A C172 will be > > around 7-8 gph. Pattern and airwork will burn less fuel than cruising > cross > > country (assuming you want to get there quickly). A slower cruise burns > > lees fuel and increases your hours in the air . . . > > > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 12:19 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> It seems like even if you buy your own $10-20k plane and learn to fly > it, > >> getting your required 30 (or more likely 40-50) hours can still get > >> expensive when you add your plane costs to the $50/hr the instructor > >> probably wants. > >> > >> Dan had it made, having an instructor rated pilot in the family who was > >> flying anyway and could take Dan along with him to build Dan's hours at > >> zero additional cost. > >> > >> All these 20-30 year old Jon Agne wannabes getting instructor > credentials > >> and trying to build hours while they wait for their shot at the airline > big > >> leagues, are you advancing their careers by hiring them for flight > >> training? Is there any chance of finding one who would do it for free or > >> much less than $50/hr in exchange for the airtime? > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many > of > > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few > who > > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > > for themselves." > > > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
