Flying is not that dangerous as long to as one is responsible and takes it seriously. I just had a solo flight today where I flew the plane over 50 miles to another airport, and everything went well. At the end of the day, everything in life bears some level of risk, and personally, I feel safer in the plane where I have a much greater level of control, compared to the road where one is often at the mercy of other driver’s decisions. I can’t control if someone chooses to drive under the influence or while texting, but aviation is very structured and professional and a highly controlled environment.
Not true, me and my father boat for a grand with a 300 hours on the v8 and we spent so much time just too get it sea worthy but we’ve had it for years and we still love it !! You just need the passion
I think landing my float plane at the oshkosh seaplane base next to hawaii mars with my dad was the best day so far. The day i sell it will be a sad day if i ever do. What a stupid saying.
Lol Being rich helps. But really you don’t have to be. Depends on priorities. If you have a passion, you find a way. I’m far from rich but I also built my own plane. Seats my wife, 3 kids and myself and cruise 145 knots all under $18,000. I don’t own a fancy car though.
@@0Tony1 fixed gear Velocity SE with a bench insert in the back over the bucket seats. Bought the kit at an estate auction and great deal on a 105hour O-360 from a plane that was being parted out in 2014.
It has to make monetary sense. Consider this, If I continue getting what I earn today and not spend at all, I'll save enough to buy this plane in 15 years.
Yearly maintenance/annuals= 3k-6k. Hangar=2k, oil=1k, registration usually a few hundred a yr, and Ins though not required= 2k+/-, plus recurrancy checks every 24 mo (it should be every 6), It adds up. Get a IFR ratibg and ins drops 30-40%
Hangar fees, insurance, annual inspections -- all of those happen whether the airplane leaves the ground or not. Then there are the ADs, expendables like oil, filters, and tires, and the stuff you don't count on like the rock chip in the piston of your nose gear strut that shreds the seal and causes all the fluid to drain out. Crack in the fuel pump? Yeah, that one's a party, too. Audio panel goes on the fritz? They don't give those away for Christmas, either. After I owned the airplane free and clear, I averaged three years of expenses, and came up with $695/month just to have the thing sit outside on the ramp, NOT counting laying money aside for replacement of timed-life components like props and engines. I dearly LOVED my Hawk XP with the 210hp STC, but in the 2006 economy, with a house under construction, I just couldn't justify it. Man, I miss that airplane... but not the associated worries and expenses.
1 - Insurance $$$$$!!!! 2 - Hangar/ storage 3 - Fuel - Avgas 100LL is currently over $6 per gal. 4 - Yearly annual inspections are $2000 +++. None of this includes ramp fees or rental vehicles to drive when you reach your intended destination. The way to effectively own a small aircraft is through your business so all your costs are in written off on your business.
Very tough to be an airplane owner if you're a blue-collar breadwinner for your family. I've had my license for 11 years...and still don't have enough extra money to buy a plane. 😔
@cpmvmaker1 I've considered it...thing is, I enjoy doing things with my family, that means I need a 4-seater...which obviously comes with extra cost and such
@snorttroll4379 I've considered that too...although without a commercial license I can't legally charge passengers, other than for their share of fuel costs per flight.
I’d love to buy a plane one day. I’m currently about to finish the requirements for my private pilot license and I passed the instrument written exam as well. Once I become an airline pilot, it would be nice to own a small plane for leisure trips.
I have a piper archer just like her here’s how it breaks down per hour: 42 dollars for fuel 15 for engine 17 for future maintenance and expenses, so right a round 70-80 bucks
Don't forget about you'r maintenance cost... get your A&P and be your own mechanic after 3 years get your I.A. and save on maintenance and annual inspections by doing it yourself.
Before buying a small Plane, make shure you have a mechanic like Scotty Kilmer here to check out the plane and make shure the plane is not wrecked, flooded, or stolen and its been properly maintain, and if he says its OK go ahead and buy it.
@@zenshy2139 ROFL! I’m laying in the hospital, about 10 hours after a very serious and complex back surgery, and I’m pumped full of dilaudid, took me a minute to let that one soak in! LOL I’m one of those lucky individuals who’s high school had Aviation as an elective course, I no longer fly due to reasons related to a not too long ago back injury and the medication required, but I got my license a long long time ago. Thanks for the giggle, your yoke was better than his!
They have shares you can do with friends like some people do vacation homes. You get four friend groups together and only have to put up $11,000 and get to fly it three months out of the year.
Join a club is the only way to do it, and you get to choose from several different types. I knew one guy who had a 172rg.... That he owned out right, by himself, paid for everything.
Noice!! Yep you’re definitely brave to buy an airplane, or some thing I would never do! But I do fly for a living been doing it for 43 years. So yes it’s a brave act to buy an airplane
It’s fairly difficult. Flying the plane isn’t terribly hard, landing is usually the difficult part of flying. The hardest parts are navigating and all the random knowledge you need to learn. Certainly not impossible but I’m a fairly smart guy and I’ve had to study quite a bit. The cost does vary by area. Flight schools can charge whatever they want so congested areas like mine near Chicago are fairly expensive. I also can’t train close because I’m near O’Hare airport and there’s airspace we’re not allowed to fly so you need to travel either by car or plane a little bit to get to a practice area. I choose to drive 45 minutes away so I’m driving instead of paying airplane rental rates for the time.
You left out one of the largest costs and that’s maintenance, inspections, overhauls, annuals, 100 hours (if used for paying passengers). You’ll spend the aircrafts price ($44k) or more per year depending on flight hours.
Even with an overhaul you wouldn’t spend that much. My Mooney normally runs about $4k in annual inspection and maintenance. My worst year was $10k, which included a prop overhaul. Engine overhaul fire that plane
Cost is 100% of the reason I can't afford to fly lol I couldn't imagine spending twice the amount I made last year on fuel alone, and that's not even accounting for purchase price and other operating costs, maintence, inspections, certification etc.
Point to remember about the $44,000 purchase price: That is probably the lowest price it will ever be. Put $40k in a car. Drive around the block lose $5,000
They don't typically measure aircraft fuel economy in miles per gallon, but they do by gallons or lbs of fuel burnt per hour. Which may seem odd or downright silly to most people who drive cars but it makes sense. Say you have two theoretical airports and a constant windspeed between the two that never changed direction and you never change your engine RPM, the trip with the headwind is going to take say an hour but the return trip could be cut down to 45 minutes because you now have a tailwind. You traveled the same distance, but burned more fuel going into the wind and less with it so the fuel mileage is ever changing. But your fuel burn is going to stay the same at a constant given rpm. Fuel also has a constant weight per gallon and this is also used in factoring for fuel consumption in terms of gal/hr, along with weather, etc. To somewhat answer your question, if I recall correctly she said she flies a Cherokee 140 and mentioned she's burning about 8gal/hr in another video. I trained on the same plane for maintenance and that sounds about right off the top of my head since I don't have access to the charts for her particular engine.
Short answer she gets about 12 MPG. My Mooney does a bit better at just over 20 MPG. That seems bad compared to a car, but remember your going a lot faster and in a straight line so the distance is shorter.
You better make a video on this do you need a pilot license to own and fly a private airplane do you need a pilot license or can you just buy an airplane flight because it’s yours
@@FlyWithKay you need a more efficient aircraft... that's a Lycoming O360 180hp or 320 150/160hp? I bought my M20J in Oct of 2020. Previous owner put on 300 hours in 12 years...I would now consider that to be a Hanger Queen. I put on about 175 hours just tooling around Wisconsin the first year and 150 the second. Did a few longer trips without an Autopilot, Boulder Colorado, then got Autopilotfixed and did a ver nice trip to San Antonio. Very important to plan your trips well around the BRAVO air space or they WILL vector the bageebers outta ya. My first Annual was $2500 with min extra repairs. Then everything started to break. Tires, Breaks, Battery, Starter-TWICE now that's a story in itself and not one that makes you happy to tell. I had a IA that was not good. Nice guy. Smiled alot. Got you comfortable...but lacked the ability to Diagnose the realities and then have the GAUL to charge full $$ for his errors. Second Annual was $8900+. This year I have to have my Prop and Governor rebuilt. Not over time but years. It was out of time when I bought the plane. I didn't know what I didn't know when I bought the plane and my prebuy was less than stellar. I'm not sorry I bought the plane or have spent the money...but it is EXACTLY as you say, a passion and not for the faint of heart. Be safe.
Are you a private pilot? I heard that private pilots were not allowed to fly through clouds, soooo can you fly though clouds???? If you can then can you tell me what kind of pilot you are please! Thanks!
