How does one add flight hours?
04-17-2014, 05:40 AM
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Piper Warriors these days run between 110 to 130 per hour. Also depends if that's a "wet" rate (fuel included) or "dry" (you buy the gas you use). A new plane in a larger city will go for more and a plane in some out of the way town could be less but could be just barely airworthy too.
04-17-2014, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Calif Eagle
I'm 16 and will be flying on a piper warrior aircraft soon, I was wondering how trainee pilots log hours. Like how much would someone have to pay per hour to hire a aircraft?
04-18-2014, 04:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Calif Eagle
Wouldn't that rate cost you like several thousand dollars? How long did it take you guys to gain 40 hours for your PPL
And yes, it's several thousands of dollars. For the school i went to, the average program was $8,300.00 in a 152.
04-18-2014, 04:38 AM
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In the school where I teach, we have airplanes starting at $99 an hour wet (C-172s, Warrior, Katana, and a couple others). We did some research and it looks like our average student is spending close to $10,000 by the time they are done with their private pilot certificate.
If you are looking to go all the way to commercial pilot, expect to spend at last $40,000, and closer to $60,000 when you are all said and done and employable somewhere at a beginning job.
If you are looking to go all the way to commercial pilot, expect to spend at last $40,000, and closer to $60,000 when you are all said and done and employable somewhere at a beginning job.
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