Originally Posted by
wizepilot
The flight school where I work at had this same idea about the older KingAir. We already have an E-90. Picked up an old '67 A-90. Nice airplane. However, the Chinese airline that is sponsoring all of our Chinese students made us quit using the older KingAir. They require their students to fly turbine equipment that met a certain weight. The old KingAir did not meet that weight, so we ended up getting rid of it. Food for thought unless you only fly domestic students.
What school is that if I may ask?
to the OP,
You could also shop the idea around to the schools you want to work with. Then get a signed letter of intent from those schools and draw up a pretty business plan. Then incoporate the business and go to the bank getting the aircraft loan under the corporation. Then if things go south you can do the American thing and just walk away bankrupting the corporation and saving yourself.