I have a unique opportinuty to build time. I should say a little about myself before I give the idea, bucause it would probably answer a lot of questions. I am 24 years old, single, no kids, no real ties to anyone except family, low in debt after college, and want to build time.

My idea for next summer: There is a person that is trying to sell his C-150 in DE and I am trying to contact him to see if he would be interested in leasing the airplane to me for some kind of nominal fee (read 6-12 hours of flight time at 140 an hour) for a few months. I go and pick the plane up, fly it home to Seattle, and then fly it almost every single day. I plan to build around 300-450 hours in a three month period, but that may increase or decrease depending on how much, or where, I fly. I want to see the CONUS as a young person, and would love to do it in a flying tin can. There are people all over the nation that I would love to see, places I would love to visit, and time alone I would love to have in the air. I am very passionate about fly, so I am told, and the thought of living out of a suitcase, flying across the country for a month at a time, and having just the plane and a folding bicycle in the back sounds like the BEST time in the world to me.

Now, the time and plane are not really an issue. The money not so much either because my grandfather, family, and myself, have all pitched in money to get my flying career going since hour one. My issue is how would this look like to a potential employeer? I have not had much time in the air since I had my commercial ride (Got it right at 251 hours, one knee surgery later, and eye surgery), and most of that consisited of sitting right seat for a guy that had a stroke so he couldn't be PIC. So, minus a 30 hour block of time in 2009, and a BFR, IPC, and a refresher flight, it might look suspecious to anyone that looked at my logbook. I know the average pilot does not accumulate 400 hours in a three month period unless they are flying the line for an overstretched regional, or maybe do what I plan on doing.

So, what do you ladies and gents think of this idea?