CT guys with planes or Helicopters?
 

Any of you guys have planes por helicopters?
Been up with freinds in allot of planes and I recently spent some time with Ed D in his Helo.

What a blast.

I am going to get my pilots lic. soon anyone else wanna do that?

I am also looking at planes Jim Good rich has some nice stuff.
Tsunami Aircraft sales
http://www.tsunamiair.com/

r u kidding me, thats what business im in and you go to some other dude. not even right. u wonder why i dont join the cpba. i might even broadside u now if i see your minivan on the water.

I think it is a great idea maybe they have a web site or a forum where you could hang out and tell them all about Sutphens.

No but seriously if you want to fly just buy a Cigarette

Alright all kidding aside if you want to fly why not try to get the this boat club off the ground first:evilb:

Actually Jimmy WAS the Sutphen dealer in CT forever!

He sold almost every sutphen you will ever see. He owned(s) offshore speed and ski!


as for you being in that buiness Adam, I thought YOU SAID you salvaged planes and sold the parts?

Thats a little bit different of a profession.

WHY dont YOU bring some of your CIG buddies and SIGN them up!

Its just as much YOUR CLUB as it is mine. Well it will be soon anyway once it goes Non Profit anyway.

We have 22 members now We ARE off the ground.

Now we just need to make It a Killer club.:evilb:

as for joining the club I am suprised you havent Joined yet.

You call yourself a CT Performance boater!

I expected you to be one of the first on board to be honest!:kiss:

KIKO too WTF. Hes a fisherman now?

saw kiko at the mall this week. and we dont deal with parts at all. strictly buy, rebuild, and sell. not smaller stuff like that, but we have ALOT of contacts in the industry.

contacts are good!

Absolutely no F-ing way, the last thing I need is another expensive toy/hobby! I'm not really sure where I even park such a thing. Now a helicopter on the other hand... :D

eddie helicopter is bad azz man I love that thing. Kind flimsy but cool non the less.

Here ya go buddy this is all you http://www.iconaircraft.com/

I have seen that whats the cost for one of those?

buck forty and two years

My neighbor had a plane for 30+ years and just gave it to his son a few months ago. I've had a bunch of conversations with him about it and i'm amazed at how inexpensive it can be. Took him to Claudios this summer and he was amazed at how expensive boating is compared to the plane. Example: He watched me put $200 in the boat, drove over to Greenport at 50-55, gave the dock boys $40, all within about an hour. While over there he starts telling me about how he used to go to Block (from Chester) in about 20 mins, using about 10 gallons of fuel. I could be off a little on the fuel but it was waaaay less than the boat, even @ the cost of aviation fuel. I'll keep this short but he'd take his wife to bed-and-breakfasts in Maine for breakfast, Martha's Vineyard, N. Carolina for golf for the day, etc. Most airports have a $10 landing fee (not $10/hr or foot) and some would offer a courtesy car to drive around. His plane was older ('70s) but he paid less for it than most of us have into boats. Way less than some. After talking to him (and taking him out on the boat) we came to the consensus that the plane was cheaper to own than the boat and much faster. It intrigued me because I thought planes were out of the question for a guy like me, but it's actually possible.

Note: Major drawback to flying...absolutely no drinking! :party-smiley-004:

Yup thats what I am seeing, Insurance has a cost and maintanence can be costly when you get to a major overhaul $15 to $20k but upgrading a boat costs big $$ too.

I hear its about $70 per hr for fuel in most small planes, $100 in a helo like a r44.

My local airport is like $125 per month for outside storage and tie down.

Over all its not CHEAP but its not nearly as expensive as I expected it to be. Anyone looked at private golf club memberships lately. Wheeew Greens fees, minimum monthly spending etc.
all to smack a stupid little white ball around that wont go where the PHUCK I want it too anyway.

Ill take boating and planes anyday.lOL