Mike T and I went flying today
 

What a blast, werent out long but flying is a blast

I cant appreciate more the flying mike and eddie have taken me out for its just been really great

Anyone else thinking of getting there pilots lic?

This is worthless without pics :)

Got my licence at 17. Dad sold his last plane when I was 22. Rented for a bit but gave it up when I got married. I'll be back someday...

Here is the plane we were in. A cessna Caravan on amphibious floats. I picked up Jeff in Simsbury and we delivered the plane to White Plains. Our office is located there. We also have a Cessna Citation X and a King Air 350. We then hoped in our Piper Archer and Jeff flew back to Simsbury. He did a great job. We even hit 83 on the GPS on the way home :party-smiley-004:

That's a bad ass setup! Only float plane I've been in is an Aeronca sedan. I've always admired the Lake 250-270's.

went flying this morning actually, nice crosswind today

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Sea2jet, the caravan is a great airplane. My ex chief pilot did the certifiacation on the floats for the caravan when he worked for Cessna. He has some great stories.

I flew the X for the last decade and it is an awesome machine.

That's awesome. I have been all over the world in our Citation X. Longest trip was to New Zealand thru Hilo, HI. and Raratonga in the Cook Islands. Been to Russia, Dubai, and all over the UK. Fun airplane, but as Jeff noted, kind of cramped up in the cockpit. The Cessna Caravan is my favorite to fly. I have a lot of time landing in the East River and taking people out to the Hamptons. Taking the X down to PBI this weekend for the FT Lauderdale boat show. Here is a picture someone took.

SPFFFTTTT !!!!! GooD OnE ...:lolhit:

how much would it cost to fly the guys to key west one year

Free with your CPBA Membership!! :lolhit:

I'm boating now because it is
1. safer
2. cheaper
3. more fun for those with you

I got my pilots license in oct 09 and flew all I could. Went strait through to instrument training all the way to check ride then had an "incident". In brief, I was up with an experienced instructor in my bonanza and he/I got us into a spin/spiral during some training. I/we thought it was over. We recovered after losing 3000ft altitude. I went back up the next day and I had lost all interest.

My experience. Flying is a blast........for the pilot. It sucks to be a passenger in a plane most people can afford. Training and staying current is sooooo crucial to coming home alive. Don't forget, you lose your engine you just can't pull over and call home. Weather will kill you. A dumb mechanic will kill you. A dumb instructor will kill you. Bad luck will kill you. I never thought of this until I almost died (38 yo orthopedic surgeon father of a 9 and 11 yo) with an instructor in my plane during training.

Let's take aircraft ownership. Plane cost are nominal. Just like powerboats. They can be purchased for pennies on the dollar now. A 10 year old million dollar Baron can bought for $150k or less. Take a King Air turboprop (a plane you would put your family in). Wonderful safe airplane. Could buy a nice one for under a million bucks......but the fixed operating costs are about $150k/year. Now, I have a friend who was going to buy one and we figured it cost about $2500/hr to operate after the acquisition cost. Not to mention the hours of flying and training to stay current and safe (100 hrs/year if I'm getting in the plane with you). Now I know there are some high rollers on this thread but maybe only 1 or 2% of you can roll like this.

Yes you could buy a cessna 172 and fly on the cheap. If I know the people on this forum, that would last about a day and we would all want a freakin fighter jet (like I did!!)

Sorry Guys, not my airplanes, I just fly them for the corporation that owns them. My boss is going to the Ft Lauderdale boat show to look at a Nor-Tech 39 with twin turbo diesels that is going to be at the show. I suggested he head down and take a look around to better help him decide which boat would be a good fit for his needs. He already owns a 38 foot Shelter Island Runabout. Chris from OP is going to meet us there and show us around.
Just to give you an idea of the cost of just the fuel to get down and back I figure we will burn about 850 gallons each way, so about 1700 gallons at an average of $6.00 per gallon. A little over $10,000.00
Takes about 2.5 hours down and a little less time coming back.
I think it's about $4000.00 an hour if you decided to charter one.

Wow. I'm so sorry to hear of that. My dad crashed in 87 due to vaporlock in an Archer. I watched from the fbo. Very scary to say the least. He was back up a few days later with a FAA examiner and we were fine (plane was totalled) I have flown since before I can remember and have a few friends that fly for the big guys. Aviation is in my blood and I just can't afford it at this time.

Soloed on my 16th bday and that afternoon I got my drivers Licenes. I was flying before I was driveing. That's my claim to fame:grinser010:I would like to finish my CFI one day. I find myself often looking at the Cessna P-210s forsale on Controllers web site. One day....

I am thinking about moving to helicopters when the kids graduate. Now that makes fixed wing aircraft look cheap. I just love to be up there. Problem I found though is it takes total concentration and I worry about my loved ones on the ground too much.

It was a great run in aviation. The nice thing is that the wife loves the idea of me going fast on the water and not the air. She was so worried all the time when I would fly so doing 100mph on the water seems like a stroll in the park to her.

If all goes well, I will have my 42 OL by Dec this year and have to look at it in storage till May.

What did you fly?:drink:

I am sitting here looking at my shirt tail from the day of my first solo dated 7-27-83

you guys that have been throught this know the signifficance of the shirt tail

Wow was that a long time ago

1962 P35 Bonanza. It was my grandfathers plane that I located and restored.
New interior
New panel

Flew it for about a year, had the "incident" and got rid of it and have never looked back.

Some day I'll get back in. Either a helicopter or Super Cub. I'll never use it as a means for transportation. I'm just not confident enough in non commercial mechanics or myself to do it.

Mike, you're a great guy. In fact, so much so that I want to warn you to be careful. Having access to those planes and owning two Sutphens, should you decide to stop too quickly, Jeff could become lodged so far up your azz that it could take a team of surgeons to dislodge him. Also beware of excessive leg humping! Be careful pal! :eek:

Love flying, but have been out of it for a while. Quit when the kids were born and just dont have the means to get back into it these days. My dad still has an airplane, he keeps it at home, has a short runway in the back yard.

Hahahaha! This is true Mike! Haha. I met Mike for the first time last week at OP. Really nice guy with a couple real nice boats. Mike, lookin forward to some runs out in the sound next year, but dont forget to keep some "boating time" open on your summer schedule! Good luck with your Sutphens!

+1 haha

Id be hangin out W mike W or without the planes, boats or machine guns!

Of course it does help that hes able to see the supremecy of sutphens.LOL


BTW Eddie darcy is the one who really got me hooked on the plane thing with his Vans RV6 its a nice little rocket.

Probably the closest thing Ill ever be in to a fighter jet and it probably spoiled me a little bit. although I really did like the low wing archer, We didnt mess around with it like we did with eddies plane because its not mikes to mess around with, but it was a lot of fun just the same.

I persoanlly dont know if I like being up in the plane more than on the water, but I actually feel safer in the planes

Maybe its cause Ive been boating my whole life and have seen people stuff boats and get hrut real bad, die crossing the sound at night. etc

My freind Mark Simmons dad has been down in planes several times and been OK, my freind greg downed one he was oK, another landed in the river next to my friend Bob klingan on his jetski at good speed both survived, Only one we saw where the guy died was the one in plainville that hit the pavement straight in next to our job at lithographics, that was horrible

Lets face it anything you do is dangerous, you can die cutting trees on your property or driving to the store

You feel safer because

A: you're not behind the wheel
B: you're not in a sutphen
C: you can drown taking a load to the face, it's dangerous work jeff...
D: I'm not sure... hah ;) Very cool stuff though

no those are all the things OL owners worry about especially since they are so busy with the OL circle jerk going on, or looking in the CIG guys mirrors :party-smiley-004:

Don't hate the player jeff...hate the game...

see thats what I mean you guys are always playing with yourselves WTF cant you stroke the CIG guys once in while too. They clearly need your attention

They're insecure...haha

luckily both of you guys are always dreaming of being nor tech guys.:party-smiley-004:

plus a skater W outboards is still faster than both of you so you really shouldnt be after eachother

Pat I just realized your a newbie with only 900 posts, your almost about to break your cherry!

I noticed that today....I feel it...it could happen in the next few days...

but then again judging by your post count, it doesn't say much ;)

even justin broke his cherry at over 1600 and he has to ask his brother if he can post, just like when he uses his brothers boat.:eek:

i suggest getting your facts straight before posting about our boat especially when it comes to ownership and financials.

calm down Beiber...

Its OK we all know Nate dog does all the work you just ride along and have fun

it could be worse you could be like Mike sick stinger and have your girl write your posts

Or like scot and have to call Mike to winterize your boat?


:kiss:
IM BAAACCCKKKK:drink:

Or even worse you could be like KEV and be told by your wife your sitting out next season.

at least thats the rumor

How did this good thread go so bad and get so off track anyway I think its PAT's fault as usual

Listen Suckphen..don't be blaming me...

Even though apparently, it's ALWAYS my fault \o/

I still can't decide if you're just extremely slow or flat out retarded. Either way, comprehension clearly isn't your strong suit! :angry-smiley-038: