SC Ohio | JT55 - 8/31/2024 15:56
Any of you farmers private pilots? Was considering it, mainly to take shorts trips to Midwest farm shows and conferences, maybe a weekend away on occasion. Where do you go?
Is it worth it, or just keep driving?
There’s a lot of variables depending on what sort of plane you are wanting to rent or own. Rough cost to get a private license at a county airport and not a “flight school” is $7,000-$10,000. Rental rates vary a lot but figure $150-$200/hour wet for a Cessna 172 or similar. That’s a pretty slow plane so after flying that for awhile you’ll want something faster and speed costs money. But once you start flying places you’ll gladly pay some extra over driving or flying commercial. Definitely worth doing, but if you’re going to do it, you need to fly often. |
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