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Originally Posted by Rusty914s
I have 3 friends w/planes. I jump in from time to time but they whole flying around for no reason is boring. If you do it for work, then great but
The old saying' is true, if it floats flies or f___, rent it.
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It just depends on what you want. Some just like to fly, some like to go places, some just like to sit around the hangar and piddle on an airplane.
We had some friends visiting for a couple of days and we flew down to Everglades City for an airboat ride and lunch, no way we would drive that far. We can fly to the keys in a little over an hour, it would be over 4 hrs driving.
When I lived in St. Louis we use to fly to Chicago to meet my son for lunch, it just made visiting so much easier. It meant we didn't feel like staying for the night and we were not tired from driving.
Now we live in SW Florida so a trip back to Mo. Takes about 6 hours, but sure beats driving. And I just enjoy it. We Pretty much fly if it takes more than two hours to drive.
But it is expensive. And I wouldn't do it unless I could afford to own my own plane. I started out looking at less expensive planes that would have been great for short hops, but we wanted a traveling plane that could haul 4. So we ended up with a high performance complex single.