R J Kinloch
12th Nov 2009, 03:14
Well since DUNZA and his phantom caravans have vanished I am still in need for a turbine parachuting aircraft.
I can offer a MINIMUM of 250 hours per annum, probably a lot more if the rumours of Sydney Skydivers being relocated or closing down are true.
Regards
Richard
framer
12th Nov 2009, 05:32
Who is DUNZA?
Cotton farmer from up north?
UnderneathTheRadar
12th Nov 2009, 09:23
Mate, do the maths. If your turbine is not turning 500 hours a year (yes, 10 hours a week) then no-ones making money. Check out Pacific Aerospace - they have a spreadsheet you can download which does the calculations for you (and like a car, it won't do quite what the spreadsheet promises).
Unless you can find someone to lend you one for the weekends then you'll have to keep chasing shadows.
UTR.
aseanaero
12th Nov 2009, 23:30
It gets down to what you pay for your turbine aircraft , when the Porters were declared surplus from the Australian Army in the early 1990's they were going for about A$250,000 to A$300,000 by the time they were on the register and they were flying about 300 to 400 hrs a year.
It's hard to find any Porter or Caravan now for less than US$750,000-US$1 mil so it needs to be worked at Radars 500+ hrs a year to pay it's way.
We'll have a Skyvan coming up for about US$500,000 in 2010.
Indonesian built Casa 212-100s are cheap as they don't have FAA approval and are now 32 yrs old , probably in the range of what times are remaining on the engines and props (TPE331-5) , I reckon US$200,000 to $250,000 will get you one. The Indo Casa 212s would have to be on restricted reg in Oz , we had a quote for getting CASA type approval from a design office at about $300,000 which is a bit pricey for just one aircraft but if a bunch of them came in (5 to 10) it would make sense.
Kinloch , where are you based ? I may have a North Qld buyer for the Skyvan and if you're close by perhaps he can operate for you on weekends.