Lu will slam me for this, but why not do it in an R-22?
1. Cheaper thant the 206, you can get more hours in for your buck.
2. Harder to fly than the 206, so when you are ready to do aturbine transition, you will not have any issues there.
If you are just going for your Pvt, I say do it in the recip, then transition. you will end up in the 206, but spend less $$$ getting there.
Heck, ok you could do it in a hughes 300 too, now Lu can't slam me.
Florida is a great location, Heli Adventures up the coast, and I fly down in Ft. Lauderdale at Volar.
[ 18 December 2001: Message edited by: RW-1 ]