Where's your sense of fun, BPF?
Don has an initial and it's approved by all insurers. 4 day ground and then flying. It's $2600, so not bad. At SimCom and FlightSafety you pay for the real estate, the crisp white shirts and the donuts that accompany your Nespresso coffee.
You're right - she hasn't been flown a lot the last 10 years. About 100hrs/year, with the last 2 years almost nothing. She'd been sitting on the ramp for a few months before we took her up, so has been rained and weathered on. Aircraft that don't fly much are never the best behaved ones, but I don't have the option of buying the completely mint 700 Superstar II with factory overhauls. I could never afford that.
My engine o/h prices are quite considerably different from yours, but I'm not arguing over the other items. Probably about right. Autopilots, radars and boots are all nice, but they're not essential for basic flight, so can be deferred to later if in a pinch.
One thing is for sure - the engines will cost less to o/h than then orphaned GO-435's I run now...
