Rainbow Air, America
Hi,
Hearing good reports about rainbow air, I have decided to take a look at their website. Their fleet looks very impressive. I plan on doing between 30 and 40hrs in one of their aircraft.
Does anyone have any experience in their Archer III or 172SP? I've never had the oppurtunity to touch a brand new aircraft before, and I can't see me flying one in the near future in the UK, so I am going to hire either one of these types. My original plan was 40hrs in a 172 skyhawk/Pa28-161 and I thought that would be better as all I am going for is cheap hour building but I have been told that the luxury of a new aircraft, new paint, and modern avionics is very nice and well worth the extra expense (or in my situation, reduced hours for same budget). Do you think my idea is justified? All I need is about 25hrs to bring me up to the level where I can start my CPL but do you think 40hrs instead of 40 would be better?
Also, how do I get about insurance? Rainbow Air offer it about $5/hr which works out at about £100 for my venture. Is this good or bad going?
Thanks in advance for any advice/comments.
obk