Hi Ace BigCat,
Was that ADPs Arrow III N47455? Or one of their Arrow II's? I flew their Arrow III in September/October 2001 and it was really nice with HSI, etc etc. Their Arrow II's weren't up to much though.
As for taking the aircraft away, back then they required a PPL and nothing else to take the aeroplane anywhere in the States. This is exactly what I did. However since then they have changed the Insurance requirements to require an Instrument to take it away for more than a day and more than 350nm away from KPOC.
Another problem is that all aircraft are now unable to leave the bounds of California, Nevada and Arizona for insurance purposes, even if you have an Instrument Rating.
The reason for knowing this is that I now have an FAA CPL/IR (okay FAA CP-ASEL IA) and have asked about flying coast to coast using their Arrow III. Unfortunately, even for repeat customers I'd be limited to the three states mentioned before.
Best wishes,
Charlie Zulu.