Purchasing a Cessna 150/152 for Hiring?
No-one's mentioned negative gearing yet. Better to negative gear other investments and rent as some-one else suggested.
As for a Decathlon, I wouldn't recommend one for heat to buy and put online anywhere. At least a C.152 Aerobat is fairly robust in a flying school environment.
As for a Decathlon, I wouldn't recommend one for heat to buy and put online anywhere. At least a C.152 Aerobat is fairly robust in a flying school environment.
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Loosely on topic. Regarding the Jabiru 160 they have had Microair radios & Transponders and are now switching to Becker for these at an extra $1,000 for the radio and $400 for the transponder. I got a call saying I can have either.
Has anyone used these Becker units and/or have any comments good, bad or indifferent.
Has anyone used these Becker units and/or have any comments good, bad or indifferent.
DEAF - I can put you in touch with someone who knows a lot about the Becker unit. Personally I'd go the XCOM. The XCOM page www.xcom760.com has one of the best comparisons of XCOM, Dittel, Becker, Microair's and others so best check that out; it's in a matrix format.
I suspect there's a bit of a rift between Jabiru and Microair. One of Microair's biggest customers would have to be Jabiru; could get a little nasty; was much nicer when Jabiru used to own Microair.
Oh and if they tell you you can't have an XCOM or alternate radio, tell them not to fit a radio, but rather to leave the hole blank. Order an XCOM or similar, then take a headset and handheld when you pick up the aircraft and slap in an XCOM or similar later. I know an XCOM can be fitted if you drop into the dealer on the way home; he will do it for you.
If Jabiru site the CASA regulations as not allowing you as the owner to change the radio, this is INCORRECT and tell them to shut the hell up.
Bonus of the XCOM is that you don't need to spend $300'ish on an intercom as it has a VOX intercom built in, thus saving you lots of money and you get dual watch functionality as in having 2 radios for the price of 1... great value if you ask me.
Transponders - you can't beat the Garmin transponder. Big numbers, big display and very east to read and operate. It also has a flight timer and some other features. If you bought the Dynon EFIS, you can use the Dynon as an encoder for the Transponder and save yourself $400'ish. Only problem is that Jab may not have the dash cutout size for the Garmin transponder, but again, you could fit it yourself.
I suspect there's a bit of a rift between Jabiru and Microair. One of Microair's biggest customers would have to be Jabiru; could get a little nasty; was much nicer when Jabiru used to own Microair.
Oh and if they tell you you can't have an XCOM or alternate radio, tell them not to fit a radio, but rather to leave the hole blank. Order an XCOM or similar, then take a headset and handheld when you pick up the aircraft and slap in an XCOM or similar later. I know an XCOM can be fitted if you drop into the dealer on the way home; he will do it for you.
If Jabiru site the CASA regulations as not allowing you as the owner to change the radio, this is INCORRECT and tell them to shut the hell up.
Bonus of the XCOM is that you don't need to spend $300'ish on an intercom as it has a VOX intercom built in, thus saving you lots of money and you get dual watch functionality as in having 2 radios for the price of 1... great value if you ask me.
Transponders - you can't beat the Garmin transponder. Big numbers, big display and very east to read and operate. It also has a flight timer and some other features. If you bought the Dynon EFIS, you can use the Dynon as an encoder for the Transponder and save yourself $400'ish. Only problem is that Jab may not have the dash cutout size for the Garmin transponder, but again, you could fit it yourself.
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Heat, if you are in Sydney, I know a school looking for a couple of C-152s as they are getting cadets from India. Apparently, they ONLY require a C-152 as their primary trainer. Dunno why.
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I am in located in Victoria but would be interested cross hiring to anywhere in Australia. If the hours are ok though! Appreciated if you PM me, if you have more information regarding Indian training in Sydney.
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G'day heat.... they are not just training the Indians, they are getting 10 cadets from Japan as well. They will be needing the 2 extra C-152s in December but it doesn't mean they don't require it now. I'll PM you the name of the school. Hope this helps you.
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Originally Posted by QNH1013.2
It's not unusual for Indian's to hit our shores for further training with a commercial licence from India gained solely in a Cessna 152!
