Parachuting Turbine
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Parachuting Turbine
Well since DUNZA and his phantom caravans have vanished I am still in need for a turbine parachuting aircraft.
I can offer a MINIMUM of 250 hours per annum, probably a lot more if the rumours of Sydney Skydivers being relocated or closing down are true.
Regards
Richard
I can offer a MINIMUM of 250 hours per annum, probably a lot more if the rumours of Sydney Skydivers being relocated or closing down are true.
Regards
Richard
When you live....
Mate, do the maths. If your turbine is not turning 500 hours a year (yes, 10 hours a week) then no-ones making money. Check out Pacific Aerospace - they have a spreadsheet you can download which does the calculations for you (and like a car, it won't do quite what the spreadsheet promises).
Unless you can find someone to lend you one for the weekends then you'll have to keep chasing shadows.
UTR.
Unless you can find someone to lend you one for the weekends then you'll have to keep chasing shadows.
UTR.
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It gets down to what you pay for your turbine aircraft , when the Porters were declared surplus from the Australian Army in the early 1990's they were going for about A$250,000 to A$300,000 by the time they were on the register and they were flying about 300 to 400 hrs a year.
It's hard to find any Porter or Caravan now for less than US$750,000-US$1 mil so it needs to be worked at Radars 500+ hrs a year to pay it's way.
We'll have a Skyvan coming up for about US$500,000 in 2010.
Indonesian built Casa 212-100s are cheap as they don't have FAA approval and are now 32 yrs old , probably in the range of what times are remaining on the engines and props (TPE331-5) , I reckon US$200,000 to $250,000 will get you one. The Indo Casa 212s would have to be on restricted reg in Oz , we had a quote for getting CASA type approval from a design office at about $300,000 which is a bit pricey for just one aircraft but if a bunch of them came in (5 to 10) it would make sense.
Kinloch , where are you based ? I may have a North Qld buyer for the Skyvan and if you're close by perhaps he can operate for you on weekends.
It's hard to find any Porter or Caravan now for less than US$750,000-US$1 mil so it needs to be worked at Radars 500+ hrs a year to pay it's way.
We'll have a Skyvan coming up for about US$500,000 in 2010.
Indonesian built Casa 212-100s are cheap as they don't have FAA approval and are now 32 yrs old , probably in the range of what times are remaining on the engines and props (TPE331-5) , I reckon US$200,000 to $250,000 will get you one. The Indo Casa 212s would have to be on restricted reg in Oz , we had a quote for getting CASA type approval from a design office at about $300,000 which is a bit pricey for just one aircraft but if a bunch of them came in (5 to 10) it would make sense.
Kinloch , where are you based ? I may have a North Qld buyer for the Skyvan and if you're close by perhaps he can operate for you on weekends.
