C210 Time in Melbourne

[Hot High Heavy]

Hi Guys,

Does anyone know of a C210 that can be hired to get checked out on in the Melbourne area in the next week or two?

I am about to head north and have figured that not having C200 series time is going to be a serious disadvantage.

Cheers - HHH

[NNB]

200 series Cessna check ride

cannot help with a C210 BUT Andrew Derrek @ RVAC has access to a C206 with dual controls. He might be able to help you out
good luck

[Horatio Leafblower]

Dunno about Melbourne, but Airspeed Aviation has a U206 at Scone. CFI has heaps of C206 time in charter & survey ops.

Cheers

[povopilot]

There is a 210 in armidale that goes for around $320 or so, still got the gear doors so 160kt+ and also a TSO146 GPS. Plus there is hot uni students everywhere...

At MB there are 2 210's parked near the BP Bowser that don't seem to ever move, maybe you could track down the owners?

[j3pipercub]

povopilot is on the money, about the uni girls anyway

[Orion Delta]

I know it's not Melbourne but ACTAS at YSCB has a C210. I think the rate is around $407 an hour. My friend got in it last year to do a check ride before heading up north. It is an immaculate aircraft.

[PercyWhino]

Another vote for Airspeed. their 206 is very nice and very well maintained. CFI is a very knowledgeable fellow. Youll be put through your paces but youll come out of it better off.

[eocvictim]

I skipped the single time up north (well sort of) but would it be silly to suggest getting some experience in an A36 if a C210 cant be sourced? "Big" single, similar weight, performance etc etc?

[Hot High Heavy]

Thanks for the help all, ill suss out the C206 through RVAC first, failing that ill swing past YSCB on the way north. I reckon Scone and Armidale might be a bit too much of a detour on the way up.... student girls do sound fun though!

As a general Q, most operators are asking C200 series time. Could you get away with A36 time instead?? hmm

[morno]

HHH, if you're going to "swing past" YSCB, then it's probably going to be even easier (and cheaper I dare say), to "swing past" YARM as you head north. You'll just have to drive up the New England to Toowoomba before you head west and then north.

morno

[Horatio Leafblower]

Well hell you'll drive THROUGH Scone to get to Armidale. They've got Equine nurses in Scone, they can afford to buy their own drinks and buy you one too

[PPRuNeUser0182]

Maybe just look for 300 horsies time, in general, rather than type specific. C210 would be the pick I guess but there are alternatives.

[Wally Mk2]

God I almost weep at the coin needed to hire a C210 these days. I recall having to spend a buck a knot for a C210 ($160) an hr.................

Now this might come across as something other than good intentions but seeing as yr gunna spend big coin down here (Sth) doing a C210 check flight why not consider doing it in house at a prospective employer up Nth that way you kill 2 birds with the one stone. The operator gets a little more buckaroo's & yr 'Johnny on the spot" & ultra recent
I know it sounds like buying a job but isn't that what we ALL have been doing since day one at flight school?

Good luck with sourcing out a C210 airframe. I've only been thru these places that fly 'terrorists' about up Nth & most seem to use C210/206 & the odd Van. I'd say at a guess the more time you have on 200 Cessna's than any other machine the better


Wmk2