Baron / Islander ratings in NZ
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Baron / Islander ratings in NZ
G'day, thinking about getting a rating in either a BN Islander or a B Baron - can anyone recommend flight schools / clubs that have these aircraft and that have treated you well? Cheers
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hmmm... brevity perhaps precluded thoroughness...
Whilst Mainland does not have a BN-2 on-line, if anyone is going to make an airframe available for training, it will be with PK in the R seat. He has the contacts. Have a yarn to him -if you're serious.
Whilst Mainland does not have a BN-2 on-line, if anyone is going to make an airframe available for training, it will be with PK in the R seat. He has the contacts. Have a yarn to him -if you're serious.
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think theres only one baron in the whole country..privately owned and lives in the Bay of Plenty somewhere? Don't fancy your chances
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I know of three in the country, one being OSL. There's another recently registered to a North Island aero club, so maybe you'll have a chance to fly one in the near future!
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right WLV aparently in New Plymouth at the aeroclub..you might be in luck!
theres a Beech 95 B55 listed too but not at a school or club
theres a Beech 95 B55 listed too but not at a school or club
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Speaking as someone with around 500 hours on an Islander, I can't for the life of me work out why you would want to buy a rating on one!!!! It's highly unlikely to make you more employable to the operators in Kiwi-land that fly them as they'll be training you anyway on their routes etc. A baron may help you find work in Aussie if you've got the right time to go along with it.
If however you want Islander time just for fun...... then for a fraction of the cost i'm willing to jump on a trampoline you're sitting on and simultaneously wail on an electric guitar with the amp turned up to 11 until such a point as a CAA doctor tears up your class 1 medical, thus simulating 5 hours on an Islander
If however you want Islander time just for fun...... then for a fraction of the cost i'm willing to jump on a trampoline you're sitting on and simultaneously wail on an electric guitar with the amp turned up to 11 until such a point as a CAA doctor tears up your class 1 medical, thus simulating 5 hours on an Islander
as someone with around 500 hours on an Islander, I can't for the life of me work out why you would want to buy a rating on one!!!!
