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Congratulations
Ok a bit of a fun thread ))
Congratulations you have won £20 million in the Lottery
How would your aviation aspirations change if at all ?
Me I would try and get into a small group owned older CJ1 or TBM and a personal Husky in my own field by the house I would buy
Unless I took up Helicopters and then maybe an R44
But then again I am paid a little to fly other people's headaches ))
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Congratulations you have won £20 million in the Lottery
How would your aviation aspirations change if at all ?
Me I would try and get into a small group owned older CJ1 or TBM and a personal Husky in my own field by the house I would buy
Unless I took up Helicopters and then maybe an R44
But then again I am paid a little to fly other people's headaches ))
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I think this thread or similar has been run before, with 20M for me it would be a Spit, something like an Edge or Sbach and an RV10, possibly with a share in a decent helo, all of course on my own field next to the house that would be built by the sea with a nice sailing yatch moored on my personal mooring at the bottom of the garden! Not much change at the end I suspect!
My own field, and a barn on it to build a BD4 or RV in - I enjoy building (some would say "tinkering") as much as flying. The barn big enough to house an IFR tourer, ideally a twin - P2006 perhaps. Even though I really ought not to go flying while building, or the build will never be done.
PS @Pace: _if_ you wish to go into choppers, do so properly and keep away from rich men's toys. A Bell 207 or so is the least you could do and 20M should buy you that. Myself would prefer a Mi-8 or so - but I don't think I ever will, even if I were to buy lottery tickets.
PPSS I have to concur with Step Turn's preference for a Gweduck over the P2006, only there's so precious few water operating surfaces round here. But my new place might well be quite far from here, and not only for that reason.
PS @Pace: _if_ you wish to go into choppers, do so properly and keep away from rich men's toys. A Bell 207 or so is the least you could do and 20M should buy you that. Myself would prefer a Mi-8 or so - but I don't think I ever will, even if I were to buy lottery tickets.
PPSS I have to concur with Step Turn's preference for a Gweduck over the P2006, only there's so precious few water operating surfaces round here. But my new place might well be quite far from here, and not only for that reason.
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Thanks Pace! I did not even know you bought me a ticket! 
For me, an MD500 for local jaunts, and for more distant adventures, a: Gweduck Aircraft - Home
For me, an MD500 for local jaunts, and for more distant adventures, a: Gweduck Aircraft - Home
My age would prevent me indulging in my wildest fantasies. I would buy a Maule and enjoy touring round the country, visiting lots of grass strips. I would hire Pace and a Citation to take me to some more distant interesting places I can't be bothered to use scheduled flights for.
A: I would invest enough of the 20M to pay fixed costs for B, C and D
B: I would buy a T-21 Sedbergh, a Chipmunk, a Dove, a King-Air and a CJ3;
C: I would buy an airfield with a triangular 2000m rwy pattern, ILS, VOR and NDB aids;
D: I would open a flying school to provide gliding, SEP, MEP, IR, turbo-prop and jet training;
E: I would delight in observing the development of a generation of well-trained pilots, taught by excellent instructors; and
F: I would regret not having started with 40M, as I probably would run out of funding!
B: I would buy a T-21 Sedbergh, a Chipmunk, a Dove, a King-Air and a CJ3;
C: I would buy an airfield with a triangular 2000m rwy pattern, ILS, VOR and NDB aids;
D: I would open a flying school to provide gliding, SEP, MEP, IR, turbo-prop and jet training;
E: I would delight in observing the development of a generation of well-trained pilots, taught by excellent instructors; and
F: I would regret not having started with 40M, as I probably would run out of funding!
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How would your aviation aspirations change if at all ?
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Big regret was never getting a licence on Helicopters but maybe a good thing as knowing me I would be landing alongside the local McDonalds en route or plonking down on every hill top in wales, just too many interesting things below to examine at close quarters
Think of all the farmers taking pot shots at me with shotguns
Maybe better not
And do what with it all ?
You would surely have a lot of fun ?
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Think of all the farmers taking pot shots at me with shotguns
Maybe better not
I'd retire.
You would surely have a lot of fun ?
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£20m in the lottery:
after second one - darn, married => £10m left
after second ten - damn, three kids => £1m left
after minute five - girlfriend, first satisfaction, hurrah => £100k left
end of day one - ARC and upgrades => wow, I am able to pay my dinner myself
and you are talking dreams ...
after second one - darn, married => £10m left
after second ten - damn, three kids => £1m left
after minute five - girlfriend, first satisfaction, hurrah => £100k left
end of day one - ARC and upgrades => wow, I am able to pay my dinner myself
and you are talking dreams ...
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And do what with it all ?
You would surely have a lot of fun ?
You would surely have a lot of fun ?
But a week in orbit on the ISS would be a good experience.
By Jan O's definition I think I must have won that Lottery !
I have my own field with hangars (well it has low rise home-built by me Tee Sheds) on it and 550 metres strip. Plus my own Rans S6-116.
What more can a man ask ?
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I have my own field with hangars (well it has low rise home-built by me Tee Sheds) on it and 550 metres strip. Plus my own Rans S6-116.
What more can a man ask ?
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I'd like a nice house, with attached hangar and workshop on the side of a friendly airfield.
I shall then spend the rest of my days designing, building and test flying my own aircraft designs, without having to explain myself to anybody but the airworthiness authorities and my wife !
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I shall then spend the rest of my days designing, building and test flying my own aircraft designs, without having to explain myself to anybody but the airworthiness authorities and my wife !
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I'd try to find a Vulcan in need of some TLC and make an impressive static display in the grounds of my (post lotto win) estate.
It's too early in my PPL life to know what I'd choose to fly around in, but I'd happily spend hours at a time in the shade of a delta wing.
It's too early in my PPL life to know what I'd choose to fly around in, but I'd happily spend hours at a time in the shade of a delta wing.
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Actually, I did win the lottery a long time ago, my father left me a quarter of his estate, he was always fair to each of us. So I bought a 1977 Piper Supercub, a 27 foot Buccaneer sailboat, and a Pegasus glider, and had a new kitchen installed.
Enjoyed them all. Sold the Cub, sold the sailboat, and donated the glider to a gliding club. (And also helped pay for the Oxford Ice Rink)
I now have very little left, except a decent 5 year old Ford, and a lot of happy memories. Way to go!
Enjoyed them all. Sold the Cub, sold the sailboat, and donated the glider to a gliding club. (And also helped pay for the Oxford Ice Rink)
I now have very little left, except a decent 5 year old Ford, and a lot of happy memories. Way to go!
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Perhaps get a twin rating and get a DA42 or the new DA62. Or just get a Malibu Meridian. Wife won't fly with me (because she doesn't like flying - puts up with commercial!) Probably use Netjets or similar, so that all airport queueing is forgotten. She'd be fine in a Gulfstream. Don't need to own one.
20 million isn't enough for a decent sized yacht, so a 45' boat would be fine, moored in the Caribbean or South Florida.
Might be nice to live in an airport community, and have a Cirrus or Corvalis in the hangar - that's probably one of the cheaper options.
Of course, as we get older, all we'll need is a big TV and some very expensive slippers
20 million isn't enough for a decent sized yacht, so a 45' boat would be fine, moored in the Caribbean or South Florida.
Might be nice to live in an airport community, and have a Cirrus or Corvalis in the hangar - that's probably one of the cheaper options.
Of course, as we get older, all we'll need is a big TV and some very expensive slippers
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As Eddie Irvine said if it flies floats or flucks rent don't buy
For private outright jet ownership probably £20 million is not in that league and the odd rental is a better option
£20 mill ? I would still look at a share in a not new TBM850 or not new Cirrus 22 turbo charged and with ice protection but the Husky to pull out on a sunny morning from the back field hangar still appeals ))
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For private outright jet ownership probably £20 million is not in that league and the odd rental is a better option
£20 mill ? I would still look at a share in a not new TBM850 or not new Cirrus 22 turbo charged and with ice protection but the Husky to pull out on a sunny morning from the back field hangar still appeals ))
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At the time that Eddie Irvine said that, he was living on board his private yacht and travelling by private jet; I can't speak for the third 'F' but I don't believe that he's married, so perhaps he has at least adhered to the third of his rules. I still think he was robbed of the title...
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I would pay off my mortgage, and the retire. That would free up the time to do more flying; something that is sorely lacking at present.
I would then buy something modest, like a Saratoga, with a nice fit and do an instrument rating. The rating, plus the free time, would mean I would be able to fly far more regularly.
I would then buy something modest, like a Saratoga, with a nice fit and do an instrument rating. The rating, plus the free time, would mean I would be able to fly far more regularly.