Recent content by krudawg

Why would I want to work for a Flight School? They charge a student $60/hr (or More) and the Instructor gets maybe $25/hr. (if S/he is lucky) I'm not interested in giving my labor away to a flight school. I'm an ATP, CFI, CFII, MEI and retired from a major airline. I instruct to "keep my...

I always found Beech OEM Parts were more expensive than Cessna or Piper back when I owned my Sport. One nagging issue I had with mine was the hydraulic brake cylinder operated by each rudder pedal continued to leak. It was the hydraulic brake line fitting seemed to alway back off and start...

Are parts hard to come by for the Beech Skipper?

Well stated

I think the actual numbers will bear out my experience while I was building time. The little Beeches are built like a tank but they are slugs in the air, in my opinion, but I'd buy one again in a heartbeat because I just love that airplane

I read about all the complaints about the "Low-Performing" Beech Sundowner/Sport and wanted to toss in my 2 cents. Back in 1975 I bought a 1972 Beech Sport for $8450.00. It had damage history - nose wheel broke on a hard landing. It was "Repaired". Yes the Beech Sport is slow and...