moparrob66
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My son is working on his PPL in our 172B. He got a job loading cropdusters for the summer and now he wants to fly them. His boss said he needs 500 hours of tailwheel time (among other things, depending on how desperate they are at the time). Is it worth it to rent a Luscombe or Taylorcraft for 500 hours ($100/hr if we're lucky) or should he buy something?
Why couldnt he buy a 1-2 seat kit built tailwheel and log time in that? Would a prospective employer look down on that or is an N number good enough? Ive seen some comparatively sketchy tailwheel birds for cheap, some of which use premix...but theyre ASEL tail draggers with N numbers. Some of them remind me of aluminum lawn chairs though...
Why couldnt he buy a 1-2 seat kit built tailwheel and log time in that? Would a prospective employer look down on that or is an N number good enough? Ive seen some comparatively sketchy tailwheel birds for cheap, some of which use premix...but theyre ASEL tail draggers with N numbers. Some of them remind me of aluminum lawn chairs though...