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Darwin Award candidates... Thankfully they didn't injure or kill anyone else.

Do you know if any of this differential is related to the third party liability premium portion of the coverage? Or only the potential difference in the risk of hull loss? Personally, if I owned a sub $100,000 single engine retract (such as an older Arrow or Mooney) I would probably dispense...

You need to break down the components of the insurance. I'm talking about the hull loss coverage, not liability coverage. That's what insurers are most concerned about with a retractable airplane. The proverbial gear up that writes off the prop and engine or does enough airframe damage that...

I'm 65, but have seen the same thing. The insurance on my Aztec went up 15% each of the previous two years and then went up 21.5% for the current year. The increases on my Dawg (Husky) have been almost exactly the same percentages in the same year (same underwriter). Our flying Club...

If you're a bargain shopper there's no requirement to insure the hull on a retract. The liability insurance is generally driven by the number of seats more than any other factor. And believe me, the hull insurance on a Cirrus is going to be a lot more than most 40 or 50 year old retracts if...

Geez, you folks leave me with the impression the whole plane is going to crumble to dust within hours just because it was partially dunked. If that was the case there wouldn't be aluminum hulled boats that still float and there wouldn't planes with aluminum airframes and aluminum floats flying...

Long day of flying. Pleased to hear the Piper performed for ya. Shows what one can do with a single piston GA airplane. :thumbsup:

Why? Warbirds have been rebuilt from a lot less. And this one was apparently just 2 years since back to flying status after a major rebuild.

For most of us the added hours each annual is material. Agree with you, that in your case it's not the same economics for your Gulfstream.

Frankly I cannot see how this could possibly be true. :fingerwag: What, your mechanic doesn't charge for the time to jack the plane and do gear swings? Or maybe you don't bother doing them at all? No time charges to lubricate all the additional pivot points on the gear, compared to an...

Good to hear! The combination of the airshow community and the Warbird community means people were probably on it pretty quickly to save the plane.

My experience with my Arrow and the Aztec is similar to yours. If the systems have not been maintained well they usually need a little TLC in the first years of ownership to get things cleaned up (I have a 3-year PM program underway going through the hydraulics on the Aztec in stages). Things...

Actually, when you look at the new production airplane statistics in recent years it is retractable single piston airplanes that are the most endangered species. Not difficult to imagine the same factors causing this drop in interest and demand are also factors in the used market. This 2016...

I suspect it was out of the water within hours. During the war these planes were "throwaways", but they still had to operate while being subjected to weeks of salt water and spray while at sea on the carriers. There would not have been sufficient fresh water to wash them down after each...

I'm not sure what others are seeing, but over the past 3 renewals my annual compound %'age increase in insurance premium cost has been almost precisely the same for my retractable Aztec as it has for my non-retractable Husky. No claims, no y-o-y change in coverage amounts for each of the...

The fact practically everyone has a still/video camera in their pocket these days + a social media account or three might have something to do with this...

These kinds of measurements of carbon footprint are fraught with difficulty. Comparing just the type and amount of fuel burned per "passenger mile" or something like that is probably the easiest part, but a bit superficial. Every form of transportation requires other things to support it...

Only when you're passing on your skills to a student...;)

***How fast is fast enough?*** :dunno: ***as long as you are faster then Vs and slower than Vne, life is good*** :yeahthat: I don't make my living from aviation, and I certainly understand that for those who do "time is money". I am fortunate to fly for fun, not food (although what I spend...

I missed this news item earlier this week, and didn't find another thread about it when I did a keyword search. Apologies if someone else already posted it. Interesting development on the carbon reduction front, with wider ranging implications in western Europe and elsewhere. Interestingly...