Thread: Piper Apache rental: Is this a good deal?

I've got my instrument already. I can say with some certainty that the multi is not something I'd be using in the immediate future. I hope to be a CFI within two years or so, and that'd be the soonest that I would ahve any chance of actually making use of a multi rating. At best it'd be something that I get now while it's cheap (if this is a good rate) and keep in my back pocket for later. At worst it'd be an...

I think that's an average price for an Apache but worth it if it's well maintained. They aren't hard to fly, about like a Piper Arrow. You just have two of everything in the engine catagory. You can buy Apache's for 30K. You could buy a nice one (mine) for 40K.

Apaches (and Aztecs) are fine to fly. Those rates are similar to a duchess at my club. If you are not career bound or have plans to fly twins it would be more of a been-there-done-that-got-the-tshirt kind of thing. Clubs will generally require a minimum ME time and time in type to rent a twin, probably 25-30 ME and 5-10 in type. So if you just go get a ME add-on you will still need some more dual-received to rent one. Like IC ALL said, there...

This one appears to be a good one- a rich carpet manufacturer in Dalton recently donated it to the Club, and it has an excellent maintenance history. YJFC isn't out to make any money on it. They are a non-profit group and they recoup their operating losses from subsidies. They just want to make sure it breaks even. I am not sure how good their instructors are, but they have a careful management so I am sure they will have a few good ones...