hismiths
Newbie
Aloha everyone, I'm retired airport planner/project manager and fixed wing SEL private pilot living on the Big Island of Hawaii (KPHO). I have 900+/- hours in a wide variety of airplanes, recently flew a gyroplane in Costa Rica, snd I'm hooked!
http://www.autogyroamerica.com
I did my ab initio flight training at KOA in the late '70s in Grummans (which I love), and have owned 3 airplanes. A lot of my time is taildragger and mountain flying hours. I've got my hours for a glider rating, but no check-ride. I'm ultralight certified, and completed the groundschool and dual for ultralight instructor, but before I could get a check-ride the FAA went and changed the rules! Bummer, as I would have been grandfathered in, and ʻIʻ would be a LSA instructor ... We owned a 7AC Champ and a Spezio TuHoler during the years we lived in Montana, and flew it over the western states. The gyro felt just like the Champ, and I stayed on altitude and airspeed in my first steep 360°s.
I hope to find a two-place that I can leaseback to an already existing 'intro to flight' operation in Kona. I plan to get my initial training, until my instructor is satisfied I can fly safely. I'll then have a solo adventure flight to the west coast, and get check rode somewhere along the way with my accumulated hours and experience. At the coast Iʻll break the aircraft down and palletize/shrink wrap her for my frieght forwarder, and have her barged to the Big Island.
If I can get an independent inspection and condition report, I can buy/insure sight unseen, if storage until appropriate X-CNTRY WX comes around is available. We did that buying our Champ in Michigan from Hawaii and it worked fine.
http://www.autogyroamerica.com
I did my ab initio flight training at KOA in the late '70s in Grummans (which I love), and have owned 3 airplanes. A lot of my time is taildragger and mountain flying hours. I've got my hours for a glider rating, but no check-ride. I'm ultralight certified, and completed the groundschool and dual for ultralight instructor, but before I could get a check-ride the FAA went and changed the rules! Bummer, as I would have been grandfathered in, and ʻIʻ would be a LSA instructor ... We owned a 7AC Champ and a Spezio TuHoler during the years we lived in Montana, and flew it over the western states. The gyro felt just like the Champ, and I stayed on altitude and airspeed in my first steep 360°s.
I hope to find a two-place that I can leaseback to an already existing 'intro to flight' operation in Kona. I plan to get my initial training, until my instructor is satisfied I can fly safely. I'll then have a solo adventure flight to the west coast, and get check rode somewhere along the way with my accumulated hours and experience. At the coast Iʻll break the aircraft down and palletize/shrink wrap her for my frieght forwarder, and have her barged to the Big Island.
If I can get an independent inspection and condition report, I can buy/insure sight unseen, if storage until appropriate X-CNTRY WX comes around is available. We did that buying our Champ in Michigan from Hawaii and it worked fine.