High Performance Endorsement

[FinallyAPilot]

I currently own a 172 but I REALLY wanted a Cherokee 6 (260 OR 300, doesn't really matter). Because it is a "high performance" airplane, even though it's fixed gear, fixed prop, I would need a high performance check off. Not to mention, the insurance company wants 15 hours of time with instructor before covering me. Anyone know of a school in the DC area that has a Cherokee 6 for training?

 

[bigD]

That's why the endorsements are pretty much a moot point anyway. The insurance company is gonna want more dual in the airplane than what the endorsement would take in the first place, so it doesn't really matter.

 

[FinallyAPilot]

True. But it's kinda like the chicken and egg argument. I want a Cherokee 6 and I WANTED to buy this plane and do all my training in it so when I finally got my PPL, it would be in the plane that I would be flying for a long time. The insurance company said "Sure! No problem! Premiums will be $10,000 a year (not a joke, thats what they said)"

So, how do I get the hours I need in the plane I really want without spending $10,000 for the first years premiums?

btw, they said that after I received my PPL and I received all my training in this plane, then my premiums would drop to around $2,000 a year. I can handle that but TEN THOUSAND?!?!?

 

[mainah]

To answer earlier question about date of the split between high performance and complex, it was August 4 of 1997.