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Blue Hog ridr said:
The pilots first attempt was pretty impressive.

We were up one day, I asked the instructor what happens if we lose the engine. He said nothing, and powered the engine down to idle.

You go into a slight nose down attitude and go into glide mode. You would be looking for a safe place to land and as long as you don't try and gain altitude, you will be relatively safe.

Click on the link. Cessna 172 practicing stalls and recovery. Now thats a little scarier when the stall horn goes off. It usually doesn't take that long before the engine picks up power again. What you would prefer not to do is allow the plane to go into a cork screw descent. Those are hard to recover from, if you let them go too far. Crop dusters often get themselves into trouble pulling off turns close to the ground. Stunt pilots are much better at it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dSrjVR0MvE

A spin recovery. Who needs rides at the fair.
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My father has a Cessna 182 with a hopped up engine. I have been with him in the plane when he has done stalls and spin recoveries. It is a little nerve racking the first time I was in it with him and he did it but it is kind of fun!
 
Cool. I was actually looking for used Cessnas last night. Found a couple of older ones with low hours for a decent price. I had to cut my Private license short when I shattered my leg in a motorcycle accident. All my flight money went to mortgage money.

I have a little extra now and was thinking of getting back to it.

And with that, I was thinking, why pay close to 200 an hr rental for a 2 seater when I can buy a used one and put as many hours in per month as I can do. For the cost of a loan payment and fuel. A couple for under 50 K. Nothing fancy but serve the purpose.

Man, times have changed. I couldn't even consider anything close to new. Even getting into the 70s, yer looking at close to 150 K.
 
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Blue Hog ridr said:
Cool. I was actually looking for used Cessnas last night. Found a couple of older ones with low hours for a decent price. I had to cut my Private license short when I shattered my leg in a motorcycle accident. All my flight money went to mortgage money.

I have a little extra now and was thinking of getting back to it.

And with that, I was thinking, why pay close to 200 an hr rental for a 2 seater when I can buy a used one and put as many hours in per month as I can do. For the cost of a loan payment and fuel. A couple for under 50 K. Nothing fancy but serve the purpose.

Man, times have changed. I couldn't even consider anything close to new. Even getting into the 70s, yer looking at close to 150 K.
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I knew a guy who bought a shiny new Cessna, then let the local community college rent it for their flight school. It was a very nice plane and a great deal for him.

I also remember a much older Cessna (tail-dragger) at the FBO I was flying out of. I have no idea of the year but it was silver and the interior was dark red, crushed velvet with ashtrays in the doors. It was in great shape... god I wanted that plane.

It's really almost 200/hr now? When I was flying (the summer of 2001) it was 65, I think, for this guy:
 

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