RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: lease back

I guess the truth is when you buy a plane your just making the down payment,
you never really own it. It comes with lien holders already attached. With
JQ public, all the parts people, instruction, inspection, repair, duats to
fly, the FAA departments to keep happy and the regulations, insurances for
plane hangar, rental, instructions, airport fees and golf clubs, special
taxes and recalls to aircraft, STC's and AD's; no wonder the population is
decreasing of aviators. Oh yeah, and the collective bargaining of all the
above concerned needed services. ROTFL

Wow. I guess I knew all that but had temporarily overlooked most of it.
Thanks for the reminder. What's a person to do?

Gary Orpe

->-----Original Message-----
->From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
->[mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Holmes
->Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:20 AM
->To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
->Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: lease back
->
->
->Keep in mind that as an SLSA the maintenance and service requirements
->are pretty strict. This is even more true when the aircraft is being
->used for a commercial purpose. They, of course, require an annual
->inspection. They will also need 100 hour inspections when used
->commercially. One of these inspections does not preclude or
->negate the
->other although the 100 hour time may be "reset" at the time
->of annual if
->doing so is beneficial. These inspections, as laid out by most all
->manufacturers, must be performed by a maintenance rated Light Sport
->Repairman or an A&P. If the engine in the airplane is a Rotax
->then the
->A&P MUST have the proper training or experience and the
->credentials to
->prove it.
->
->Also keep in mind that if the aircraft is being run on AVgas
->that some
->of the maintenance requirements are at shorter intervals.
->Again, who can
->perform these maintenance tasks depends on the manufacturers
->guidelines.
->A colleague and I currently maintain a couple of SLSA
->trainers which are
->used on leaseback agreements. These trainers are seeing approximately
->100 hours of use per month. It doesnt take long to burn up a 1500 or
->2000 hour TBO time on a Rotax engine this way. An overhaul with a
->crankshaft can be almost as expensive as a new engine when you start
->figuring labor along with the fact that there a limited # of places
->allowed to split the engine case and do this work.
->
->The biggest point I am trying to make here is not to sell the
->hourly use
->cost to the instructors too low. The kind of rigorous
->activity a trainer
->sees will require more maintenance than an aircraft for personal use.
->
->If you need additional info on leaseback agreements contact
->Pat Brown at
->info@houstonlsa.com
->
->Bill Holmes SP PPCL
->Light Sport Repairman - Maintenance (AP, WSC, PPC)
->FAA rated Powerplant Mechanic
->Independent ROTAX Repair Facility
->Born To Fly & Just Plane Stuff
->Huber Air Park (E70)
->2475 Rudeloff Rd.
->Hangar 1B
->Seguin TX. 78155
->210-831-7123 ph.
->208-279-0283 fax
->Billholmes@born-2-fly.com

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