Hello

[benpilot (Ben Prusinski)]

Tell ya what I will buy lunch too so ?

[pauliusp (Paul Peikis)]

If someone on this forum with a Cirrus will give me a demo flight, then I will pay the $65 and join COPA. I’m at Palo Alto KPAO.

West Valley Flying Club at PAO has maybe 4 SR22s. You could contact them and do a demo flight with an instructor. Compared to lunch that would not be cheap though.

[mfroelich (Michael Froelich)]

I am considering buying a 2001 Cirrus SR20 or SR22. What insurance company will cover a new pilot with 140 hours total time and will insurance be sky high? I called Falcom Insurance a broker and they told me that less than 300 hours, nobody will insure me. Is this true?

I bought my SR22 G2 in 2010 before I got my PPL. Used Travers (I think Mike Travers). First year was high, 5700 on 250k hull value, but dropped significantly each year after that as I added hrs in type and the IFR ticket last year> Have stuck w/ Travers each year since. Now about 3k, which is where I would expect to be.

[benpilot (Ben Prusinski)]

Thanks folks this is very encouraging news! I think that after I get my PPL, I will get checked out in the Cirrus SR20 at local FBO and see how I like flying the Cirrus compared to everything else I’ve flown already. Then I can make an intelligent decision.