{"product_id":"cessna-162-hourly-rental","title":"Cessna 162 Skycatcher — Training Aircraft, Van Nuys","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe airplane a first landing usually happens in\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eTwo seats, high wing, one engine, and the smallest airframe on the ramp. Enrolled students fly it for \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$179\u003c\/span\u003e an hour wet: airframe and fuel, with the teaching carried by the program price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eType\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCessna 162 Skycatcher\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConfiguration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTwo seats, high wing, single engine, fixed gear\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRate inside an enrolled program\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$179\u003c\/span\u003e an hour, wet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat the rate covers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe airplane and its fuel. Not the instructor.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrograms it appears in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSport Pilot at \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$8,400\u003c\/span\u003e, and early private pilot lessons\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOwnership\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOwned by the school and maintained in-house\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere it sits in the sequence\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst. A small, light, two-seat airplane gives a new student the shortest possible loop between a control input and a consequence, and that loop is what early training is entirely made of. A heavier airplane is more forgiving of a sloppy input, which sounds like an advantage and is not — being told immediately that you were sloppy is how the habit gets fixed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also the airframe on the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$8,400\u003c\/span\u003e Sport Pilot program, and the aircraft criteria in 14 CFR 61.316 are what make that pairing work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it is not good for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoing anywhere with anybody. Two seats and modest load-carrying means it is a training airframe rather than a travelling one, and a student who intends to fly a family somewhere should expect to move to the Warrior partway through. That transition costs an hour or two of dual and it is worth planning for rather than discovering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA note on cost, since this page shows a rate\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$179\u003c\/span\u003e is the single-engine wet rate for students enrolled in a program. It is not a walk-up figure, it is not a rental rate, and it does not include an instructor. We publish it because a fixed program price is only meaningful if you can see what the airplane inside it costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA small airplane tells you immediately when you are wrong. That is the point of it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow this airplane is operated\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe bought the airplanes rather than renting them from private owners, so the maintenance decisions are made here. 14 CFR 91.409(b) puts an airplane that gives instruction for hire on a 100-hour inspection interval, and that bill lands on us.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere are eleven instructors, which is enough that a full schedule does not stall on one person's diary. Every one meets the same standard: CFI, commercial certificate or ATP, current medical.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn enclosed, motion-based Redbird MCX, FAA-approved, is part of the operation rather than an add-on to it. Priced at \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e when booked by itself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e355 training days a year, taken from NOAA ASOS records at this field and judged against a stated minimum of 3,000 ft and 5 sm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInside a program, a single-engine hour is \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$179\u003c\/span\u003e wet — airframe and fuel. The instructor is not in that figure and never has been.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo quote to request and no range to interpret. Program prices are fixed, published, and the same for everyone who walks in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957457383741,"sku":null,"price":179.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/flightschool.la\/products\/cessna-162-hourly-rental","provider":"Airline Pilot Flight School","version":"1.0","type":"link"}