{"product_id":"piper-arrow-ii-hourly-aircraft-rental","title":"Piper Arrow II — Complex 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\u003eWhere a private certificate starts turning into a commercial one\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eGear that folds away and a propeller whose pitch you set. That pairing is what the word complex covers in 14 CFR 61.31(e). Enrolled, you fly it for \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$179\u003c\/span\u003e the hour, wet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eType\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePiper Arrow II\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConfiguration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFour seats, low wing, retractable gear, constant-speed propeller\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\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEndorsement\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eComplex, under 14 CFR 61.31(e)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrograms it appears in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$11,700\u003c\/span\u003e instrument rating and the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$89,000\u003c\/span\u003e career track\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\u003eWhy complex time is a phase and not a preference\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore commanding an airplane whose gear folds away, whose flaps move and whose propeller pitch you set, 14 CFR 61.31(e) wants ground training, flight training and an endorsement written into your logbook. 14 CFR 61.129 wants complex time inside the aeronautical experience for a commercial certificate. Those two rules together are the reason this airframe exists in the fleet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe workload steps up for real. Gear that has to go somewhere, a propeller control that wants managing, and a checklist with no tolerance for improvising. Most students find the first two hours busy and the third one calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat changes about your flying\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpeed control becomes a planning problem rather than a reaction. A retractable airplane descends faster and slows down more reluctantly, so the arrival has to be thought about at the top of descent instead of on final. That habit is the actual skill, and it transfers to every faster airplane you fly afterward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gear also introduces the single most common expensive mistake in general aviation, which is arriving with it up. The procedures that prevent that are taught here as habits rather than as warnings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere it sits in the sequence\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the private certificate and usually alongside or after the instrument rating. Buying complex time before you need it is spending money early for no benefit, and 14 CFR 61.129 is the document that tells you when you need it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA retractable airplane does not fly faster. It just gives you less time to think.\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\u003eOwnership rather than access: the six airframes belong to the school and are looked after in our own shop, which is why the schedule does not depend on somebody else's asset.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven people instruct here. Each carries a CFI, each holds either a commercial certificate or an ATP, and each keeps a medical in date under 14 CFR 61.23.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Redbird MCX here moves and is fully enclosed, which makes it worth using for scan and procedure work. \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e gets you a session of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e355 days a year clear the minima we train to, 3,000 ft and 5 sm, on NOAA ASOS records for this field. What that measurement does not model — wind, and thin layers the sensor misreads — is published alongside it.\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\u003eThe price list is the website. Nothing is quoted privately, nothing is discounted for signing on the day, and no figure appears here as a range.\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":52957458432317,"sku":null,"price":179.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/flightschool.la\/products\/piper-arrow-ii-hourly-aircraft-rental","provider":"Airline Pilot Flight School","version":"1.0","type":"link"}