"buy a jet" scenerio

[bdlong]

I decided to start over witha new company. My goal is to start with a single engine, and not upgrade to a larger aircraft until the one I was flying
was paid off. I plan on continueing this process until I'm flying a heavy jet. The "buy a jet", (or is it fly a jet) scenerio seemed to fit with
what I intend - start with $25 million, with the goal of purchasing and flying a larger passenger jet, (I believe the minimum is a 737).

Bought a Mooney, set all seats to luxury pricing - $1100. Decided to fly from Memphis to New Orleans to aid in the Katrina recovery process. Load up
my single passenger, take off, beautiful VFR night weather. 20 minutes into the flight I hear a door open and the stewardess offering coffee....WHOA,
where did she come from, and what door did she come through .

With my other company, I had setup crew for all flights since I was flying the larger turbo-props. I don't know why I didn't think to check the
setting with the new company. I guess I was expecting it to reset to the default when I created it.

[Plane Nuts]

Maybe she was sitting out on the wing enjoying the view.

[poden]

Yeah, I've kept my company pretty small, using career mode and starting with a single engine GA plane. It was pretty hilarious when the stewardess
first appeared. I dunno, maybe an alternate sound set could be used for aircraft under, say, 10 pax or so where the pilot just says, "OK everyone,
help yourself to drinks", etc.

I've found there are a few single-engine GA planes that are really cost efficient (6-seaters). If you set the class to all VIP, you start off with 2
pax, then graduate to 3 after your reputation goes up enough. My 6-seater planes are:

Piper Malibu Mirage
Extra 400
Lake Renegade 270
Piper Cherokee 6

These are all freeware planes, but the first 3 all came with the effectively non-functional Garmin radio stack and autopilot. I thoroughly reworked
the panels on them, and switched them all to Bendix King. All these planes are pretty long-ranged too; only the Cherokee 6 has a range under 1000 NM, I think. The Extra 400 is especially nice since its quite fast. The Lake Renegade is probably the most fun though, being an amphibian (and a true "flying boat") as well.



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