Merhaba By9468840,
Thanks a lot, I am new to forum, but I would mlre than happy to do any help and favor. Safe flights.
Selam Skywagon!
I am Turkish too. I own a Piper PA28 Arrow, based near Basel Switzerland.
It is good to have someone from Turkey as it has been my dream for quite some time to fly to Turkey. It’s great to have someone to contact. As far as I read on the internet, it is not so straight forward to fly a GA aircraft in Turkey. I am planning a 2 week trip next July with the family. We have not decided yet on our next destination ;)
Military ATC units are also so cooperative.
Military ATC allowed me crossing their airport areas on several occasions without any problem and without changing the altitude or heading.
Emir wrote:
Besides some GPS jamming in the south close to Cyprus and Syrian border, everything else seems to be great in their airspace.
We are having this problem at specific areas and sometimes unable to make RNP approaches due to chart limitation. Other than that it is not as it used to be, we are having more direct routes than before, Military ATC units are also so cooperative.
Returning to the topic of Turkey, I found flying IFR there extremely easy, ATC very competent and friendly with practically any request fulfilled in a matter of seconds. Besides some GPS jamming in the south close to Cyprus and Syrian border, everything else seems to be great in their airspace. However, the weather can be challenging and capability of flying high (above FL140) is very nice to have.
I think you need to be N-reg for this to work. The rules for transplanting parts on an EASA-reg are horrendous.
Pilot_DAR wrote:
Upon my inquiry, a Cessna service center tells me that a new replacement spar for the 210 from Cessna will be more than US$80,000, and made to order
You can buy two replacement wings for 7-8k pretty easily. I have 210 wings and would be over the moon to sell them. If by spar you mean carry through spar I sold one for 5k to Steve’s Aircraft not that long ago.
SkyWagon wrote:
So should I concern about a PA28 younger than 15 years old in terms of " aging aircraft are a concern, replacement parts will be a greater concern…"
You can buy almost anything you need in short order if you know where to look.
I was very concerned about flying a vintage pa28 and posted about it. See https://www.euroga.org/forums/hangar-talk/9195-wing-comes-off-a-pa28-during-a-checkride-with-an-examiner-and-wing-spar-structure-discussion/post/224879#224879
It is extremely rare for a spar to break, but the ERAU accident made lots of waves as it was accepted that their planes are new, well maintained and safe. Out of the tens of thousands of Pipers made, how many had a spar failure during normal maneuvers? A handful?
To me the „wing breaks off“ accident profile seems to fit aircraft accumulating a lot of hours in an abusive training environment in a short timeframe (thereby undergoing less calendar time based checks)?!
When you buy a PA28, you risk a wing spar AD, but I doubt it will be some brutal „your plane is worthless“ type. So, better said: if you buy ANY plane, you risk a wing spar ad.
So should I concern about a PA28 younger than 15 years old in terms of " aging aircraft are a concern, replacement parts will be a greater concern…"
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