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So I've lined up a nice entry-level traildragger that I've been offered an opportunity to fly at low cost. Sweet! Up until the point where I got on the phone with the insurance companies.
I talked to an insurance provider late last year, asking what they preferred seeing to move into a higher-performance taildragger. They suggested that I start with an entry-level traildragger like a C-140 and gain time before moving into bigger iron since they were going to want more experience. Sounded like a good plan.
So that's what I did. I lined up an opportunity with a C-140 here on the field, and I reached out to a couple of insurance brokers today to get quotes. Good grief! $25,000 hull on a decent C-140 is $1200 a year! NationAir called seven insurers, five of them wouldn't write me, two would, and the cheapest was $1110. Avemco was asking $1263, with a drop to $1166 after 30 hours, and another drop after a year. That one's sounding decent, and they give Wings credit in rates as well.
I'm waiting on a call from Butler Brown. They specialize in classics, so we'll see what they have to say. But I reckon my first few years in taildragger-dom are going to be a bit spendy, either way. Time to get crackin'!
P.S. - I'm PPSEL, 180 hours, with 10.2 hours tailwheel earned last fall, in case it's of interest.
I talked to an insurance provider late last year, asking what they preferred seeing to move into a higher-performance taildragger. They suggested that I start with an entry-level traildragger like a C-140 and gain time before moving into bigger iron since they were going to want more experience. Sounded like a good plan.
So that's what I did. I lined up an opportunity with a C-140 here on the field, and I reached out to a couple of insurance brokers today to get quotes. Good grief! $25,000 hull on a decent C-140 is $1200 a year! NationAir called seven insurers, five of them wouldn't write me, two would, and the cheapest was $1110. Avemco was asking $1263, with a drop to $1166 after 30 hours, and another drop after a year. That one's sounding decent, and they give Wings credit in rates as well.
I'm waiting on a call from Butler Brown. They specialize in classics, so we'll see what they have to say. But I reckon my first few years in taildragger-dom are going to be a bit spendy, either way. Time to get crackin'!
P.S. - I'm PPSEL, 180 hours, with 10.2 hours tailwheel earned last fall, in case it's of interest.
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