Purchase COMPLETED - Picked Up & Home

[edspilot]

UPDATE of May 13, 2009.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009, departed BWI for Dallas Love Field on Southwest Airlines. Arrived at Summit Helicopters about 11:00am CT. My helicopter was ready for an after maint flight before lunch. I had a couple of ADs & inspections performed for my comfort level before flying her back.

We went to lunch and then returned to the airport, settled the bill and headed out towards Arkadeliphia, AR (M89) at 2:00pm CT. Upon arrival to M89 about 4:20pm, the south half of the airport was under water but the ramp area was clear and the FBO was open (we knew that before we got there, NOTAMS). Fueled up and was given a ride to the motel.

Thursday, the fog had set in so the departure was delayed until about 10:15am. Headed to Dyersburg, TN, and got fuel then headed onto Madisonville, Ky, fueled and headed onto Frankfort, KY, fueled and headed onto Charleston, WV. Spent the night there.

Friday, fog was again present but only about 1 hour delay from the schedule we wanted, so not bad. We departed at 8:30am ET and headed for Frederick, MD. The trip over the mountain was beautiful with the fog in the valleys. Arrived to KFDK at about 10:50am. Safe and sound.

The trip was 1118nm and took 16.9 hours hobbs. The trip was about 100nm longer than direct as we had some weather to go around but for the weather that was in the area and behind us we did great.

The R-22 Beta II did an outstanding job. It only used 1 quart of oil for the entire trip. That is great for a Lyc O-360.

Anyway, ready to start making it mine!"

Happy Hovering!

edspilot

Now that I'm back, I'll not clutter your site with posts. I'll just sit back and read the posts with interest.




04-23-09, 6:10am ET

All:

After much debate (with myself) (buy B2B no, a R-22 no, B2B no, R-22) I decided to sign a purchase agreement last Friday for a 2005 R-22 Beta II.

Yes, yes, I know this is a Brantly fourm but I hope you will allow me to hang around and maybe join in on a fly-in or two with my Robbie.

I just felt that after all of my research from the factory never "really" being supportive of the their helicopter & the owner and certainly not promoting their product that another direction for me was right. Additionally, with the company now being owned in China, it just does not appear to have a long life left in the US, just my opinion. I hope I am wrong.

Anyway, I wish you all the very best with the Brantly experience and hope to see some of you around. If you are ever in the north central West Virginia (79D) area shoot me a PM and drop in.

Like I said, I'll be dropping in on the board to see when/where you may be gathering for a visit.

Best Wishes, GOD Bless and Be Safe,

edspilot
Dean

[Ron Spiker]

Good luck Dean. You're always welcome.

Ron

[edspilot]

UPDATE: 05-02-09, 3:04am ET

All:

I closed on the purchase of "my new" 2005 Robinson R-22 Beta II Friday morning. It has been picked up and taken to Summit Helicopters in Dallas for a few checks and going over before I go down next Tuesday to fly it back.

Looking forward to it.

Dean

p.s. Thanks for the encourgement Ron & I'll be up to see one of these weekends.

[Ron Spiker]

Are you flying it back solo?

[edspilot]

05-04-09, 9:59am ET

Ron:

No, not alone.

I'm currently working on my instrument add-on in helicopters and my instructor is going alone for the heck of it. Don't we all love x-c flights..

Looking forward to leaving Wed for the flight down and the 10 hours back. Now, if the rain just lets up it would be a nice x-c.

I'll keep you posted.

Dean

[edspilot]

See my May 13, update in the first post.

edspilot

[Ron Spiker]

Congratulations on getting it back safe and sound. Best of luck to you.