Insurance put me at about $4000 with my spring of this year 337E normally aspirated purchase. I had no time in 337 and will need 25 hrs dual with an experienced instructor or one that has received sign off / time from another 337 instructor. I was lucky to find an older instructor (doing biannuals of former owner) who would educate my local guy. My existing insurer would not provide coverage because I am keeping my single and they won't insure two aircraft-one owner.
For a while, part of the expense of ownership is going to be other people paid to fly with me. But I consider that appropriate in the current world. Many fields are requiring monitoring of newbies for increasing periods of time versus shorter training of yester-year due to legal/insurance reasons.
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