New SkyMaster owner

[mshac]

I'm sure you will love your Skymaster. 10 hours with a CFI is pretty standard these days. If it was pressurized, they'd make you go to annual sim school.

Best if the CFI has 337 time, obviously. I believe the CFI needs 5 hours in type to legally be able to instruct in it. If he has no 337 time, you and your CFI could spend 5 hours with him as PIC, then in turn he can instruct you for your required 10. Best if the CFI has 337 time, obviously. Check your policy for pilot requirements as even a CFI may not be covered without time in type.

Its a chicken and egg thing. How do you get time in type as PIC as a CFI if insurance requires a certain number of hours to be covered? Someone, somewhere along the way has to fly without insurance coverage to get those basic hours...the strange ins and outs of aviation insurance.

How much is your premium, and what is the hull value and deductible? Inquiring minds want to know.