I had no idea I'd be this blue over not flying. When I missed a year by not renting for awhile, it wasn't like this...
Having an airplane that you OWN, sitting there unusable is far more painful than not going and renting for a while
When I bought my first plane from the flight school, it was March 13, 2013. It was in the shop for repairs/maintenance forever - I took my very first flight, in a plane I bought in March, on Aug 11. THAT was a brutal 5 months.
I feel your pain in that respect. But I wouldn't want to think of staring down the barrel of a +$20K engine job. But given my nature, I would do the foolish (?) thing and simply put the money on the line of credit and get 'er done!
