While many people are still scrambling to apply for driver's licenses, some "avant-garde" have learned flying skills.
The reporter learned from the Civil Aviation Administration yesterday that it takes 6 to 8 months of primary training to obtain a private flight driver's license, and the license examination fee is about 6,543,800 yuan.
The private driver's license is tested once every two years, but the physical examination must be once a year. Unlike a car driver's license, a flight driver's license can only fly for the same type of aircraft. The "airworthiness certificate" equivalent to the aircraft license also needs to be inspected once a year.
It is reported that there are about a dozen aircraft driving training schools in China, which are located in Shanghai, Anhui, Wuhan and other places. At the end of 2000, Guangdong also opened a private flight training institution-Guangdong General International Aviation Club. So far, more than 40 people in Guangdong have obtained the internationally accepted single-engine land private driver's license.
The Flight Training Experimental Center of Beihang University, organized by Beihang University, is the first school in China approved by scaa to enroll students and conduct pilot training. Students need to go through systematic theoretical study and flight practice before they are qualified to get a flight license from the Civil Aviation Administration and have the right to fly light aircraft into the sky. Of course, these still need a lot of money: courses, exams, photos and so on. It costs about 7,000 yuan, and then the flight fee is about 700 yuan per hour, while * * * needs to practice in heaven for 35 hours, and the total cost is about 30,000 yuan.
An airplane equals a luxury car.
At the Global Fortune Forum held in May last year, the most striking thing was the "mounts" of wealth CEOs. More than 40 private jets were received on the tarmac of the Capital Airport. Among the more than 40 private jets coming to Beijing this time, there are Gulfstream G5, Gulfstream G3, Challenger CL604, Falcon 2000, Falcon 900, Legacy Executive EMB 135, Germany Fox GLEX, etc. Private jets with different shapes are even more expensive, such as Gulfstream G5 with a market price of 376 million yuan and Challenger CL604 with a market price of 249 million yuan. Among all the enterprises participating in the Fortune Forum in the world, Yuanda Group is the only domestic enterprise that sends business jets.
Yuanda Group, which is famous for its central air-conditioning business, bought private jets on 1997, which became a typical example of private economy buying private jets in China. As early as 1997, Yuanda spent 70 million yuan to buy six planes, including two jet business jets, which became one of the top ten news stories of China enterprises in that year. Zhang Yue, president of Yuanda, was awarded the title of pioneer of private jet owner in China and the first entrepreneur in China with an airplane driver's license.
Private jet is undoubtedly a luxury. It is understood that among the domestic light aircraft, the cheapest is the bee series produced by Beihang University, and the price is 654.38+0.5 million to 320,000 yuan; The prices of AD200 and AD 100 aircraft produced by Beijing Keyuan and Xiamen Aircraft Co., Ltd. are all around 200,000 yuan. The EV97 ultralight aircraft produced by Shenyang Aircraft Manufacturing Company and Czech Hewitt Company cost 500,000-600,000 yuan. The price of Kitty Hawk 500 light aircraft produced by Shijiazhuang Aircraft Factory is 1.99 million yuan. The price of Cessna aircraft used by many aviation clubs in the south is above 6.5438+0 million yuan. Among foreign light aircraft, Cessna 172R, which is especially suitable for beginners, also costs180,000 USD. It is understood that the current price of private jets parked at Beijing Capital Airport is generally 6.5438+0 million yuan to 6.5438+0 million yuan, mostly 3 million to 4 million yuan, and a few domestic aircraft are also 300,000 to 400,000 yuan.
Compared with Bill Gates, the prices of these planes are dwarfed. Bill Gates spent $65.438+600 million, and the latest Airbus A380 can be regarded as the most expensive and largest civil aircraft in the world. Matching with $654.38+$600 million, it has a wingspan of 80 meters, a captain of 73 meters, a fuselage height of 24 meters, 555 seats in the plane, and a maximum range of 6,543.8+0.5 million kilometers, which is extremely luxurious. In addition to this "Big Mac" in the air, Bill Gates currently has a Boeing 757, a Universal Express and a Challenger 604. Among them, the Universal Express business jet, with a range as high as 12000 km and a price of about 45 million US dollars, is also in the luxury camp of private jets.
The driver's license costs 80 thousand
"Exam book" has almost become an ideal that young people must complete, whether they have a car or not. The cost of obtaining a car driver's license is not a problem for most people, but the cost of obtaining a plane driver's license is daunting for many people.
Like the car driver's license is divided into A, B and C photos, Chinese mainland's aircraft driver's license is also divided into three categories: one is the air transport driver's license, and the holder can be the captain of the passenger plane; Second, the driver's license of commercial aircraft, the holder can be the captain of a small jet plane or the co-pilot of a passenger plane; Third, private jet driver's license, the holder can only fly for non-profit purposes.
According to the requirements of the training company, many people are qualified to study and get a driver's license. For example, the requirements for applicants in the "Admissions Guide" of a training company are: students must be 17 years old and under 60 years old, be in good health, pass the third-class physical examination standard of civil aviation, and perform well.
The training content basically includes six steps: experience, theoretical study, theoretical examination, simulator training, flight training and flight examination. In practical learning, the first two steps can be completed locally, and other steps can be completed in a short time or in multiple times. The whole study time does not exceed 3 months. Generally, after 70 hours of aviation theory study and 30 hours of air flight, students can fly independently by ultralight aircraft under simple meteorological conditions. But when you actually get a driver's license, the cost of a driver's license alone will be at least 80 thousand yuan, and there will be a high cost of more than 100 thousand yuan.
1000 yuan an hour, 400,000 yuan a year.
It is reported that the purchase of Raytheon "Prime Minister No.1" needs about 50 million yuan, and the annual maintenance cost is close to 65.438+billion yuan, while if you buy its luxury private jet such as "Hawker 800", its cost is close to 65.438+billion yuan. At present, domestic general aviation airports are very limited, and the cost of downtime and aircraft take-off and landing are relatively high. The operation and maintenance cost of a private jet needs at least 400,000 yuan per year.
It can be said that many people can afford private jets, but they can't afford to fly. Add up the cost of maintenance, and after a few years, the price of an airplane has been spent. No wonder some people began to pay attention to the business of aircraft leasing. According to industry analysis, from the perspective of market demand, the market potential of leasing business jets is very large. For example, an aviation club has a business jet to attract flight enthusiasts who take photos to join the club, and it is calculated according to the sky fee of 1 hour 1 ten thousand yuan. The flight hours of AC500 are 1.6 million hours, and the income can reach 1.6 million yuan, while the price of AC500 is only about 3 million yuan, so the profit during this period can be calculated.
12 On February 28th, Wenzhou Yueqing Flying Association held a private jet model promotion meeting in Yueqing. Seven famous aircraft manufacturing and sales companies from China, Hongkong, China, the United States and Slovenia delivered 12 brand aircraft models to more than 40 Wenzhou enterprises attending the meeting.
The main purpose of holding this promotion meeting is to let Wenzhou private entrepreneurs know about the cost performance, operation mode and performance of aircraft, such as brand model, safety and various expenses incurred after operation, including maintenance fees, take-off and landing service fees, load, jet fuel fees and pilot salaries. Yesterday, Weijie Xu, chairman of Yueqing Flight Association, told reporters, "This will give them a bottom view of the total cost of owning a plane." . "
Weijie Xu Peng Hui, Chairman of Wenzhou Yueqing Flying Association.
However, Wenzhou businessmen with strong flying dreams don't seem to mind the cost of flying. After the meeting, they ordered their own private jets and finally signed a contract of intent to purchase 22 aircraft. According to reports, these 22 aircraft include 10 brand aircraft of 7 aircraft companies, the most expensive Dassault business jet of Yafei Pacific Co., Ltd. costs 60 million yuan, and the cheapest A2C seaplane of the 605th Research Institute of China Aviation Industry also reaches 400,000 yuan.
Among them, 1 10,000 ~ 5,000,000 yuan aircraft are especially favored by Wenzhou entrepreneurs, accounting for the vast majority of aircraft that have signed purchase intention contracts. Cessna Aircraft Company of America, a well-known small aircraft manufacturing company, is undoubtedly the biggest winner of this promotion meeting. The Cessna 172R and Robinson R22 aircraft with an average price of 3 million yuan have been favored by the heads of eight enterprises.