Joel Hamm

I am 56, with flexibility for PPL training.  I live in the Seattle area where expedited training may not be as easily done in a short period of time.  I am considering arranging an accelerated PPL training course in the Phoenix or Tucson area where I could fly every day over a 30 +/- day period to obtain my certificate (Feb-Mar timeframe)My mission would be to generally fly missions between 300-550 nm with longer trips up to 1200 nm a couple of times per year.  I am considering purchasing an aircraft and have  prioritized current avionics and stability of aircraft over speed.  Ideally up to four adults for shorter trips and would consider up to $350,000 in purchase.  A couple of questions:

1) I’m considering an Experimental (I.e. RV-10) or Certified.  Given new pilot skills, do folks have an opinion about the safety aspect of purchasing an already built RV-10/Experimental for a new pilot? Is this absurd...reasonable or somewhere in between?
2) If I did decide to go forward with the intention of purchasing an experimental do members have a suggestion on how to find flight training that would use this same aircraft?  I would appreciate your opinion on the benefit of the Accelerated PPL.

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I am 56, with flexibility for PPL training.  I live in the Seattle area where expedited training may not be as easily done in a short period of time.  I am considering arranging an accelerated PPL training course in the Phoenix or Tucson area where I could fly every day over a 30 +/- day period to obtain my certificate (Feb-Mar timeframe)My mission would be to generally fly missions between 300-550 nm with longer trips up to 1200 nm a couple of times per year.  I am considering ... more