I have set up a number of Sightseeing tours very easily in Daytona Beach and St. Augustine, Florida.
In St. Augustine, this is all I had to do.....
My buddy had a piper so I asked him to fly it up to St. Augustine with me driving up in my car. Then I parked near the historic district and asked a few toursists if they would like to see the city from the air and have an Air-Tour for $23 each. Right away one group said ok, that sounded good to them, and they followed me to the airport in their car.
After they took off in my buddy's airplane, I drove right back downtown and started asking some more people. Right away I found another group, and they followed me to the airport in their car too! It was great!
After that I had my friend fly a homeless lady to Jacksonville because she said she wanted to go there, and then I called it a day because I had discovered how to make the Sightseeing tours work. So, if you want to build time for free this works! Although, I am not sure about the legality of sociciting the tours on the street, so you might want to look into getting a permit for it, of just informing the visitor information centers and hotels.
Also, I set up a few tours of Daytona Beach and had those flown by renting a plane from Dave at "Wrightway" Aviation in Daytona. He said it would be ok to rent his aircraft to fly tours. A lot of other FBOs have told me I could not do that.
In St. Augustine, this is all I had to do.....
My buddy had a piper so I asked him to fly it up to St. Augustine with me driving up in my car. Then I parked near the historic district and asked a few toursists if they would like to see the city from the air and have an Air-Tour for $23 each. Right away one group said ok, that sounded good to them, and they followed me to the airport in their car.
After they took off in my buddy's airplane, I drove right back downtown and started asking some more people. Right away I found another group, and they followed me to the airport in their car too! It was great!
After that I had my friend fly a homeless lady to Jacksonville because she said she wanted to go there, and then I called it a day because I had discovered how to make the Sightseeing tours work. So, if you want to build time for free this works! Although, I am not sure about the legality of sociciting the tours on the street, so you might want to look into getting a permit for it, of just informing the visitor information centers and hotels.
Also, I set up a few tours of Daytona Beach and had those flown by renting a plane from Dave at "Wrightway" Aviation in Daytona. He said it would be ok to rent his aircraft to fly tours. A lot of other FBOs have told me I could not do that.