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Owner’s
Cessna 340
Corner
Sushee Perumal of Ontario, Canada, has owned a 1977 Cessna 340A since 2020
Sushee Perumal, a technology- focused entrepreneur from On- tario, Canada, is the proud owner
of a Cessna 340A. He has owned this pressurized six-seater for three years, during which he has accumulated over three hundred hours in the plane.
Perumal has been a pilot for over fifteen years, which he thought would be out of reach as a child. Since becom- ing a pilot, aviation has defined much of Perumal’s life. Flying has enabled him to experience the world from a new vantage point.
“I have had the aviation bug for as long as I can remember. But without family or friends in aviation, I didn’t
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know the path to becoming a pilot – so I just put it off. I never really thought about [doing] it; maybe one has to be super-rich or privileged to become a pilot. Luckily, my first job out of graduation had me working within view of Billy Bishop Airport (CYTZ) by the waterfront in Toronto. I saw planes doing touch-and-goes all day long,” Perumal recalled.
“So, out of curiosity, I signed up for a discovery flight. I learned this is com- pletely attainable financially, as you can stretch out the ten to twenty thou- sand dollars it takes to get your private pilot for a year or even two years. As expensive as that is, it’s more about the
discipline to study; the time commit- ment it takes (weekends, evenings) are the bigger factors for people. Also, the accessibility – it’s all about the instruc- tors and the aircraft, so being close to a good f light school really helps.”
Perumal had found that not only was becoming a pilot initially a sac- rifice, but this commitment towards training is also an ongoing endeav- or. His mindfulness towards being a proficient pilot expanded in 2020 when he purchased his first aircraft – a 1977 Cessna 340A. At the time, he was considering a Cessna 310R, but the several models he went after didn’t pan out, and the opportunity