Recent content by kauaibobby

moving to Vail, colo in a week. i have three sons in hawaii. I like Kauai the island. Moving up from a C172. sorry your right i don't live there yet ! but soon. tired of california.

The IO-550 would be less maintenance I would think. That welded down gear stronger than the tractable gear for dirt strips. Living at 6500 foot elevation not sure what I'd be happier with. Most of the 206s too expensive and I don't think I need that big of a load carrying capacity. Thank you...

Looking to buy an airplane. Wondering what you think would be better 182 RG turbo or 182 with a IO-550. I like to fly around the mountains here in the rockies and into small Mountain strips. Also want something for cross country Thousand mile trip's. Been looking at 182s, 206, 210...

I am looking for a GPS but dont really want to spend the $$$ for a 430w or 530w, plus they seem like a big learning curve to use them. I dont have DME in my plane so i thought I could get a IFR GPS to satisfiy the DME requirement, I hope. What about all these older GPS i see, which units can...