Recent content by timmy318

Haha. It's not really a dilemma. It's more like, I wish I had that money but I don't. The money that I have I have been saving for close to 10 years now for a plane. My son has been drooling over the Pilatus PC-12 but I told him no. He's flown in one (local airport had one fly in while my son...

I'm comfortable with most seats for flying. BUT, if I have a choice as I do now, I would like to get a nice plane that has a comfortable seat. The passengers I carry (wife, son, daughter and the occasional friend) wouldn't do that. From where I am, it takes an hour to get to the airport that...

You are correct. The majority of use of this airplane will be solo/dual but used enough hauling 3-4 people that it makes sense to get a 4-seater while traveling up to & around 1,000 nm. 150kts would be nice (that's a LR cruise speed, not the max speed though).

Yet again. Not twin rated people!!!! Looking for a single engine plane :goofy:! "test" flew a corvallis today and loved it! The guy who let me was awesome and answered all my "stupid" & "newbie" questions :)! Now I really need to get a stationair, Corvallis, and Cirrus SR-22 (non t) right next...

Not twin rated. Started working on it a while back but nah. Don't have the need for one and it just means more fuel.

Thanks for that! Signing up now on both! Is there anything like that for a Stationair/210?

I'm not exactly looking to spend $2 million on a plane yet....... Trying to keep it around or below $800K here.

Those are at the top of my price range. They also have RG which my son wouldn't be able to fly for a while by himself if he does in fact get his PPL soon.

I've thought about that. I'd like to get a fixed gear aircraft though because my son is hopefully going for his check-ride soon so I'd like for him to be able to fly it once in a while. He's only going to get his PPL & HP rating, no instrument rating or anything else for a while until he gets...

I totally agree with both of you! I have flown in some local Cirrus's and liked the "feel". They weren't the newer (G5) generation but I don't imagine that the difference would that great. There's a airport about an hour by plane away that I've talked too that has a brand new cirrus and a...

My people aren't exactly midgets by any standards. 6ft+ and around 200 lbs is what I will be carrying people wise (per person on average).

Lol. Made my day!

lol....... :no:. Whenever I fly by myself, that's always an option, but as soon as another person is in the aircraft with me, it takes flight. Also, one of my friends had one bad experience (which I'll gladly leave out the details). We were flying down to TX at 200KTS at FL15,000 ft when he had...

You hit it dead on! There was actually a 172 at my local airport for sale ('82 I believe) that I was seriously considering buying. That is, until I saw the amount of $$$$ it would take to get the a G1000 and all the other goodies in it. Then there was the interior, needed a touch up. Once...

Well. Based on some of the previous comments I've ruled out both Mooney's. I still love the Corvallis (probably will never stop). I've narrowed down the list: - Cessna Corvallis?Cirrus SR-22 GTS (Not the Turbo model) Speed/Range. Both aircraft fit this category. The Cirrus is a bit slower, has...