Capt Binkley
Pre-Flight
Top of my list is probably a Lightspeed Zulu, followed by an Icom A6.
Hahahahahahahahaha! I just googled that to see what kind of pea you were talking about! Silly me! I thought maybe it was some kind of weird Arkansas black-eyed pea or something that Arkansas people eat for Christmas.Whirled peas.
They run a huge corporation just down the road from ya.Whirled peas.
One of the many things that I admire you for Ken is your honesty.I want the owners of Dukes to stop calling and emailing, berating me for writing less than complimentary things about "their" airplanes.
I want the owners of Dukes to stop calling and emailing, berating me for writing less than complimentary things about "their" airplanes.
Methinks Santa will have a motorcycle sitting next to the tree for me this year!
NEXT year I will ask for a Malibu with the new Continental FADEC TIO-550 conversion installed (or a 350-hp diesel if it's available by then).
The Thielert Centurion 4.0 (350 hp) is certified in Europe (pending at FAA) and retrofit STCs for the Cessna 340 and 400 series are being completed now. A retrofit on the Malibu is generally "known" to be in progress, but no one who claims to know the details will say who is conducting it, so it may be so much wishful thinking. The fuel specifics on the 4.0 are awesome. However, judging by the cost of converting smaller airplanes with the Centurion 2.0, the Malibu conversion would be several hundred thousand dollars, and then at TBR (forecasted at 3000 hours eventually) you'd have to drop something like $80K. Thielert says there is little likelihood the price will come down, either. That gives another engine option, with each improving the powerplant situation incrementally at the cost of many ASUs. Overhaul -> Factory reman -> FADEC -> Diesel -> JetProp.I need a Santa Upgrade!
So, Ken- the Malibu:
You gonna get it?
And, is there a 350HP diesel legitimately close to certifiability (Certificability? Certificationableness? Certaliciousness?) for the Malibu?
Wow, I already got what I wanted for Christmas!The return of electricity to our home, and someone to help us clear away the tree limbs.
Me too. For myself, and for my loved ones.Just health and happiness.
A stocking full of chocolate would be nice too.
I saw this when I was in Memphis after Thanksgiving. Gave me a stomach ache just to look at it.I saw a chocolate Santa at a service plaza in Indiana the other day.
A solid chocolate Santa.
A sixty-five pound, three foot tall solid chocolate Santa. $400.
So what do you do with one pound of marshmallows, 60 pounds of Rice Krispy treats, 22 pounds of white chocolate, and 90 pounds of Royal icing? If you're Konrad Spitzbart, The Peabody's executive pastry chef, the answer is obvious: Make a life-size Santa as part of the hotel's holiday display.