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Can anyone compare the cabin width from the Bo to the 182?

Agreed, even the Acela train is a pretty good option when commuting between big cities in the NE. You get on and off, down town in no more than 5 minutes. When you factor in, traveling to the airport, parking, waiting for security etc. The train isn't too bad. Elipse air taxi services in the NE...

My bad, boy I guess I'm getting old. The 220 hp Franklin was actually a popular conversion for the 175. Not the other way around as I erroneously posted earlier. Franklin made this conversion intitially for Cessna Bulldog military aircraft. Unfortunately, for Franklin, the military didn't by...

I just found out he died in '91.

Is Gann still alive?

BTW, if you love this type of aviation adventure/biography try Northstar Over My Shoulder by Bob Buck, it is fantastic.

I'm currently on chapter 2, I love the way in chapter 1, he described his impression of an ATC controller whom he'd never seen as "probably bald and unloved by his wife". In the next paragraph he referenced his call to "the neglected husband" I think I laughed my a$$ off!

They originally came with an underdriven Franklin engine. Very few still fly with this engine, there were a ton of AD's. The 180 hp Lyc. was a very popular conversion. The CS prop is nice too. Good planes if maintained properly. I didn't read the full listing, does this one have the Franklin?

Is it just me, or when you first leave the airport in your car, do you feel like you are being extra cautions not to clip your wings on anything as if you are taxiing?

What, no video?

That looked like a very fast approach, what is normal approach spped in a B58?

It happens.