Viperdoc wrote:

However, I also fly around and over the Great Lakes, and the TKS is the only
way to go short of getting into something that burns kerosene.

From what I have heard, those pilots who fly the turboprop aircraft in the
Northeast US are never permitted by ATC to get up to the altitudes where
those aircraft really excel.

A pilot at my FBO purchased a turboprop Piper Malibu a few years ago and
admitted that no matter what he files for northeast US flights, he is only
given cruise altitudes in the mid-teens. He stated that the aircraft
prefers the mid-twenties for fuel and speed purposes, so he is actually
considering selling the aircraft.



--
Peter