For all practical purposes, they are the same. For a
personal airplane I'd want a Helio Courier on amphib floats.
To operate a even an old 200, you need about a million
dollars a year and you can't land on water.

If I had that kind of money, the Beechjet 400 is a delight
to fly.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"karl gruber" wrote in message
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:cDIkg.49013$ZW3.13535@dukeread04...
| Given the choice, I would always pick a King Air 350
over a
| Piper PA 28-anything. An extra 450 gallons of fuel and
a
| 2,000 pound payload, two big engines, two
| starter-generators, a multi-bus auto load shedding
| electrical system and air conditioning.
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| A 350 is nice, but I'd rather have a 200 for a personal
airplane. It's just
| easier to "whip" around, into and out of small airports.
|
| Karl "The Curator" N185KG
| BE30 CE500 LRJET DA50
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