Personally, I think you'd have to be dumber than a box of rocks to pay
that much for a Baron -- hell, you can get a nice biz-jet for less --
but there were apparently 17 people in 2005 that possessed the unique
dual-qualities of "dumb enough to do it, and rich enough to afford
it"...

Is that a typical price range for a plane in the Baron's category? If
not, why is the Baron special?

The Baron (and all Raytheon/Beech products) is considered to be the
"Cadillac" airplane, meaning extremely durable, well-engineered, and
pricey.

Or, to those of us who think it's crazy, they're heavy,
over-engineered, and over-priced.

It's all in the eye of the beholder, of course, but spending $1.7
million for a light piston twin is just stupid, IMHO.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"