In a previous article, "Morgans" said:
Really, is a few more inches going to kill your speed all that much more?
Would it really matter, most of the time? It isn't like a few more inches
in width is going to destroy the mission of the plane, is it? So it goes a
few knots slower. Big deal, I say. Cripes sake, even a VW bug has it way
over on about everything out there, in the width department. It even beats
the pants off of most of the 6 and 8 place, 1 million dollar and more
airplanes, in the elbow room department!

That's why I was so sad when our flying club sold our Piper Lance - the
PA32R cabin is quite a bit wider than the PA28 cabin, wide enough that I
could put my flight bag down between the seats. It meant my wife and I
didn't knock elbows for the entire flight.

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Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
"Orcs killed: none. Disappointing. Stubble update: I look rugged and
manly. Yes! Keep wanting to drop-kick Gimli. Holding myself back. Still
not King." - the very secret diary of Aragorn son of Arathron