John Smith wrote:
In article ,
Matt Whiting wrote:

John Smith wrote:
In article ,
"Robert Barker" wrote:

Our club currently flies a 172R and 172SP as trainers and a Diamond DA40
as
our 3rd plane. We've put tons of students thru our 172s and are finally
getting some good usage on our Diamond. We've started "long distance"
planning on our next planes. We'd like to get a good low wing trainer
like
an Archer and we'd like to get a high performance plane to get complex
ratings. For the complex plane, we're thinking we like something that can
do 150kts or better that we can do a nice panel upgrade in - say a G540
stack and some other upgrades but still something that the insurance
wouldn't kill us... As we're near the mountains, turbo would be nice but
would incur some other problems with training, etc. That said, we were
leaning towards a Turbo Arrow III... Any suggestions?
Cessna 182.
Not 150 kts, but fast enough.
The ability to haul a load is more important than speed.
Four full adults plus luggage.
I don't worry about the ability to fly long distances in a single leg, I
have reached the age where my bladder controls how long/far I fly.
What part of "complex" didn't you understand?

The part where I missed it.
Go for an Arrow II or a C172RG "Cutlass".

Now you're talking!

Matt