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Old September 17th 06, 04:38 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Cessna Cardinal 177 RG II v. Piper Arrow III (70s) v. Piper Arrow III (brand new)

On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:09:52 -0500, "Dan Luke"
wrote:


"karl gruber" wrote:

Both the Arrow and the Cardinal...........and for that matter the Sierra,
were produced for ONE reason only. 200HP, retractable gear for commercial
students.


BS.

True in the case of the Cutlass RG, perhaps; not true in the case of the
Cardinal RG.

And what's 200 hp got to do with it?


high performance-the "greater than" verbage was often loosely
translated.

TC