("Tailhook" wrote)
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reliable and affordable--under $200K

Thanks from general aviation rookie with less than 50 hours of Cesnna
150 time from the 1960s.


Here's one for around $400K .....partnership? :-)

http://www.diamond-air.at/en/products/DA42/index.htm

http://www.diamondair.com/aircraft.php?PHPSESSID=671daa05c9d24f23f9b4e6c87f6 12754
Diamond DA-42 Twin Star

Diesel.

Amazing plane. Not sure if the diesel version is available, yet, in the US -
this summer probably.

Don't buy the non-diesel option. Wait for the diesel.

80% Power
Range: .....917 NM
Time:...........5.3 hrs
Speed: ......172 kts
Gal/hr: ........12.5 total

60% Power
Range: ...1,129 NM
Time:.........7.48 hrs
Speed: ......151 kts
Gal/hr: ........8.8 total


Montblack