28 years, 9000 hours

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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Unless Dick's missions changes a lot (and it may) a C-172 or Warrior
wouldn't be able to do the trips he does. He's used to flying across
the country in the turbo altitudes with FAA approved known ice. A
C-172 isn't a reliable year-around cross country (literally) machine.
Flying 1000 miles in the P-210 is routine. Flying 1000 miles in a
C-172 is an adventure.


Yeah, I figured that if Riahard Collins' mission changes, it would be less
hours of the same type of flying so he'll need a more capable machine. I was
commenting on owner/pilots in general that don't fly as much but are still
spending 15 AMUs a year keeping their bird in the air.

Marco

Any of you guys out there ever "downgrade?" If so, how was it?

I know a couple of guys who have "downgraded" to LSAs after years of buzzing
around in Barons and Mooneys. They seem mighty happy.

Personally, I expect to "downgrade" to a CT (or similar) when the kids are
out of the house, and I no longer need a 1460 pound useful load. Four
gallons per hour sounds mighty fine, most days.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 2008-03-01, Jay Honeck wrote:
Personally, I expect to "downgrade" to a CT (or similar) when the kids are
out of the house, and I no longer need a 1460 pound useful load. Four
gallons per hour sounds mighty fine, most days.

Hm. Maybe I should stop at your place on my way home with the Zodiac...
--
Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
http://www.hercules-390.org (Yes, that's me!)
Buy Hercules stuff at http://www.cafepress.com/hercules-390

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:PB5yj.56157$yE1.49793@attbi_s21:

Any of you guys out there ever "downgrade?" If so, how was it?

I know a couple of guys who have "downgraded" to LSAs after years of
buzzing around in Barons and Mooneys. They seem mighty happy.

Personally, I expect to "downgrade" to a CT (or similar) when the kids
are out of the house, and I no longer need a 1460 pound useful load.
Four gallons per hour sounds mighty fine, most days.



And another airplane up in blazes.

Bertie

In article PB5yj.56157$yE1.49793@attbi_s21 "Jay Honeck" writes:
Any of you guys out there ever "downgrade?" If so, how was it?

I know a couple of guys who have "downgraded" to LSAs after years of buzzing
around in Barons and Mooneys. They seem mighty happy.

Personally, I expect to "downgrade" to a CT (or similar) when the kids are
out of the house, and I no longer need a 1460 pound useful load. Four
gallons per hour sounds mighty fine, most days.

Looking at the price of fuel, and the fact that it will continue
to go up, the LSA aircraft sound better, until . . .

The CT seems to start around $106K, with the LS up around $128K. Other
interesting options go even higher. It sort of makes finding an old
C-150/152 sound like a pretty good idea. It looks like insurance on
an LSA may also be a good bit more expensive.

I wonder if this isn't a bit of taking advantage of folks who are
perceived as unable to fly other aircraft for various reasons (such
as medicals, etc.) "Hey, we can charge them more..."

Well, perhaps not, since the price of a new 172 is about double that.
Even so, the basic CT felt like a nice $30K airplane. Too bad they
wanted a lot more than that for it.

I did notice that one can rent a 152 for less than one can rent an
LSA.

Alan

In article PB5yj.56157$yE1.49793@attbi_s21,
Jay Honeck wrote:
Any of you guys out there ever "downgrade?" If so, how was it?

I know a couple of guys who have "downgraded" to LSAs after years of buzzing
around in Barons and Mooneys. They seem mighty happy.

My 1962 Mooney is still going strong. I don't forsee any need to
downgrade in the forseeable future. The annual is usually on the order
of $4-6k and after that, all the other expenses are in the noise.

I dream of upgrading to something faster, but I suspect that's not going
to happen. I can live with the Mooney.

--
-Ed Falk,
http://thespamdiaries.blogspot.com/

On Feb 28, 3:50*pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
http://www.flyingmag.com/article.asp...article_id=884

Sad to see it go, but, wow, talk about getting good use out of an airplane..

I can't imagine just parking my plane at a salvage yard and walking away.....
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Am I the only one that find this article self-serving?

Wil

William Hung wrote in
:

On Feb 28, 3:50*pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
http://www.flyingmag.com/article.asp...article_id=884

Sad to see it go, but, wow, talk about getting good use out of an
airplane
.

I can't imagine just parking my plane at a salvage yard and walking
away..
..
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Am I the only one that find this article self-serving?

What, Dick Collin's article, or Jay's pathetic rant?


Bertie

On Mar 2, 4:51*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
William Hung wrote :





On Feb 28, 3:50*pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
http://www.flyingmag.com/article.asp...article_id=884

Sad to see it go, but, wow, talk about getting good use out of an
airplane
.

I can't imagine just parking my plane at a salvage yard and walking
away..
..
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Am I the only one that find this article self-serving?

What, Dick Collin's article, or Jay's pathetic rant?

Bertie- Hide quoted text -

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Dick's artice. lol
Wil

William Hung wrote in
:

On Mar 2, 4:51*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
William Hung wrote
innews:c1a97d11-70a3-4ecd-91b7-31c3
:





On Feb 28, 3:50*pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
http://www.flyingmag.com/article.asp...article_id=884

Sad to see it go, but, wow, talk about getting good use out of an
airplane
.

I can't imagine just parking my plane at a salvage yard and
walking away..
..
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Am I the only one that find this article self-serving?

What, Dick Collin's article, or Jay's pathetic rant?

Bertie- Hide quoted text -

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Dick's artice. lol

Oh, OK. i knoda think Dick is past caring about that sort of thing...


Bertie