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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
Posts: 28,977
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Flew one for a year or so a long time ago. Very nice airplane at that time but that was years ago. Like Blue above, I had been flying a 421 before that and liked the 340 as it was fast but a bit smaller. Can hold 4 people and bags and still fly a reasonable distance.
Stay away from anything with geared engines, ie. the GTSIO-520. Unless they have been overhauled just before you by the bird, you have no idea on who has been flying them before. Geared engines need a slow steady hand, not some who jockyies the throttles and repairs can be expensive.
Likewise the turbo'ed versions can be expensive to keep going. Get one only if you are looking to be flying out of a high altitude airport (travelers rest, at about 1000 msl is not) or doing high altitude flights on a regular basis. They are a lot more expensive to keep going unless you really need it.
JoeA
pilot/A&P for 27 years
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