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Originally posted by pwd72s
Does having flown in one count? I'm 6'3". Has plenty of passenger legroom. The one I was in was a Turbo model, owned by a now deceased friend's father's company. My friend was only licensed for single engine, so they had a company pilot. One landing in Reno had me sweating when a gear down lamp didn't come on. Went through the hand crank routine. Made a pass by the tower, all gear "appeared" to be down. Safety trucks, lights flashing were alongside as we landed. Not long after we stopped, FAA inspectors were boarding. The problem turned out to be a bad bulb in the lamp. "Bert", the company pilot was a former navy pilot. All those carrier landings must have paid off...it was the smoothest landing I've ever felt, commercial or private. But gosh, this was back in the mid 70's. I'd have thought the 340 would be considered obsolete by now.
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They were built from 1972 to 1984 I think, definite on the last year. They're not obsolete, there's nothing being built to replace them at the moment. Consider that a new Cessna 182 sells for over $250,000 these days, there's no wonder.