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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Several years ago we went to eat lunch at the Wiley Post airport. As we were heading back we drove by a local friend that buys and sells aircraft for a living. He had one of these out front.
It is a Pilatus turboprop. We stopped just to kick the tires and drool. the Pilatus factory pilot was there with that aircraft just going around trying to drum up interest.
He offered to fly us up to Enid, OK for pie. The airport up there has great home made pie. It is a short hop so the boss said sure. We loaded up and he flew us up there. We ate our pie as several locals up there were drooling on the Pilatus. We got to live the life of rich folks for 45 minutes.
Good Friday morning folks! |
Glen, those are the SUV of the skies. Great workhorse and very versatile.
Richard, when I was in school my instructor and I had a contest when we flew dual that we would land precisely at the near end of the runway and use as little as possible in the little 152. I could beat him most of the time but scared him twice. Once in Dubuque as I put the mains between the runway lights at the end and landed within inches and he thought we would be buying new lights. the other was when Dyersville had a grass strip. That one you had to clear power lines on approach and then clear a barbed wire fence and you had room for a short roll. We cleared the power lines easy enough but it was like your friend, add a little power to clear the fence. After we landed Andy said he thought we were going to be picking taters. Take off at that field wasn't much better. Taxi to the fence, 10* flaps. Brakes on, full power then release the brakes and keep the weight off the nose. 45kts rotate but keep in ground effect until you have the speed to climb out over the trees on the other end. They eventually shut that field down because of too many planes in the power lines and trees.
Sid, if you are going big, go G650 or Citation X. Get there in class and with speed. If you want to show off get a Lancair 4P with the inverted V8 and cruise almost as fast as the smaller Lear Jets on far less fuel. 1500nm range.
Rick, when you move west look at a Cub. They barely fly fast enough to kill you. Actually, my wife is the same way. She will grudgingly fly on the airlines (would be better without other people) but not in a small plane.
Jim, how much left to do n the house?
Andy, the new house paint and everything all worked out?