wrote:
I'd rather spend money on flying than insurance, maintenance, and recurrent
training and I'd rather sit home in front of the fireplace with an
adult beverage when the weather is nasty, so a simple, fixed gear, single
engine. I'm waffling about a constant speed prop.


I totally agree. I just got into a Grumman AA5B Tiger with a partner.
I found it to be in a nice "sweet spot" for it's ability to haul real
people and baggage at a decent speed yet still be a non-complex
non-high-performance fixed-pitch fixed-gear airplane.

Oops. So much for that thread.

-R