-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Paterson ]
Posted At: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:25 PM
Posted To: rec.aviation.owning
Conversation: Narrowing it down... Comanche?
Subject: Narrowing it down... Comanche?

...clipped for brevity...

Thanks for the data point. Yeah, I put service ceiling in the same
"grain
of salt" category as other "book" numbers. However, a "book" ceiling
of
20,000' probably indicates a better real number than a "book" ceiling
of
14,000'.

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Doug
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[Jim Carter] Doug,
Something I hadn't thought about until just now is how long you intend
to keep the bird. If you would be keeping it long enough to use it for
lots of instrument work, then you might want to re-consider the turbo
aspect. For example, I think the MEAs west of you get quite high for a
normally aspirated bird, isn't Monarch around 16K?

I know you can go north or south to get around the high country, but
that lengthens your time enroute and probably negates any speed
advantage you might have with the Comanche. (Am I making a good enough
case for a 400 here?)

I don't remember seeing this small point discussed in your thread so
far, but then I missed your comments about the Cherokee 235 too.