A friend bought a Cheyenne three years ago. He said it had the best
safety record

Did he cite some information, or is that hearsay?

He did research, but it has been so long ago that he told me, I do not
recall.


The Twin Commnader has some very impressive performance and cost numbers,
but they're ugly, the cabin is pretty narrow, and the cockpit is hard to get
into if you're not limber and have a fat ass. The 695 series have had only
one fatal accident (guy flew directly into a major TS cell) which is
impressive consider they're almost exclusively "owner flown", and they land
at less than 90 kts.

There is a fellow that has parked next to us at OSH the last three years
with a Commander 680. He says he can put anything in it with full fuel
and never be out of balance or overgross. He just had an all glass panel
installed last year.