Greg Farris wrote:
In article . net,
says...


Most of our fleet is Riley Rocket conversions.


Lucky you!


They are fairly quiet

inside.....
Michelle P




Pricey though!
I think because of it's "ugly duckling" reputation the Skymaster is one
of the very rare cases of an under-valued airplane. OK, they were never
really speed demons either, which hurt their reputation, but still for
the price of a good used 172 you can easily pick up a 337, well
maintained, worth 160Kt or so and tons more utility than the single, with
real, useable twin backup...

The Riley conversions are great, but they're typically north of $200k.

GF

For our contracts the forest service requires turbocharged. This keeps
our Single engine service ceiling above the terrain we typically fly. I
know you can get them that way from the factory. Air conditioning and
pressurizing is nice.

Michelle P