"Kingfish" wrote in message
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On Mar 1, 9:20 pm, "Matt Barrow" wrote:

Just curious ... what airplane?

Until last December, a Beech B36-TC converted to a turbo-normalized
IO-550.
Until mid_January, we lived in Montrose, CO (elev 5600) and had to cross
the
mountains on every trip, so that's were the turbo came in.

I did find, though, that the extra two seats were excess; only a dozen or
some times did we ever use five seats.

Now, I'm getting ready to close on a very nice four place.


What are you looking at? Cirrus or Columbia maybe?

A Columbia 400 is at the top of my list, but if the guy wants to cut a deal,
I have to get it done in the next week or so. March is the time of year I
start flying out to look a potential development sites. We have prepared
portfolios for over 60 properties to go out and eyeball. Of those, we'll
probably pick 20 or so. Getting up to speed is going to take, I figure, at
least five days of "all day' classes.

I've been itching to get into something with turbines, both for the safety,
capability, and the much greater area we can cover. A lot will depend on
the real estate market coming out of the doldrums. It's not THAT bad, at
least the areas I cover. We're also trying to expand out light commercial
development.

Thing is, in looking at a lot of different alternatives, I've found our
mission and loading would best be served by an Eclipse 500. I see the
Eclipse 500 as a replacement for the light piston twin. Unfortunately, even
if I popped for the deposit, it would be two years before I could get
delivery.


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Matt Barrow
Performance Homes, LLC
Colorado Springs, CO