Dan Luke wrote:

"kontiki" wrote:


My point was that for the kind of money you are talking about I could
by cruising at 165kts at the same or less fuel burn, and still have
enough money left to by a lot of Avgas.


Yes, in a considerably older airplane with older avionics, higher maintenance
costs, etc. If it was a retractable, insurance would be more, too.

Nevertheless, speed is good. I like Bo's, and very nice ones can be had for
$300K.

Sheesh, you can get a nice S35 like mine with a freshly overhauled 550
and autopilot for about $100K. 190 kts true and $200K left over to play
around with.