Helen wrote:
Think about Skyhawk vs. Cardinal and you have the difference. Both are
good planes. The wing shapes are a bit different and the Bravo is
strutless. The wing shape makes the Echo an easier trainer but the
Bravo faster. The Bravo easily dose the legal limit of 120kts. The
Echo has more headroom since it doesn't have a large wing spar running
through the roof like the Bravo. The Bravo starts at $99,900 US
delivered. A reasonable VFR instrument package would put you at about
$110K. The engine upgrade required for IMC is about $9K. Either engine
you can file IFR with on this plane. However the 912S is required for
flight into IMC.

Ah! I looked at those pictures several times and didn't even see the
lack of wing struts. Thanks.

Matt