In rec.aviation.owning Montblack wrote:
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But then again, I could be wrong, and as I'm airplane shopping I wouldn't
be adverse to prices falling for a while.


Sorry if I missed the thread, but what kind of plane are you hunting for?

Understandable since this is actually my first public mention of it.

What are some of your parameters:
(...If you don't mind)

Costs?
Seats?
Speed / Fuel sipping
High wing / Low wing
Cool factor...?
Single? - Twin?
Turbine :-)

Where are you going to be flying your new plane?

Thanks.


Montblack

OK, here goes:

I'd rather spend money on flying than insurance, maintenance, and recurrent
training and I'd rather sit home in front of the fireplace with an
adult beverage when the weather is nasty, so a simple, fixed gear, single
engine. I'm waffling about a constant speed prop.

I'd like to keep it under $100k and will probably keep it for decades
unless I win the Lotto or lose my medical.

99% of my flying will be two people and small baggage on trips within
about 200 nm, so a 2 place airplane would be suitable.

I don't have the time to build a homebuilt.

On the rare occasion I would have more than two people, I can rent a 182.

Unfortunately, I'm not a FAA standard person, so 152s are out.

I don't have any preference on high versus low wing, but I do find the
Piper single door a pain in the butt.

The location would be the Southwest to places where the density altitude
can easily get to 8000+ feet, so horsepower is a concideration.

Older airframes don't bother me much but old avionics does.

Possible candidates a

172, marginal in horsepower
182, sucks a lot of gas for the application and is constant speed
Tiger
Sundowner, a bit on the slow side, but comfy
177, can be high maintenance from what I've read and constant speed
Archer, Piper single door
172 PennYan 180 conversion, not a lot around
Symphony 160, most of the used ones I've found are at TBO

The planes highest on my list are the Symphony and the 172N or later
followed by the Archer.

One plus to the Symphoney is it eliminates all the "friends" coming out
of the woodwork with 200 lb of baggage looking for a ride to Vegas.

A high time, but not quite all the way to TBO 172 that I could drop the
PennYan conversion into during the winter nasties is a thought.

But, if I hit the Lotto, it will be 2 SkyMasters; one to fly and one
to keep in the shop.

--
Jim Pennino

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