Starting new C172s

On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:08:07 GMT, Orval Fairbairn
wrote:

In article ,
Newps wrote:

Peter R. wrote:
Newps wrote:


I have a 64 S35, first year with the IO520 and the first year as a six
seater so as a four seater you have a lot of cargo space.


Again, congratulations. Sounds like a beauty. Perhaps we will run across
each other at some future ABS event.

Possibly, although you'll be more likely to find me on a backwoods strip
somewhere trying to find out where the trout are hiding. I have heard
stories of Bo pilots being, ah, a little stuffy. If I run in to that
you'd never see me at a Bo event again. I don't suffer morons.


We have been trying to get more of them to join our formation flights,
but have very few takers. I must admit, however, that the later models
handle like trucks! Somewhere along the line, Beech decided that
Bonanzas were too light on the controls and stiffened them up. Also, the
vernier throttle and its positioning make it hard to fly formation.

With a 59 Deb (Sept 11) I find the controls just right. The throttle
is just in the right place and it is very easy to fly. OTOH I don't
fly formation with any one I don't know. Of course I won't fly
formation with a lot of the ones I do either :-))

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com