Questions on twin operation

Years ago, Piper ran an ad showing two piano movers loading a spinet piano
into a Cherokee Six . A double bass should be no problem
"Frode Berg" wrote in message
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Hi!

I have a few questions regarding twin operation.

This is all just lofty dreams for me right now, but I want realistic
dreams,
hence the questions...:-)

I am a professional bass player by trade.
My instrument is BIG, meaning no way I can get it in my Arrow...:-(

Which twin has the roomiest cabin space, and th easiest back seats to
remove
for transporting a bulky item like this?
It should also have quite a big passenger door to get it in in the first
place.

Any of the smaller light twins that would fit this bill?

Next question: I have understood that cost of ownership on a twin is
double
that of a single and then some.
Anyone care to elaborate?

I live in Norway, and we have mountains throughout the country, and icing
most of the year, so I'm dreaming of a twin that will climb me to
comfortable cruising of between FL140 and 210, has oxygen (not
pressurised)
and certified for ice.

Is what I'm looking for possible?

I have been browsing the controller.com web site looking at Cessnas,
Pipers
and Beech, but don't really know any of the pitfalls.

Seams to me you can find twins all the way down in prices below $100K and
up
to anything.

What to look for in older, cheaper planes, apart from the obvious TBO
times
and run out engines and props?

Anyone ever flown with a double bass before??

Thanks

Frode

tom418 wrote:
Years ago, Piper ran an ad showing two piano movers loading a spinet piano
into a Cherokee Six . A double bass should be no problem

In "Flying Down to Rio" (1933)

http://makeashorterlink.com/?I52A24F0D

aviator and band leader Roger Bond (Gene Raymond) has a piano permanently
installed in the back of his single engine plane. Don't know what type it was,
but not a Cherokee.

They also do some other rather improbable things with airplanes, like IIRC a
double chorus line on the two wings of a biplane, doing the Rockette thing while
in flight. Lots of fun.

tom418 wrote:
Years ago, Piper ran an ad showing two piano movers loading a spinet piano
into a Cherokee Six . A double bass should be no problem

A double bass is about 60 cm by 60 cm by 2.1 m, 2 ft by 2 ft by 7 ft.

I have not flown with one, but driven with one in the car
more than I care to remember.

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Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio (at) iki fi