Beechcraft sold

Now you're just going on. Just what part of a 25,000 hr Cessna 207 is more
poorly built than your Bonanza?

Karl
(remembering 354 Bonanzas that came apart in the sky)

The difference between Beech and Cessna/Piper is striking, once you've
owned one. Cessna and Piper do the absolute minimum to keep their
airplanes from falling apart in the air. You pay for that in the Beech by
the fact that it weighs more. But, it will cost me less to own my Bo than
my 182 for those parts that are made by the respective companies, simply
because the Bo was built right in the first place.

There's one, huh? Anything can be made to last that long. What did it
costs to keep it going all those hours? How often did it break? That's
the difference.

karl gruber wrote:
Now you're just going on. Just what part of a 25,000 hr Cessna 207 is more
poorly built than your Bonanza?

Karl
(remembering 354 Bonanzas that came apart in the sky)


The difference between Beech and Cessna/Piper is striking, once you've
owned one. Cessna and Piper do the absolute minimum to keep their
airplanes from falling apart in the air. You pay for that in the Beech by
the fact that it weighs more. But, it will cost me less to own my Bo than
my 182 for those parts that are made by the respective companies, simply
because the Bo was built right in the first place.

Beechcraft makes great planes but the thought of them having to stand up to
what the average 150 has lived through is scary.


"Newps" wrote in message
. ..
There's one, huh? Anything can be made to last that long. What did it
costs to keep it going all those hours? How often did it break? That's
the difference.

karl gruber wrote:
Now you're just going on. Just what part of a 25,000 hr Cessna 207 is
more poorly built than your Bonanza?

Karl
(remembering 354 Bonanzas that came apart in the sky)


The difference between Beech and Cessna/Piper is striking, once you've
owned one. Cessna and Piper do the absolute minimum to keep their
airplanes from falling apart in the air. You pay for that in the Beech
by the fact that it weighs more. But, it will cost me less to own my Bo
than my 182 for those parts that are made by the respective companies,
simply because the Bo was built right in the first place.

On 2006-12-27, Gig 601XL Builder wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote:
Beechcraft makes great planes but the thought of them having to stand up to
what the average 150 has lived through is scary.

I dunno - the Bonanza is a tough plane. I used to regularly fly an S-35
in and out of an "airfield" that was essentially graded cow pasture.
Plenty of prop clearance and landing gear that's happy with rough
fields.

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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
...
On 2006-12-27, Gig 601XL Builder wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote:
Beechcraft makes great planes but the thought of them having to stand up
to
what the average 150 has lived through is scary.

I dunno - the Bonanza is a tough plane. I used to regularly fly an S-35
in and out of an "airfield" that was essentially graded cow pasture.
Plenty of prop clearance and landing gear that's happy with rough
fields.


Is it safe to assume that the S-35 wasn't regularly flown by a bevy of
low/dang near no time students?

No, there isn't ONE!

That's about the AVERAGE age of the 207 fleet. They are mostly up in Alaska
going through an engine every year. I buy and sell them.

Karl

"Newps" wrote in message
. ..
There's one, huh? Anything can be made to last that long. What did it
costs to keep it going all those hours? How often did it break? That's
the difference.

karl gruber wrote:
Now you're just going on. Just what part of a 25,000 hr Cessna 207 is
more poorly built than your Bonanza?

Karl
(remembering 354 Bonanzas that came apart in the sky)


The difference between Beech and Cessna/Piper is striking, once you've
owned one. Cessna and Piper do the absolute minimum to keep their
airplanes from falling apart in the air. You pay for that in the Beech
by the fact that it weighs more. But, it will cost me less to own my Bo
than my 182 for those parts that are made by the respective companies,
simply because the Bo was built right in the first place.

"karl gruber" wrote in message
...
No, there isn't ONE!

That's about the AVERAGE age of the 207 fleet. They are mostly up in
Alaska going through an engine every year. I buy and sell them.

Karl

Having been up there and having seen what they go through I doubt any Beech,
other than an 18, could last as long.


"Newps" wrote in message
. ..
There's one, huh? Anything can be made to last that long. What did it
costs to keep it going all those hours? How often did it break? That's
the difference.

karl gruber wrote:
Now you're just going on. Just what part of a 25,000 hr Cessna 207 is
more poorly built than your Bonanza?

Karl
(remembering 354 Bonanzas that came apart in the sky)


The difference between Beech and Cessna/Piper is striking, once you've
owned one. Cessna and Piper do the absolute minimum to keep their
airplanes from falling apart in the air. You pay for that in the Beech
by the fact that it weighs more. But, it will cost me less to own my Bo
than my 182 for those parts that are made by the respective companies,
simply because the Bo was built right in the first place.