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How often do you Fly?
"Kingfish" wrote in message
ups.com... On Mar 1, 9:20 pm, "Matt Barrow" wrote: Just curious ... what airplane? Until last December, a Beech B36-TC converted to a turbo-normalized IO-550. Until mid_January, we lived in Montrose, CO (elev 5600) and had to cross the mountains on every trip, so that's were the turbo came in. I did find, though, that the extra two seats were excess; only a dozen or some times did we ever use five seats. Now, I'm getting ready to close on a very nice four place. What are you looking at? Cirrus or Columbia maybe? A Columbia 400 is at the top of my list, but if the guy wants to cut a deal, I have to get it done in the next week or so. March is the time of year I start flying out to look a potential development sites. We have prepared portfolios for over 60 properties to go out and eyeball. Of those, we'll probably pick 20 or so. Getting up to speed is going to take, I figure, at least five days of "all day' classes. I've been itching to get into something with turbines, both for the safety, capability, and the much greater area we can cover. A lot will depend on the real estate market coming out of the doldrums. It's not THAT bad, at least the areas I cover. We're also trying to expand out light commercial development. Thing is, in looking at a lot of different alternatives, I've found our mission and loading would best be served by an Eclipse 500. I see the Eclipse 500 as a replacement for the light piston twin. Unfortunately, even if I popped for the deposit, it would be two years before I could get delivery. -- Matt Barrow Performance Homes, LLC Colorado Springs, CO |
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How often do you Fly?
On Mar 4, 4:08 am, "Matt Barrow" wrote:
I've been itching to get into something with turbines, both for the safety, capability, and the much greater area we can cover. A lot will depend on the real estate market coming out of the doldrums. It's not THAT bad, at least the areas I cover. We're also trying to expand out light commercial development. Thing is, in looking at a lot of different alternatives, I've found our mission and loading would best be served by an Eclipse 500. I see the Eclipse 500 as a replacement for the light piston twin. Unfortunately, even if I popped for the deposit, it would be two years before I could get delivery. TBM 700/850 maybe? If you're thinking twin - Cheyenne, King Air 90? There are many good choices on the used market. I fly a Pilatus for a charter company and love the airplane, although it sounds like it may be more than you need. |
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