"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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More like "over" than "in".

How do you plan to get "over" the clouds in the winter?


Hmm...in looking around, I'd say I've seen ZERO known-ice singles around.

Do you mean you do not see that many for sale or you do not see them on the
ramp?

If the former, just look at Mooneys, 210/T210/P210s, Malibus, and
Commanders.

If the latter, do they fly practical cross-countries multiple times per
month?

Maybe for the winter months, but that's our slow season (custom home
building).

April is the most common month for icing accidents.

For that money I'd look at a known-ice turboprop.

Probably not a bad idea for someone with the mission profile you describe...
either you will end up spending more money on charters or airplane ownership
or you will decide your mission is not so critical and cancel some trips or
you will drive or fly commercial on a good number of your trips.

Except for flights restricted to the non-mountainous parts of the Southwest
or the warm parts of the South, the odds of realistically completing
multiple monthly mission-critical cross-country business trips in a
non-deiced piston single are nil unless you are willing to accept regular
cancellations.

--
Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com