Blanche wrote in news:1175110215.538586
@irys.nyx.net:

Robert M. Gary wrote:

A fast Cherokee is also known as a Mooney C model.

Hm...I always thought "fast cherokee" was an oxymoron...

And yes, I own a cherokee 180. Would I like faster? Sure! Wouldn't
everyone?


Well there was an article about a guy in Sport Aviation a few years ago
who had his 140 cruising at some insane airspeeds. He had a 160 engine
in it IIRC, but more importantly he had done a lot of mods to the
airframe, particularly wingtips, vortice generators and fairings for the
gear, flap hinges and so on. Each mod multiplied the good of the other
mods, of course, so he was happily whistling along at speeds that were
simply amazing. As far as I know, he does sell the STCs he got for the
airplane, but I couldn't find him wiht a quick search. I think he was in
SA about three years ago but the wife will kill me if I pull the pile
out and go through it in the living room again. I'll post it if i see
it.


ALC