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Nevermind. Answered my own question……🤦‍♂️

Huh. That was what was holding me back: proprietary mags. Scorpion mags? Hmmmmmm You know price point?

No. I wish! The 60 was fun. Bigger engines than the 55. Climbed like a homesick angel. In uncontrolled airspace in northern Michigan, took off without pax, cool day, planned too 12,500 to get clearance from Minneapolis departure. Pitch up, full power, gear up before we hit gear speed. Hit 10,500...

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Used to fly at 45k and 47k in a Lear 45/GIV/EMB550. Pretty common altitude. LR60 didn’t like it. Coffin corner tiny. Felt like it was balanced on the head of a pin.

That's a really good question.

I do both. The boss likes to go to smaller airports and occasionally the bigger one’s (class B). I prefer the smaller, non towered airports, but they’ve got their own problems. There’s a video circulating of a Cessna landing at a small airport in Canada and another Cessna damn near hitting him...

As a pilot it’s gotten…..almost untenable. Got this SAFO from the DOT couple of weeks ago. Interesting read. The suggestion to use the word: unable is…..unusual. https://www.faa.gov/media/92656 FYI: I won’t get on an airline.

Hmmmm. I'd buy it. After a year.

If I recall correctly it’s based of an old Soviet design. However it’s based they are having…..issues. Textron has a turboprop that is known as the “PC12 killer” officially the Denali. Single engine, competing for the market that Pilatus has had exclusive rights to for years. The airframe has...

Test pilots had brass balls. Read a book recently on Russian aircraft development. The rate of fatalities was staggering. Engines have gotten much more reliable since the 60’s. TBO on the engines I fly is 3600 hours. It’s a turbo prop, but still……it’s a P&W PT-6. Bullet proof. Of all the...

Merrell’s. Waterproof, slip on, cool in the summer, dry in the winter. Not appropriate for walking in heavy snow, but all other conditions. I’ve got wide feet up front. Flippers really and they don’t pinch. Nor do they need a break in. They are crushable enough to go in my flight bag, so better...

I'd like the 3 inch model.

They do. I’ve got about 30 of them. They all work.

Just got a Zastava zpap m70. Love it. However! I am intrigued………😎