[Rhodes22-list] Brad's Plane?

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Brad:

    You  are familiar with sailboats that often an new moldel is generated
from an old one.  Isn't the current version of the model you bought called a
Cirrus SR-20?  Not planning anything we should be concerned about are you?  
     What is your boss going to say when he schedules you for a 11 flight
and you already have two hours on the books?  Did you consider a old Cessna
Skymaster?

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
Addendum - historical reference from Purdue about flying:
http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~groth/HTML/highflit.html





Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
> The initial cost is not that bad, it's all the downstream expense that
> hurts.  Unlike sailing though, the liquor costs are zero.  I need to clean
> the rust off my Airframe&Powerplant mechanic certificate that hasn't been
> used in thirty years to save some dough on minor routine maintenance. 
> When
> the Mississippi Coast gets some docks rebuilt I'd like to move my boat
> there
> and put a  Rhodes 22 in my current slip  inland.  That may be awhile,
> right
> now I'm too sore to sail from the beating my wife gave me over buying a
> plane!
> 
> Brad
> 
> On 10/12/06, john Belanger <jhnblngr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> now thats sailing!! and i hope not, but i''ve heard planes are more
>> expensive than sailboats!!
>>
>> Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:  Well, despite all the preaching
>> about reducing hydrocarbon consumption, I
>> did something yesterday afternoon before leaving for Orlando that is
>> definitely not in line with conservation. I bought an old Beechcraft
>> Bonanza. It moves at 150 knots but only gets about 15MPG, about the same
>> as
>> the old conversion van I use as ghetto cruiser/pickup-truck/tow vehicle.
>> The Bonanza should make the Memphis-Gulfport trip in two hours versus the
>> six and half it now takes driving. I can fly on the pax airlines for free
>> provided I don't object to the parking fees, the 30 minute trip from
>> parking
>> to the terminal, the full body cavity search, the "you're not fat but
>> your
>> ass won't fit in a Barbie jet seat", the connection in Atlanta, the
>> "somebody forgot to show at the gate to park the airplane delay" on
>> arrival,
>> etc., etc. And they call it a service industry. Anyway, the Bonanza
>> should
>> be fun, if not expensive.
>>
>> Brad
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