[Rhodes22-list] Brad's Plane?

[Rik Sandberg]

Brad,

Boy ...... I hope you can avoid those 50 story apartment buildings. Darn 
things must jump right out in front of unsuspecting pilots. :-) I'm sure 
you'll want to be extra careful of this.

Rik

Tootle wrote:
> 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 Addendum - historical reference from Purdue about flying: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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