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To: SkyPilot

I didn’t grab the Mooney...heck I owned it before. I knew all of her hairs and warts...and I also recalled the price of annual.

Thinking about a C172 with the Penn Yan 180 conversion. We have one in our CAP Squadron, and the full fuel useful load is 1071 lbs. A true four place bird.


265 posted on 08/09/2015 5:40:39 AM PDT by SgtBob (Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
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To: SgtBob
I have the opportunity to take a Piper as my own, but I am balking. The annual, the fuel costs, the insurance, the FAA, all the rest. I just don't have the energy for it anymore.

Classic cars, Jeeps, yes. Those are easier. Aviation is serious business. Like owning a boat. You have to respect the Sea and you have to respect the Air. Both have tried to kill me on many occasions.

270 posted on 08/09/2015 3:10:29 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SgtBob

Or more precisely, you own 4 of them on two Jeeps!


272 posted on 08/09/2015 3:15:21 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SgtBob

Looked at CAP if I get a pilot’s license. Doubt I’d be much good in any real capacity.


279 posted on 08/17/2015 9:17:17 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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