Thank you! We enjoy it tremendously, makes the continent pretty small. Plus, if you look on a map where I live, you will see why we can be in a hurry to go elsewhere! LOL
Garyc I plan on making it to Bonita Springs next year and look forward to meeting you. I missed the Scottsdale event due to other obligations.
Just traded in the MU2 for this baby. Need to get back to the flight levels I retired from a couple of years ago. Type rating training next week... Image Unavailable, Please Login
congrats! I love them, out of my price range, but I think that's the only plane I would upgrade from the 400.
Very very cool. I flew a Mustang and absolutely loved it. Congrats and good luck with the type rating.
Which variant of MU-2 did you have? My step father is on his 2nd MU-2 at the moment and really seems to enjoy it.
How do you know when a Ferrari owner is 5150? When he buys a plane. lol Great shots guys. Couple of thoughts.....Man is that MU2 loud. Probably louder than a Lear 25! The avionics in the Cirrus is better than the GIV, GV I have fly/flown. Unfair. But I have EVS/FlIR so its a trade off. All things being equal, Im in the stone age compared to the Cirrus avionics. Interesting to watch the new VLJ's push out the Lears/Beech/Citations. Its funny to see what gets guys up in the morning. For me its cars and boats. I love to fly, but have never considered buying a plane. If money was no object, perhaps the ATG Javelin or a T38. So I cant complain as I get to fly a fun plane and hand someone else the bill.
I had a K model. Great airplane but a wee bit noisy... Finished type 2 weeks ago and did my first long legged trip to Miami - pretty sweet at FL400, but damn those headwinds coming back! Wife asked how long to get back and I had to confess a time comparable to my old MU2 which she duly noted. Yeah, whatever ..... No comparison to any GA airplane I've ever had. 350 knots at FL350 on 600 lbs/hr. And quiet.... Here is the bird fresh from my color restripe... Image Unavailable, Please Login
ha, same thing 10 days ago. nonstop southwest of Okeechobee in 4.5 hours, then way home with fuel stop and heads it was 6.5 hours.
We [family office] have a 2004 Hawker 800XP & 2007 Premier 1A. Here is an advertising shot we had done for our charter department in our hangar. This picture is a couple years old as now both aircraft share the paint scheme that is on the Premier. I am typed and stay current in both. Also, been out of the Ferrari world for about 10 years but glad to be back with a new to me 550. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Sold that then bought this. Cheap to own, cheap to operate. Meh - say it. I'm cheap. lol *** Image Unavailable, Please Login
Mark, having just visited the Silver Subscribed Forum I think we need a pic of your wife in the plane to ahem .verify that story! Well done on both fronts!
Affirmative. I just love the way they look and the stance of a taildragger. It's a handful and I am just transition training at this point, but 165 KTAS at 9 gph is nice. And it can do gentleman aerobatics. Builder demonstrated loops, Immelmann, split S, hammerhead, spins and rolls in his flight plan and boy does it break in a stall. It does not buffet. It just stops flying but recovers well without even adding power. I love the visibility from the bubble canopy. And 1100 lbs empty with 180 hp is not too shabby. I will fly to out to 52F some time if you are out there.
