I've been lurking here for a little bit but wanted to make an intro. I'm a PPL, learned to fly in the '70s before I learned to drive, flew recreationally until about 1985 and then took thirty years off for career, life, etc., etc. It's been a bit of a Rip VanWinkle experience getting back into it, but it's also been fun. Lately I'm flying a rental Arrow around AZ just to get back into the groove and get warmed up to get an instrument rating. An integral part of the whole plan is to get a quick, efficient airplane to fly back and forth from AZ to SoDak (where I'm from and where I still have some property and is a nice place to be in the summer compared to AZ). Hence, I'm here as I'm looking around for an E or J model. So far I've not found anything quite right for me, but I haven't been looking all that long.
The attraction to an E or J is that they seem to be good bang for the buck especially for long-ish cross-countries like what I usually need to do. That said, I have to admit I've never actually set foot in one or flown one. If there's anybody in AZ that needs some ballast, I'd be happy to oblige.
You guys have already been very helpful just via info in existing threads, so thanks already.
