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Looks like a sweet airplane. It never hurts to post a few pic's along with your asking price.

It's a nice airplane. Have you plugged your numbers into AOPA's Vref?

Re: Why can't he fly on Jet Blue, rent a car from Budget and stay at La Quinta and mingle with his own kind. It would even be better if he just stayed at home and shut up.

This was good. We heard both sides. I agree with Piloto's comment. It's over.

Quote: alex The yoke control coming out of the center of the panel on the bonanzas, unless you are willing to pay big $$$ for a newer model, is horrible. That alone should steer you towards a Mooney.

Regarding the 530 vs 430 - You can also download the software and try both. Here's the link: http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=3532

Re: I heard some crazy stories about the 530 being somewhat frustrating and cumbersome to use. Should a guy settle for a 430? The 530 is neither frustrating nor cumbersome. I had both in my airplane and preferred the 530 hands down. I now fly an airplane with a 430 and it does the job just fine (but I wish it was a 530!). So yes, I would settle for a 430 for sure. In the FWIW dept, I was flying an airplane that had a GNS 480 and did not like it as much as the 530/430. IMO the GNS 480 was not as intuitive.

Congratulations....a very sweet looking machine!

RE: "As far as resale goes I think the planes next mission will be as a container for Budwieser." Frankly it's sad but that's how I think. Back in the early 80's I sold my airplane for about what I paid for it. Not too bad considering I had some fun and in comparison, my car lost value. Then as time went by, the airplanes were appreciating as an investment because they weren't building them for a while. Then they started going down it price. And this has continued. The reality is, the pilot demographics just aren't what they used to be.

No problem Parker, I thought you were probably busy . Patrick

THanks Dave. So I guess you didn't really mean "to give up the dream to build", just push it back until they can start over. I think if an airplane manufacturer gives up hope to build airplanes....well, that pretty well says goodbye.

RE: "they can't do any of this until the give up on the dream of building airplanes and stop looking for a buyer" Dave, Please re-think this comment. Patrick

Mazerbase can you please provide an email, name or phone contact for the CFI at Bob White? Thanks Patrick

Re: Split/removeable rear seats are what I long for Scottfromiowa - can you please comment on why the non-split seats are not appreciated? I assume that the split movable just make it easier to load and unload stuff correct?

Re: Next we'll do religion You're correct. At this point it would take divine intervention to bring this thread back where it belongs...smile. rsmith probably read all this stuff and decided to get a Cirrus, Piper or Cessna.