Recommissioning - Airplane and Myself

[Igor_U]

Phil,

You kept you plane all these years? Congrats! I remember your turbo E was quite a good performer up high.

Didn't you buy a Twin Bo or something? It was few years ago so it might be someone else.

 

Regards,

 

[65eTurbo]

On 2/4/2019 at 1:55 PM, bonal said:

195 knots @ FL 180 I knew a turbo E would have to be quite the hot rod. Good luck getting back into the sky.

And on 10 GPH.  It coasts along up there nice and quiet at 185 ktas on 9 gph, both LOP.

[65eTurbo]

On 2/5/2019 at 11:42 AM, Igor_U said:

Phil,

You kept you plane all these years? Congrats! I remember your turbo E was quite a good performer up high.

Didn't you buy a Twin Bo or something? It was few years ago so it might be someone else.

 

Regards,

 

Yeah.  Couldn't bring myself to sell it, and it was in a heated hangar.   Now, I figure I'll keep it for the kids to learn to fly.  Still have the T bone too.  Long saga of third kid, medical issues, avionics snafu, etc etc.  With that one.

[65eTurbo]

On 2/4/2019 at 6:08 PM, Bob_Belville said:

When I returned to flying after more than 20 years absence I was very pleased to find the insurance underwriters apparently more influenced by an IR and 3000 hours TT, all long ago, than they were by the lack of recent time. I paid ~$800 the first year for $50k hull. 

That must explain it.  750 to and IR and Multi.

[65eTurbo]

On 2/4/2019 at 6:59 PM, M20Doc said:

Time to ditch the Cessna tow bar and buy a Mooney one.

Clarence

My E is light enough that I use the prop.

[Bob_Belville]

49 minutes ago, 65eTurbo said:

My E is light enough that I use the prop.

For some reason the E I have now is much heavier, harder to push, than the E I had 40 years ago...