Single or multi, does not matter. I woul be traveling at the most about 300 miles. Will be flying in MN and WI mostly out of ANE, and BRD. Hope this helps
One more question, are you talking 6 adults or a combination of adults and kids?
Fast leaves out the fixed gear airplanes although the Cessna 206/207 and Cherokee 6 are bulletproof and for less than 300 miles you’re not talking about a huge difference in flight times.
Piper’s Saratoga and Lance haul a pretty good load. Cessna’s 210 is a good airplane but the back seats are a bit cramped for two full sized adults. Then there is always the Beech Bonanza.
The 206/207/210 are basically the same inside. The 207 is a bit longer.
As far as twins go, the Aerostar is fast and fuel efficient. If you don’t mind an older airplane the Aztec hauls one heck of a load. The Barons are good aircraft too.
If you are only going 300 miles i don’t think you will have a range/payload problem with very many aircraft.
I guess I can’t think of a 6 seat airplane I wouldn’t take as a gift.
I agree. I’d take anything as a gift. Though I suppose I should give up on someone showing up on the doorstep with a brand-new ardier Global 5000 just for me.
I could settle for something used and smaller. Anyone have a Gulfstream III?
Beech Baron 58. Basic aircraft is fast and commodious. The more money you want to throw at the basic offering the faster and more comfortably you’ll fly. A twin engined Bonanza.
Unfortunately if you’re tall like me (6’6") you’ll never fit in it comfortably, if at all.
As John (porterjet) stated the Centurion (Cessna 210) is an excellent choice if you’re considering a single engine aircraft. Again, there’s an aircraft to match your wallet, up to a pressurized offering in the T210 or even a Turboprop conversion offered by O&N Conversions and known as the Silver Eagle.
My favorite add-on in FS2004 is a G-IV. It’s fun to fly; and nearly like the real thing. But it was free. And you can turn on “unlimited fuel”, not that I do. Maybe I could take this instead:
That’s the last “classic” A340 - the last A340-300 (A343) built. For a private Russian owner. That just might be my new favorite paint scheme. Anyway, sorry to get off topic.
Edit: The link won’t work. Copy and paste it.
Edit 2: Now it’s working. If not, copy and paste it.
When linking to a photo in airliners.net or jetphotos.net, the link you should use is located right above the picture. For the photo above, you’ll find this:
I agree - especially on the newly discontinued A343. The A345 and A346 grow progressively longer. The A346 has the same long and lanky appearance of the CRJ-1000. Maybe they’ll come out with a CRJ that big eventually. Reusing the prototype, of course.
Thanks for the linking information. I was apparently being oblivious and didn’t see it. I’ll use that from now on.
Incidentally, this is post number fifty for me. No more “New FlightAware Member”! I suppose that I’ve officially joined the club.
Because of the wing spar in the Barons passing under the seat I always had headroom problems. I did my primary flight training in a PT-17 so headroom wasn’t a problem.
