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Both the two major manufacturers told ‘fairytales’ to assist in getting their product ahead of the opposition. Both types had their drawbacks. Beech, the other big player had some attributes as well, I drove quite a few of their models and the same ‘tank’ like feel was evident in them all. At the end of the day they are all commercial businesses and oh boy there would have been plenty of artistic licence handed out to sell theirs😂😂

Every A/C is a trade off. Mission specific is the biggest consideration (after budget purchase price) and no one size fits all. The RV range I consider best bang for buck these days, the RV12 would cover a lot of most peoples missions. Jabs are popular (for the life of me can’t see why!) and there’s always numerous for sale at any one time. But in answer to your original Q, no, the old rusty clunker PA series are in a world of their own👍

So many don’t understand VNE!

Today. If you could get a C172 up at this Alt you’d end up going backwards😂

Nice day for a crz in one of my RA toys, we’ll, maybe a little stretch of the imagination😉

Now that’s one way to ugly up a great looking plane!😂During a scramble I can see the airfield littered with splintered plywood, making A/C still taking off dodging the rubbish😂

I don’t know how I/we ever survived 40-50 years ago when the skies were very busy and GA was booming! Too many gadgets these days for VFR drivers getting distracted! KISS still works!

I’ve taken the jet I drive to 49K, thought that was special but 70K is almost out of this world😉

There’s bucket loads of info re this subject on the net but watching a vid of the U2 spy plane recently the cockpit camera showed an IAS 110 kts at 70000’👍

None of the big stuff I drove the CMD’er was able to confirm the door was closed! That was the trolley Dollie’s job😉

Being nervous is a good thing, kinda keeps you on your toes. whether you stay at the bottom of the ladder flying a bug smasher getting checked every couple of years or you get to the top in CMD of heavy metal getting g checked often, it’s all the same, a human flying a basic flying machine or a human flying a complex machine with a couple of hundred boguns in the back, flying is a skill, takes practice and constant assessment 👍

Used to judge your flair height😂

A real man’s cockpit there, they don't make ‘em like that anymore, pilots included👍

It’s actually called the ‘box office’ when two shielers are at the controls, scary stuff😂😂😉

Scheduled flight only on calm days😂 At least this fairytale stuff is entertaining 😂🛩

There’s no difference between the two in some ways, both were designed to kill!

Can’t see it’s use here for a very long time! It’s Australia remember!

Can’t do that jackc, I still fly professionally and my machines are based at a busy public place.

I wouldn’t give the RAaus the time of day if I had a choice but am stuffed if I wanna maintain my own lightweight machines!

Attention passenger, todays flight is cancelled due to the strong winds, 10mph headwinds has grounded us😂😂

There is a Sky Arrow 650 for sale on Planesales, similar concept?

During my last flight I saw the Ruskies take near 2 miles to haul this puppy into the sky in China, the land of fear!😂 YLRE sure was busy, old foggies in bus tours crawling all over the old dusty hardware!

Ouch! I see the light! ……oh no you don’t😂😂

Great shot👍I’m surprised there’s not a Jab in that picture😉😂

Flutter is not an issue if you fly responsibly within the design limits. I’ve driven numerous all flying tail planes, I’m still here😂