Good looking V35 Luc! Cool looking farm equipment you mfg too, sure beats the one row planter from my youth.

Luc,

You won't have any issues in the vtail with xwinds landings. I found them easier than with the P & C airplanes that I flew before the 35.

I worked at Kinze for several years myself. What do you do there and I am guessing I know who's Cirrus you were flying?

John

Luc,

Congrats! Awesome feeling isn't it! Red is my favorite color. I agree with comments above about fly for a little bit before changing too much in the dash. As you fly your bird you will see what matters the most as a flying machine.

We will have to stay in touch as we go through this new ownership experience in parallel.

Here are some pictures of the big day

Luc,

I like that last photo best....proud owner smile, just painted black prop and sun illuminating that gorgeous red plane. I like it!

Yes, I do believe I will never forget the day I purchased my first airplane....
Thanks for the comment.

NIce plane and it sure looks like a happy owner. Personally I would spent the interior dollars on the instrument panel first and not worry about the upholstery unless it is so bad you cant stand to look at it. Then a set of Sheepskins is a pretty good intermediate step and hides a lot of sins. Now for radios, the ASpen cant be beat and some sort of Garmin navigator to grow with like the GTN 750. make the rest of it go for a while longer.

That is a really sharp plane. Have fun with it
PL

Thanks Peter.
I can't live with the upholstery.
It's old, ripped, smelly and...... old.
My house, cars, boat, Beemer are all immaculate and that's how I like it. I'm from the old country you know, all rigid, stiff and demanding . (Not!)

I'm saving some AMU's by having it all done during the annual when everything's is out of there anyway. The guy gave me a break on the price, I think he needs the work plus I get around in my business and he's counting on referrals. (The Midwest is a very small world)
The panel is very fly-able as is, but it will get a makeover next year.
I'm thinking a single aspen and a panel mounted 796 and I need a better/larger JPI than the 700 that's in there now. Want to fly it for a while as is to decide where I want what.
Thanks for the input.

Luc, please make sure to post some before/after pictures. Sooner or later my Bo will be ready for an interior upgrade, too, so I'm curious to see what is possible to do nearby on a budget.

- Martin

Will do Martin.
My instructor is picking me up at CID in the morning in my plane! Look for the red BO!
We are going to put a serious dent in the 15 hr requirement tomorrow. Also picking up my buddy who is dropping off his SR22T in Pella for its annual.
I'm off to Moscow next Saturday and want to get the requirement out of the way before I go and the plane goes in for the annual and makeover....
We have such First World problems.....

Luc,

I love the color of your new plane! And when you redo the interior keep curtains! It's a classic look and very practical.

Congratulations!

Great color looks exotic but simple.

Luc,

I panel mounted a 696 to augment my 530W & 430W. The 530W talks to the autopilot and flies the plane, but I focus on the 696. It's great & total cost, including AirGizmo mount and panel reconfiguration was about $5,000. Not bad considering the money pit you have (well worth shoveling a few buckets-o-Benjamin's into)

Hmmm, I like that 696 over there, good idea. Thanks for the input.
Friday, during the IPC the instructor "failed" my vacuum gauges turning towards the IAF under the hood.
Interesting as they say
I was way over correcting chasing the needles on an ILS approach)
I'm rusty doing partial panel stuff...
Having redundancy will be cool.
Buying one of those 1.5 AMU thingies soon i guess (looks like an HSI with speed altitude, etc, starts with. D)
Boy I'm jet lagged.... Can't think