I just use the Richard Collins' rule-of-thumb: climb to calm air. No sense trying to beat the headwind by staying down low and enduring a miserable ride in continuous light turbulence.

I also live under that Class Bravo airspace so from Hartford CT to NYC you're either VFR or 6,000. Ditto approaching from the west.

Funny story - a dear friend who owned & upgraded his 601P to 700 would go on and on raving about how smooth the Aerostar flies through turbulence with its high wing loading. And I'd be like WTF are you talking about? I bought a specially modified pilot seat off another owner, one that had been chopped down and re-welded shorter, so that I wasn't continually bashing my brains into the headliner. Still I keep the lap belt snug.

Of course, he was talking about cruise at the flight levels while I was talking about that unpleasant descent segment and maneuvering to land. I fly in smooth air but have gotten in the habit since installing touch-screens, of setting all the radio frequencies up prior to beginning descent because I've had several flights where it was so bumpy on the way down it made tuning almost impossible.

PS Walter - go for the emags. Those things actually make economic sense.

I’m looking for a nice 601P or 700, must haves are airconditioning, good turbos, garmin avionics.

The A-F is back in operation!

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