BeechTalk - BT - GA8 TC Airvan

Username Protected · **Posted:** 04 Aug 2014, 20:27

Ragged out 18 burning mogas. Will be hard to beat that.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 04 Aug 2014, 20:36

Username Protected · **Posted:** 04 Aug 2014, 23:22

Rick,

We've never met, but based on your BT persona I'd vote you most likely to own a Grumman Goose....

http://www.controller.com/listingsdetai ... 321423.htm

Username Protected · **Posted:** 04 Aug 2014, 23:47

Rick,

I know a bit more about these than some, give me a call. Maybe call Master if you have his number as I am travelling with him and that will be kinder on my phone bill :eek:

Otherwise Skype me. :thumbup:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 05 Aug 2014, 05:16

Username Protected wrote:

I have about 30 hours PIC in the NA GA8 (no time in TC) and much more than that as a back seater, all of it with Civil Air Patrol. Its not fun to fly.

'ferry the airvan to indiana' is a informal disciplinary measure in md wing ;-)

Username Protected · **Posted:** 05 Aug 2014, 06:32

Username Protected wrote:

I have about 30 hours PIC in the NA GA8 (no time in TC) and much more than that as a back seater, all of it with Civil Air Patrol. Its not fun to fly.

'ferry the airvan to indiana' is a informal disciplinary measure in md wing ;-)

Username Protected · **Posted:** 05 Aug 2014, 08:03

Username Protected wrote:

I've never flown a CAP airplane to MD because of the bureaucracy involving crossing a region border. Only time I ever crossed into another region was when I flew to National for ARCHER training. When I bought my plane, it was a bit of a shock that I could go to MD and DE without asking anyone's permission! :rofl:

My membership lapsed two years ago and I haven't been too interested in renewing.

That sounds familiar. The headaches are a bit unit specific. MD wing has more lawyers than pilots but no real mission. I switched to ND wing, more flying, less paper pushing.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 05 Aug 2014, 10:27

Cheap+Bahamas+big load=Piper Aztec

Not too glamorous, but it looks like there are still plenty of them out there that would follow you home if you waved $50k at them. We used one with a "coffin" door mod one time that would actually make a decent small freighter. It worked great to haul a crated PT-6.

Back to the Beech front, I have a friend who flies King Airs and 18 quite a lot and his thinking is that the Beech 18 is a half speed King Air 350. Same useful load, half the speed, half the fuel burn, half the operating cost per mile, and about 10% of the acquisition cost.

GA8 TC Airvan - What is the 411?