BeechTalk - BT

Username Protected · **Posted:** 24 Oct 2015, 19:37

First let me say, it was an honor and a pleasure to meet all of you at DKX this weekend.. Two flights in Conrad's Duke.. And the surprise appearance of Laz has me almost shaking like a drug addict.. If not a Duke, what could I buy? I need a twin, my PAX refuses to fly in a single engine airplane.. I want pressurization.. And I currently have a 58 Baron.. What else is out there? And not a 58P - I think.. Might as well go for broke on the Duke vs. putz around on a 58P.. Thoughts? Asking because maybe I missed something.. Brent - I know.. A turbine duke.. gosh - they're looking so damn sexy .. but you really don't get the range do you? increased GPH in JET-A.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 24 Oct 2015, 19:48

King Air

CJ

Username Protected · **Posted:** 24 Oct 2015, 19:50

Just because it always comes up, MU-2 :peace:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 24 Oct 2015, 20:46

Peter - you've been down the Aerostar route and decided against it. That leaves only one option - Turbo Commander. You'll be using half as much runway, going 100kts faster and saving money compared to a Duke. :box:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 24 Oct 2015, 21:30

Username Protected · **Posted:** 25 Oct 2015, 00:18

421C. Check out the beautiful 1982 model that just came up in peddlers talk.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 25 Oct 2015, 03:25

Why not a 58P?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 25 Oct 2015, 09:22

Username Protected wrote:

First let me say, it was an honor and a pleasure to meet all of you at DKX this weekend.. Two flights in Conrad's Duke.. And the surprise appearance of Laz has me almost shaking like a drug addict.. If not a Duke, what could I buy? I need a twin, my PAX refuses to fly in a single engine airplane.. I want pressurization.. And I currently have a 58 Baron.. What else is out there? And not a 58P - I think.. Might as well go for broke on the Duke vs. putz around on a 58P.. Thoughts? Asking because maybe I missed something.. Brent - I know.. A turbine duke.. gosh - they're looking so damn sexy .. but you really don't get the range do you? increased GPH in JET-A.

How much range do you want or need?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Dec 2015, 15:58

Piper Mojave perhaps, roomy, comfy, equipped with a bar/galley, and a toilet.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Dec 2015, 16:08

I love BT.

The stories are all different but the endings are always the same!

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Dec 2015, 16:17

Laz awaits, financing and extended warranty available.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Dec 2015, 16:45

Username Protected wrote:

:lol:

I love BT.

The stories are all different but the endings are always the same!

In dramatically and unfunnily after the MU-2 Recommendation.

edit: The unbearable shame of it. Were I named Mikiko Brannishiki, I would have already slit open my belly, as would the members of my household, and my second would have wielded a rusty garden shear instead of a katana.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Dec 2015, 17:15

Username Protected wrote:

Just because it always comes up, MU-2 :peace:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Dec 2015, 17:25

Username Protected wrote:

Says the man who's literary wit is exceeded only be his reading comprehension.

Today, I pedal a bicycle with a seat made of failure.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Dec 2015, 17:25

Username Protected wrote:

Why not a Baron58P?. It is faster than a Duke, it requires much less maintenance than the Duke, Baron parts are easily available, burns less fuel than the Duke, and you are very familiar with most of the systems in the P Baron. There is a great 1982 P Baron on the Controller that is very well equipped, has very young engines and has good Paint/Interior. Fly a P Baron before you buy a Duke. Take a good look!!

Speed about the same.
Maintenance about the same.
Parts about the same
Duke has higher pressurization
PBaron does burn less fuel for the same speed
Duke much roomier.

If not a Duke, what?