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Old 13th October 2003 | 17:06
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Dan Winterland
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The SF260 is way over on the price bracket. It's an airborne Ferrari with the operating costs to match!

Your criteria will be very difficult to fill - I can't think of any aircraft which will do all this. Some will do most, but a lot are way over the 60K mark.

One aircraft which will fill a lot is the Aerospatiale Rallye - now built by PZL (I think) and marketed as the Koliber. If you buy an ST version (ST stood for sports touring) you will get a lot of your criteria except for the 135 knts cruise.

It seats four with ease and in comfort with some baggage, carries a lot of fuel (can't remember the range), has a stick, is aerobatic (and before anyone pooh poohs this - try it. It's a lot better for aeros than a C152 so called Aerobat), nice handling and unbelieveable STOL performance thanks to some massive leading edge flaps. Second hand aircraft aren't expensive.

The down side is that it isn't the best looking aircraft and is prone to corrosion. Check this carefully if buying - they prefer being hangared. It's also a bit of a drag master. There is a 235 hp version - all those extra horses give it even better takeoff and climb perf but don't add a great deal to the cruise.

It was built with a variety of engines ranging from the 0-200 to a PT6 turboprop. There's even a military version which can fire rockets and drop bombs! But don't consider less than 150HP

I don't know much about the Koliber except that it's cheap for a new aircraft. I'm sure it's corrosion proofed as it comes from Poland, don't know about aerobatics.
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