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Old 28th Jan 2024, 00:57
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krismiler
 
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I last flew a C210 in 1988 and a C206 in 1999. The C206 has struts which hold the wings to the fuselage and fixed landing gear, it’s therefore a more solid aircraft.

Even if you’re instrument rated and the aircraft is certified for IFR, be very careful about what you actually fly into. Even with weather radar you can still get caught out. A solid bank of cumulus can give you a good shake up and a towering cumulus is a CB without water. I’ve had to descend urgently due to heavy icing in an aircraft which was certified for icing conditions and had lightning strikes in cloud well away from CBs.

My present aircraft is jet powered, pressurised, radar equipped and certified for known or forecast icing conditions. I’m still very careful about what I go into.
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