PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - What have you flown ???
View Single Post
Old 2nd Oct 2011, 07:02
  #19 (permalink)  
westhawk
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: USA
Posts: 951
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Some very impressive diversity of experience here!

Not much exotica in my logbook, but I'm always looking to add new experiences. Airplanes I have time in so far:

Land planes:
Beech B-19 Sport, C-23 Sundowner, C24R Sierra, BE-76 Duchess, Various model 35s
Bellanca/Champion 8KCAB Decathlon
Cessna 150,152,172,172RG,175,177,177RG,182,182RG,195,205,210,T210,3 10
Citabria 7GCBC and 7ECA
Grumman American AA-5A and B Cheetah and Tiger. (and AG-5B)
Hawker HS125-400,700,800XP
IAI-1124/1124A (Westwind I and II)
Learjet 60
Piper PA-12 ,18,24,28-140 thru 200T,30,34

Seaplanes:
C-150,172,182 straight floats, C-185 on amphibs
PA-18 Super Cub straight floats, PA-23 Apache on straight and amphib floats
Lake Buccaneer

The Decathlon is the most pure fun followed closely by the Super Cub float plane in a mountainous environment. The Lear 60 wins hands down in terms of raw performance, but the quirky old Westwind still owns my heart as it was my first jet and is the type I have the most time in.

The biggest dog of the bunch has to be the Seneca I. It gets the job done is the best I can say about it! The turbo models are far superior. If there was ever an airplane I felt totally at ease with, it would have to be the mighty Skyhawk. I would love to own an early '70s model someday.

Somewhere down the road I'd like to add a glider rating too.

Last edited by westhawk; 2nd Oct 2011 at 07:20.
westhawk is offline