CJ
I've been involved in my F33A for about 7 years. Flown Piper retracts, C182RG, C210 etc, but none of them match the F33A. She's a humdinger, plan 165kts and she regularly cleans that up. The most I fly with is 3 pob, but mostly 2 so CofG not an issue. It is a very solid aeroplane and Bill Cox of Plane and Pilot had it as his No1 before the Mooney Ovation came along, but that was around 2000. I budget for Annuals costing me around $5k but I maintain to Beech standards. I wouldn't swap it for anything else and for my licence type she does it all, IFR etc. My peers who fly mine from QF captains, ex military etc love flying it - it's a hot ship pocket rocket, no doubt about it.