“If you fail to fulfill all or most of the mission profile, you will be for ever miserable”
True to a point but it is possible to fulfil the mission profile with a split plan. When I upgraded to the MCR it was a better fit for my long distance VFR touring than the AA5b except for taking the family flying. My original plan was to use some of the £10,000 a year I was saving on running costs to hire a local DR400. In the event the family preferred to fly one at a time in the MCR and get involved in the flight and they fly more now than they did when I had the 4 seater. The result; in 7 years I have never hired a 4 seater and now probably never will.
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