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Old 4th Aug 2015, 23:43
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First get a little more experience, especially of different aircraft and what they can achieve.

Then sit down and figure out what you really want to do.
If you just want to pootle around the sky solo an SSDR such as the E-GO might be a good place to start looking.
If you want to carry people and/or their luggage how many and how heavy, bearing in mind that aircraft are weight limited so you will not be able to carry the rated load with full tanks. The Cessna 182 is a damn good aircraft and a good load carrier but it only has 4 seats so you might have to look at a 206 or even a GA8.
Where do you want to go, for short rough farm strips you may want a taildragger.

Compromises, compromises, every aircraft has its own niche to fill in the market and there are too many to choose from so bear in mind that if you choose an oddball you could have problems getting it serviced and finding spare parts - rather stick to popular types with a good support network.

Everyone you ask will come up with different answers so you need to define you needs and be prepared to compromise a bit.
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