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by Skywagonguy
Wed Nov 05, 2003 2:21 am
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: Thinking of downsizing
Replies: 17
Views: 15533

:D Wow, thanks for all the response. My unofficial tally of the votes leans heavily toward keeping the 180, which says a lot coming from this crowd. Btw, I just landed here in PHX..."keep the speed up as long as possible on final, America West 757 is five miles in trail..." There was a KC-...
by Skywagonguy
Wed Oct 29, 2003 2:03 pm
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: Thinking of downsizing
Replies: 17
Views: 15533

:D Thanks, guys, I really appreciate the honest appraisal from some 170 fans. Yeah, I'm pretty demanding of my airplane...but it doesn't have to do all those things at once...the grass strip is not my home base, just one I often visit, so I wouldn't have to get out of there fully loaded. The commute...
by Skywagonguy
Wed Oct 29, 2003 3:04 am
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: Thinking of downsizing
Replies: 17
Views: 15533

Thinking of downsizing

Hello fellow taildragger enthusiasts. I currently own a 1971 C-180H, and love it. But, it is quite intimidating to my student pilot wife. It appears to me that a 170 has roughly 75% the performance, at about half the cost...so we could afford to get something she would like to fly, too (with trainin...