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I've got a W&B profile loaded into Foreflight for a Six that I'm getting my HP endorsement in and getting checked out to be able to rent if desired. It's a 260. But yes, I do have the zero fuel weight loaded in = 3,112lbs I guess to your point, if you're putting 6 people in it, you're going...

Thanks for the insight Ernie. Yes, the 300's seem like you can get them up to around 1500 as long as they don't have A/C... and the 260's up around 1600 or so. And I would think you're right about not running all the way up to gross very often. My family of 5 with full fuel, I'd have about...

I'm sure the market will soften to some degree, but probably not enough to wait things out beyond reason. I will just continue looking for that right plane. If the one in the link above had the useful load I'm looking for, I would be discussing and investigating further. The plane is actually...

Pulled this off the Cessna site...

That's the kind of information I was looking for... Just general experience on where things have been compared to where they are now. -Thanks

I'm hoping to buy my first (and intended last) plane somewhere between 9-24 months from now. I'm crossing my fingers maybe the market will soften up a bit by then. I have no historical basis to compare the current pricing of planes to. So I'm asking for anyone's insight/help in trying to...

Are you getting rid of the Six?

I like it! Good perspective for sure... hadn't thought about it quite like that, but you're right!

I tended to push it even on track days or just solo days at the track (knew the track owner, so he let me out whenever). But racing takes it up a notch for sure, the most serious year I had was when a delivery truck showed up and unloaded $10K worth of slicks for the season. That was a great...

Haha, exactly! Fortunately for me, racing and flying didn't coincide... unless you consider a "get off" from the bike - flying...

One of the few places you can get a pic w/snow capped mountains in the background - if you time it right.

Toole, Utah (just West of Salt Lake). Was called Miller Motorsports Park, now called Utah Motorsports Campus. Great Track with a number of different configurations.

Another expensive hobby!

You'd think by Googl'ing them, more would come up... but I didn't see much. I did find an Aircraft Bidder here in Florida and it's owner is Lone Mountain Aircraft LLC (https://www.lonemountainaircraft.com). Not sure if they're the same?? Maybe contact them direct and see what you can learn.

What an incredible day! Congratulations on getting back up for your first of many more! Your last statement, "That we can fly at all is a kind of miracle. May we always appreciate it as such.", means even more after reading your story. Thank you for sharing!