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Any plane can be a maintenance nightmare, especially if said plane was neglected and had a lot of deferred maintenance before you bought it. I’ve heard horror stories of Baron maintenance hogs and dead reliable 210s and 310s. The high wing Cessna gear is definitely something that needs to be...

At least you don’t have to do fuel tank inspections from the inside.

A lot of online retailers will sell the gift cards at a discount Friday morning, maybe on Monday too. Costco, Best Buy, Amazon are pretty good at discounts. Think mine last year I paid $160 for $200 worth from Best Buy. It helps, since ForeFlight won’t discount.

"Cirrus Life." Is that like the famous Harley lifestyle, where they sell the gear for a substandard mechanical contraption? (Kidding, Cirrus does make a nice plane.) About all I'm doing Black Friday is getting iTunes gift cards on discount for the Foreflight subscription.

That’s not what I said at all. What I said was that you find your Mooney the best plane for you and your desires and needs, and that’s great. I’m glad that it’s the best airplane for you. But one plane type doesn’t work for everyone. That’s why there is a diverse market, one that constantly...

That's cool that they support current models. You'll be able to enjoy it for many years to come. Though again I'll state, try getting parts for the older versions that aren't interchangeable with current production models. The options are either dismantling operations, repairing what you've...

Try getting parts and support for legacy models, or older 172s. Their moneymakers are the turbines.

Those motorcycles may be both cool and practical, but they'll never be "jet powered bike" cool.

Textron would love to orphan their piston fleet.

In the market's opinion. Proof is in the sales numbers. Mooneys are neat airplanes, no doubt about it, and your opinion is that Mooney is the best for you. One datum does not make a market, unfortunately. That probably is rooted in our tendency to try to put everything in those "us verses...

Early Cessna 310s and pressurized 337s came as five seaters.

If you didn't have the pics, I would've been the bird would have overtaken you from behind in a Skycatcher.

The rub is there's always some promising bit of kit that's supposed to be STCd next year. At some point you gotta make a decision. And yes, the Dynon does look nice.

Pretty well every single plane you listed there has more room in the cockpit than your average GA plane.

Saw that on Reddit this morning. The poster deleted some of his comments but some can be found here.

That's a tough one. I went to A&P school with someone who has epilepsy and knew there was zero chance to get on as a pilot. He seemed content with it but it's definitely not flying. At least it would keep him in aviation. Would be worth looking at for your friend's child as well.

Rockwells aren’t that hard to find parts for. Maybe not as easy as a 172 or Cherokee, but hardly unobtanium like other makes. Magnesium surfaces for Beechcraft, otoh....

It’s never gonna happen all at once in this country. My bet is that once you get a critical mass of states on board with never changing their clocks the rest will change at once.

Most modern units are dual voltage, but many older units were one or the other.

Much easier to change the country on a state-by-state basis.