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I never plan to fly myself at Thanksgiving anymore. I have had weather issues every time I tried to do it, so I just stopped trying. It's a very unpredictable time for weather.

If I do upgrades, I'll do decent quality ones. I'm pretty sure an interior and paint job will be $30,000, maybe more depending on what's uncovered. I think it will be tough to get all of that back in a sale.

Thanks for the replies. I think the advice to do as little as possible before selling is the correct path in this situation. I may take a little hit on the price, but still better than the loss on new upgrades. Thanks again!

Is it ever a good strategy to upgrade a plane to sell it? I know you never get full value back from upgrades, but if a plane is cosmetically tired in and out, will doing a decent interior and paint get most of the value back, or at least make it easier to sell? Will a buyer suspect that you're...

Maybe they were passing through 7500 ft. and the controller said "squawk altitude"... Rod Machado has a great story about this.

I might actually be in that picture! My dad took us there many times in the 70s.

Thanks for the replies. Just for reference, I am currently flying a normally aspirated 210. It will get to 165 kts at best, but is happiest at around 160. If I get a new plane, I'd like it to be significantly faster. I want A/C for local flights around Florida in the summer. A friend has a...

single engine turbo (or ability to easily fly in the teens) 180 kts or more reliable air conditioning good autopilot 2 adults plus bags $250,000 Cirrus, Columbia. Any others? I think reliable air conditioning is the tough thing here. I've heard that most aftermarket ACs are pretty unreliable...

What do you do if you need to divert when you get there?

Olives....vile, yuk.

I like this one from Sporty's: http://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/flight-bags-kneeboards/aviation-kneeboards/ifr-folding-flight-desk.html