Morne
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Morne
Back in August I bought a Cessna 182E. Only 400 hours SMOH on the engine, millenium cylinders, 4400-ish TTAF, wheelpants, dual digital com/nav radios, ADF, MoGas STC, monarch fuel caps, nice interior, etc...
About the only drawbacks to this fine bird were no autopilot and a well worn paint job. Here's a picture at time of purchase:
I can live without an autopilot. In fact, more than one instructor has said that I shouldn't mess with an autopilot at this stage of my flying because it is better to hand-fly and learn than to use the autopilot like a crutch. Fine by me.
I can live without a stellar paint job, too. But a lot of my passengers don't know a thing about all of the good points in my first paragraph - they judge a vehicle with that "how does it look in a showroom" kind of way. So, I decided to get it painted.
The paint shop sent me this picture, she's done but not yet put back together:
About the only drawbacks to this fine bird were no autopilot and a well worn paint job. Here's a picture at time of purchase:
I can live without an autopilot. In fact, more than one instructor has said that I shouldn't mess with an autopilot at this stage of my flying because it is better to hand-fly and learn than to use the autopilot like a crutch. Fine by me.
I can live without a stellar paint job, too. But a lot of my passengers don't know a thing about all of the good points in my first paragraph - they judge a vehicle with that "how does it look in a showroom" kind of way. So, I decided to get it painted.
The paint shop sent me this picture, she's done but not yet put back together: