Your wildest dream...

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... finally came true. Someone offers you their plane to fly. Anytime to anywhere. You only have to pay for fuel and any training/ratings/certifications you need to fly it legally. You also are not allowed to pilot any other planes(professionally excluded) while participating in this deal.

What is the plane you would want to be offered?

EDIT: Adding a little clarification before I get too many Concorde-like answers:
This is not meant as a "What's my dream plane I can fly". It's meant as "what is my most USEFUL plane I can fly". Concorde -- even if you can afford gas -- is extremely limiting if it is the only plane you can operate.

So, in that spirit, I am adding a requirement that it must be a single pilot certified plane

EDIT2: So far we got:
DA62
SR22
Aerostar
Pipers: Malibu, Mirage, Matrix, Meridian
Baron
C310
C207
Acclaim
A36
DC3
Velocity V-Twin
PC12
Beaver
Globe Swift
Super Cub
TBM 850
P51
PC24
SF50
TBM930
AeroCar(not to be confused with AeroStar)
Piaggio Avanti

Also: Concorde, SR71, and old, used Enterprise(didn't they crash that thing?)
 
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Concorde.

It's a shame we only had enough fuel to start 1.
 
Anything I like ,I wouldn't be able to afford the fuel.
 
Only one choice? Damn...

Gulfstream 650
(the fuel cost gets passed on to everyone who wants to come along :D)
 
Pay my own gas? Baron or 310.
 
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I added a single pilot certified as a requirement to prevent Concordes and such
 
Probably SR22 or DA62. I'd love to fly a turbine but I couldn't afford the gas for very long.
 
genna said:
... finally came true. Someone offers you their plane to fly. Anytime to anywhere. You only have to pay for fuel and any training/ratings/certifications you need to fly it legally. You also are not allowed to pilot any other planes(professionally excluded) while participating in this deal.

What is the plane you would want to be offered?

EDIT: Adding a little clarification before I get too many Concorde-like answers:
This is not meant as a "What's my dream plane I can fly". It's meant as "what is my most USEFUL plane I can fly". Concorde -- even if you can afford gas -- is extremely limiting if it is the only plane you can operate.

So, in that spirit, I am adding a requirement that it must be a single pilot certified plane
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I gotta buy the gas and as soon as fly another plane the deals off. I'm assuming the someone who owns it does the maintenance. First thing that comes to mind is a Velocity V-Twin
 
Is it a wild dream if you already have access to a fleet of planes?

There's work involved though, and lots of it. I maintain the fleet. But in my spare time I've gotten to fly some nice stuff.
 
Piper Malibu/Mirage.

There's a lot of cool planes I'd love to have access to, but I chose something that will haul the family, and that I could afford to buy gas for.
 
OkieFlyer said:
Piper Malibu/Mirage.

There's a lot of cool planes I'd love to have access to, but I chose something that will haul the family, and that I could afford to buy gas for.
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That is what I was leaning toward. Or Matrix
 
AKBill said:
Don't forget about the C-130 that has to refuel you about 20min after TO
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That'd be a good trick. Imma thinkin' an SR couldn't slow down enough or use the gas that was passed...

- nitpickers are us in this make-believe thread
 
luvflyin said:
I gotta buy the gas and as soon as fly another plane the deals off. I'm assuming the someone who owns it does the maintenance. First thing that comes to mind is a Velocity V-Twin
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Yes, MX, insurance and all other expenses are covered. it's like renting Dry for $0.
 
Not my wildest dream, but back in the 1980's a student of mine offered me his P210 any time I wanted it.

This on a trip to visit friends in Lock Haven, PA:

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It was a remarkable machine, though they're known to be maintenance hogs - just ask Richard Collins.
 
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A totally bush-ready Super Cub (or copy, like Cub Crafters, Mackey, etc). Gotta have 35" Bush Wheels, too.
 
New Piper Meridian. Pressurized, 230 kts, 1000nm range. Even qualifies for basicmed. For all of that, I will gladly pay the $150/hour for fuel...and it is still a single engine.
 
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