i'm sitting in the office without much to do and got curious. if money weren't a factor and you were allowed to only buy two airplanes what would they be, and why? think seriously about this one. where would you base them? what would you use them for?
me, i'm sticking with Pilatus. i've flown the PC-12/45 and absolutely love the airplane. the airplane is big enough and has enough range to make trips to the west coast and europe in only a few legs, but also can make the short hops to ACK and BID comfortably too. best of all, they're single-pilot certified.
as far as an airplane for playing around goes, i'll take a PC-21 thank you very much. they're a glass-cockpit high performance military trainer that's nearly the same as a T-6.
if i were still living here on the east coast i'd want to base the airplanes at FRG or HTO. since i want to get my tail away from here and run as far west as possible i'd probably end up keeping them at SNS. they've got hangar and ramp space galore out there and the line guys are top-notch. then again, these airplanes aren't really tie-down compatable.
oh yeah, i'd paint them like this:
i've checked with the FSDO, and it's totally legal too.
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