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Old 03-29-2008, 05:58 PM
Salvatore61 Salvatore61 is offline
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Wesleymac, I believe you are being a bit unrealistic at this moment. Get your basic training, instrument and whatever and then you will have an opportunity to evaluate several ariplanes for your mission. Traveling in a small and slow airplane between LA and West Coast on a frequent basis doesn't make much sense. I agree with Navyretread ... weather, wind, and topography are a challenge. You do not want to tackle them when tired or worried about the business. Also 60 to 70K airplanes are not for that long journey. They may give you lots of mechanical problems over distance and they are expensive when the failures are away from home where you may know people. If you want single engine for that route you are looking at the Piper Mirage or something similar. My recommendation is that you get your ratings and then figure out the airplane type. Buy a good basic trainer ...C-172 or Piper Warrior ...and go from there.
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