I get a lot of questions from piston drivers about the true performance of the Jetprop. So, I made a video of the performance of a PT6-34 powered Jetprop in cruise. This video was made in the heat of the summer, and hence the airplane has a fairly low cruise KTAS. In the colder months,…
Skyhawk vs Cherokee, Centurion vs Saratoga, Cub vs Champ, Citation vs BeechJet…there’s much passionate debate in the aviation world about which airplane type is best compared to its closest competitor for each class of airplane. One of the greatest debates amongst type clubs exists between pilots of the King Air and the Mitsubishi MU2. Since…
A phrase I heard many years ago, and believe to have a lot of truth is, “The piston PA-46 is the finest airplane ever built for personal travel….firewall backwards”. While I love the piston Malibu/Mirage, there’s no doubt that most of the mechanical problems occur “firewall forward” on this airplane. For a given annual on a Malibu…
The Meridian is Piper’s pinnacle of aircraft design and manufacturing. And, they have lots to be super-proud about. The Meridian that rolls off the assembly line at the Piper Factory in Vero Beach, FL today is a fabulous airplane with a bunch of pilot-friendly changes that make flying a Meridian quite intuitive. But, it’s taken…