[AT] Bob Brooks? Get flying ! (Oh, and a CAD questionwhich was already a...

[Robert Brooks]

Larry;

I'm not sure.  I never flew in it with more than 4 people and most times 
with three.

The plane was supposed to be capable of 6 plus baggage.  This one was 
supposed to have an upgraded engine for more power, but I don't remember 
how much.

I thought the plane flew very well, but I didn't have much to judge it 
against.  ;)

We did load some pretty heavy crates and boxes into it and never seemed to 
have a problem.

Bob


At 09:23 PM 3/18/04 -0600, you wrote:
>Isn't the Cessna 210 the one with the notoriously narrow flight
>envelope?  I seem to remember some comments being made about that when
>we were loading the plane to fly over to Bartlesville from Stillwater.
>Hoyt Walkup was our pilot, and he used to line up the passengers and
>assign seats based on body weight.  He was always unhappy when he had
>five passengers.  Three or fewer was a lot better.
>
>Larry
>
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>Subject: Re: [AT] Bob Brooks? Get flying ! (Oh, and a CAD questionwhich
>was already a...
>
>Bruce;
>
>I've flown enough to know I want to do it.  I did regularly get airtime
>with a couple of friends with licenses.
>
>But being handed the controls when the plan is already up is a lot
>different than actually flying.
>
>About 20 years ago the company I worked for offered to set up a flying
>club
>if we could get 20 people interested and willing to put up $200.00
>
>Everyone was interested until it came time to put up the money, I think
>there were 6 of us that anted up.  Joan my wife, gave me the 200.00 as a
>
>present.
>
>So the company decided that they wouldn't do it.
>
>I put a lot of seat time in the company plane a Cessna 210, that had
>more
>electronics in it that most commercial airliners.  We were a high tech
>electronics company and the president of the company wanted to learn to
>fly, so the company bought a plane, and hired a company pilot.
>
>I was flying back and forth from Spring Valley, NY to Baltimore, MD a
>couple of times a week for about 4 months trying to work out the
>logistics
>of moving a company that we  bought back to Spring Valley.  Most of
>those
>flights were in the company plane and the pilot was pretty good about
>teaching me.
>
>I should have gotten my license at that time, but I changed jobs before
>I
>could.
>
>Good idea about trading labor for lessons....
>
>Bob
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>At 07:52 PM 3/18/04 -0500, ROBBRUT at aol.com wrote:
> >Bob-
> >
> >When I learned to fly, my 28 yr old daughter and my 15 yr son also did
>at the
> >same time.
> >
> >They worked at the airport FBO in exchange for hours,Carol at the desk,
>and
> >Jamey in the hanger and on the line to augment the money they/we had to
>spend.
> >
> >I mowed a lot of grass there as well, and on a JD "B" too !
> >
> >So maybe you could see about a little barter arrangement, it's done all
>the
> >time.
> >
> >But first, scrape up enough $ for one lesson, just to make sure it is
>what
> >you want to do.
> >
> >By the way, my daughter Carol makes her living as an instructor in
> >single/multi engine and glider (including aerobatics in power and
> >non-powered a/c), has
> >her instrument, helicopter and seaplane rating, tows banners, and is an
>FAA
> >designated powerplane and glider examiner working in the Dallas area.
> >
> >She's MUCH better than I am !
> >
> >She has refused more high-paying jobs than I care to remember because
>they
> >would keep her from flying, so be warned .......it can be very
>addictive !
> >
> >-Bruce
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