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07-24-21, 11:45 AM
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PA24-180 Comanche early 1990’s for a year. My intro to airplane ownership. Rather eye opening.
PA28-140 for about 10 years through early 2000’s. PA32-260 with club seating, best cabin ever! C337G early 2000’s to current. PA24-250 for 4 years in mid 2010’s. Owned simultaneously as my SkyMaster. I was trying to decide which one to keep for my “forever” plane. I chose the SkyMaster. All these planes are fantastic in their own right. 😁✈️ 
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07-25-21, 08:52 PM
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07-25-21, 10:05 PM
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As the hangar turns
1970 Maule M4 220C
1978 Cardinal C177 RG 1974 Citabria 7GCBC 150hp 1967 BE D95A Travel Air 1975 BE 55E Baron 1969 C337D I'm pretty much all over the place. I get bored with an airplane and I need a change. I spend too much money and get it right and then I sell it for a big loss. But the fun is there.
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07-31-21, 01:24 PM
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Before 337....? Helicopter
I started with an Enstrom F28 in the late 70's.
About 500 hours in it. To impress girls. Married the first one who was impressed by my ability to FLY it, vs own it. In Washington DC, airlines driving me nuts (to visit aforementioned woman then in Boston). Transitioned to fixed wing. What, maybe 10 hrs C152, 3 in a C172. Then bought my RSTOL 337. Closest thing I could get to a helicopter: Great view. Almost as short a landing roll. But it was QUITE a transition. "Do NOT terminate at zero airspeed in a 2 ft hover" "Remember to lineup with the runway before touching down" "Do NOT land with your nose still 45 degrees into a crosswind" "What do you mean pull BACK to climb?" "Get too slow and this thing can STALL!!!" The 337 is hard to shoot down (would become useful later over DC, when someone tired and hit my rear prop). Inline redundancy makes helicopter altitudes even better (and legal). I was flying with Tom, a friend, GA pilot and NTSB judge. Up the Potomac River at "less than 500" Not being an idiot. Staying away from homes, boats etc. Similar to how I would fly down coast to Hatteras. I asked Tom, "What would NTSB think of this flight?" He replied, (paraphrase 91.119) "Over populated it is 1000ft and 2,000 from nearest etc." "Unpopulated 500..., or over water, .." "with enough altitude to land in the event of power failure" "In this airplane you can lose an engine at gross and still climb to 16,000ft" "So it is safe" I you check out flightaware n86121 tracks you will see I often do what I call a "river return" back into Potomac. Once a helicopter pilot....
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David Wartofsky Potomac Airfield 10300 Glen Way Fort Washington, MD 20744
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07-26-21, 09:50 AM
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1959 Cessna 150 (bought my first plane before my first car)
1948 Stinson 108-3 Flying Station Wagon 1937 Stinson SR9-FM now - 1966 Cessna 337A I am slowly moving into the future with my purchases. Who knows, maybe the next aircraft may be a 1970s vintage... Jeff
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07-26-21, 09:12 PM
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07-29-21, 07:46 AM
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I also own an a Yak 52 (similar bird) along with the P337. Oddly, i mostly fly a Cessna 182 at the moment.
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P337H Sn: 0318. Under restoration
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07-29-21, 12:05 PM
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07-29-21, 12:30 PM
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The Yak is a great aircraft. I've come to the conclusion that there are two types of aircraft owners. Those who literally just scrape along trying their best to do the bare minimum and those who actually have a passion and pride in flying well presented and we'll maintained aircraft. I've learnt so much about the process of maintaining an aircraft through running the Yak. However, jebus. Its shown me some absolute horrors of what people will pencil whip given an incentive.
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P337H Sn: 0318. Under restoration
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07-26-21, 08:38 PM
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