whee wrote:GumpAir wrote:.....Though I wouldn't want to work a non-turbo'd version anywhere near a place with high DA's.
I've seen you say this before. Some of the 135 guys in Idaho operate non-turbo C206s, is there really that big of difference between a 206 and a 207?
There's high density altitude, and then there's high density altitude. From an article in the Dec 1977 issue of Air Progress magazine, "Cessna 180- The Best Airplane Ever Built" by Arnold Senderfitt: "Air taxi firms in Latin America, where I go a lot, have a set: a 180 or 185, and a turbo 206. Between those two they can go anywhere, pick up a load, and come back. A whole lot of Mexico is up in turbo country so the blown 206 is necessary to make a lot of trips a day, whatever the lift or wind conditions. As great a performer as the 180 is, hot windy afternoons in the mountains can be chancy since you are depending on orographic lift a lot at eight to ten thousand feet without turbocharging."
