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Stick with the 206 or...

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Thu May 18, 2006 5:06 pm

Freestone, where do you live? I think I need to visit you so you can take me on a flight. :D
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Thu May 18, 2006 5:07 pm

Seattle in the summer.
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Fri May 19, 2006 11:18 am

Re: Stick with the 206 or...

cubchick wrote:The 206 is a great bird, but I'm not happy with the visibility and a few other factors. ...and I wanted a plane to take our 3 children around in.


Hey CubChick, you should look up SkyChick's website.
We met her while bumming around the Idaho backcountry this last August. She (Ramona) is very petite, and she apparently can see just fine out of her 206. She put so much stuff in that plane that she could barely shut the doors, and still she was off the ground long before any of us were, in our more mundane birds. It looked to me like the ultimate backcountry camper that the average airplane freak could afford to own & operate.
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Fri May 19, 2006 1:54 pm

Berk,

Do you have that web address for skychick? I looked up skychick.com and got an aviation (flight attendant?) website.
Anyhow, thanks for the information! I'd like to chat with her!

But when you say petite, do you mean 5'1 with shoes on petite? A 6'0 guy might think a 5'5 gal who is thin is petite. But the definition of "petite" is 5'4 and under. (sorry to get "technical") Even a couple of inches would help me out tremendously! :) However, I'm just thankful to be able to fly!!!
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Fri May 19, 2006 2:30 pm

CubChick-

Click on the Links menu on this page. :)
Ramona is an interesting person... Some of her camping photos look like a Cessna ad for how much you can fit in a 206.
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