What’s the use of takng a Chevy Impala, throwing on some extras and pretending it’s a Jaguar?

Above, Bill Hunt’s 1978 R182, which he has owned since 1980. He had Flint Aero add 23 gallons to the already ample fuel capacity and Knots 2U added flap seals.

Some pilots wondered the same thing when Cessna took that sedan of airplanes, the roomy, drafty but handy straight-legged 182 and gave it folding gear and the option of a turbo for that big Lycoming O-540. …