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Tiger Payload
In the article Loading with Abandon in your August issue, the author suggested that it was …almost impossible to put two full-sized people in [a Tiger] with full fuel… This statement is at best inaccurate and at worst false.

A survey of several hundred owners has elicited no information which indicates Tigers cannot be loaded with two full-sized adults with nothing in the back seat or baggage area and still remain within the forward CG. It was only with two 250-pounders that the forward CG limit was achieved on any Tiger and given that the FAA considers a standard adult to be 180 pounds [actually 170 or, lately, 190 pounds-Ed.] one can hardly call s…

Want to fly your airplane on company business? Excess liability coverage may be the best (not cheapest) solution.

Thats the best way to avoid unexpected vacuum pump failures. Wear inspection ports now make that practical.

A high-class twin with good speed and decent payload. Theyre a good value in the current soft market.

Turbo Touts
Your articles in the August issue on turbocharging settled once and for all that if you fly short missions and/or stay low, turbocharging doesnt make sense. Five years ago, I was faced with traveling from the Nashville area to the Oklahoma City area on a regular basis. The Mooney 252 was my choice and I have never regretted it.

First, measuring speed at the non-turbos altitude makes no sense, as you did for the Ovation and Bravo. I only fly the 252, so I cant speak to the others, but I get 187 knots TAS out of the 252.Thats a 25-knot advantage plus tailwindsof over 80 knots consistently in winter. My best time for the trip was 2:32. Try that at 15,…

Owners like this classy cabin-class single but concede maintenance costs are high and reliability isn’t the best.

If you want to use your own airplane for corporate travel, many companies will sneer. But there are ways to make it work.

Pipers first nosedragger: Dowdy anachronism or delightful, affordable classic? (Both may be true.)

WSI Price?
In a recent article about data link weather systens, you got it wrong. The price for the WSI InFlight uncertified weather data link system is $3495, not $3995. And it is less pixelated than most of the competition due to its 1-mile resolution. Even the original NEXRAD data is pixelated at the source, since it is a digital system. I think its resolution is about the same as WSIs.

-Norm Crabill
Newport News, Virginia

Actuually, we were referring to the certified system. WSI says the price will be $4995, plus $49.95 a month for datalink service.

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More Weatherlink
Your recent report on aircraft datalink prompted me t…

Wed rather spend our money on other things but ELTs are a must. Best bet: 406 MHz technology, if you can afford it.

Its often the first airplane many buyers think of when stepping up to a retrac from an entry level model.

A sleek if low-powered trainer that has proven durable and safe. The Rotax version is a bargain buy.