The wing... The wing is too much for nondouches in my age group. You nailed it.

I am still five years away from a cool 4-door myself. I have to wear out this old tacoma first.

keep the faith, brother! I’m 33... about a decade away from you. And when I was 23, the SVT focus had like 170hp. And I wanted it. Badly.

Damn...

Much like my opinion of any country (to include my own):

Lana... The Tactilneck!”

Sweet... a “Black and slightly-darker-black interior.” My inner-Archer is pleased.

Not surprising considering all the branches that use the beast.

And I would have no great answer for the question.

If you are thinking about cost, consider some other factors that are important:

Mathematically, taking out an A to make it an L has a net gain of... 0 aircraft.

Aircraft are essentially “new” throughout their lives. The only thing that is allowed to age is the frame and most of the skin. That’s it. Transmissions come and go. Engines come and go. Drive shafts come and go. Etc. 90% of an aircraft is…

Well Damn! Love that old sexy snake and I’d love to give that Z a spin with all that shp.

Yes, I have delivered two myself to Redstone (where they get refitted/stripped before auction).

The Russians did it... I don’t know which bird they used but it probably was an AN-2 for most of the trials.

Generally, I’d agree.

Oh, Rucker... gotta love mother-Rucker. I think I get to avoid it for a few more years before the next professional course... but I will have to return.

I’m a Guard guy. Out in ‘Sippi.

Nothing like flying a machine that was made like an inuit skin-on-frame kayak. Hell yeah. You can crash that thing AND kill seals!

But yeah, seriously... super weird country.

Nice.

I look forward to the eventual switch. That’s assuming we have that UH60M GPS issue resolved. I haven’t followed up with that issue since it doesn’t directly effect me (yet). Either way, there’s some good mods for the pilots in there. Same with the 60V.

Either way, always glad to have folks making Igor’s mid-sized…

Well I guess when you absolutely must drop off your forces at like... 40mph... then the AN-2 is for you. Seriously, that thing has a stall speed of a moped with reduced gearing.

North Korea. Man. It’s like some alternate timeline that actually exists during our timeline.