Thanks! I’ve never even heard of Kaolin, but now that I googled it, that stuff is in everything, it seems!

Thanks and welcome!

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Thanks! We love the meteorite/sterling silver paint combo!

It is really pretty. Only difference, I did the lunar color with the black accent on the seating

I really liked the Lunar interior! If it weren’t for the fact that we’re usually hauling two German shepherds along with us, I would have totally picked Lunar as one of the interior colors!

Agreed!

Thanks! We started flying in 2019. We learned how to fly in a Cirrus SR20 and bought our first Cirrus SR22 shortly thereafter. We’ve been aviation geeks ever since!

Thanks! I guess I’m not 100% certain if ground being on 121 is regional. I know that JFK in New York, LAX in California, and most of the airports in the Midwest that we use are all on 121, but I think we’ve also been to a few where it is a different frequency!

Ok, you’ve got a point! We love the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Smokey Mountains… but you’re right… Colorado mountains are a whole different animal! Colorado is definitely on our list of places to fly around and explore!

No really good reason for buying the new one, other than it’s nice to have the plane under warranty and the 5 year warranty was just ready to expire on our 2018. Also, we fly a lot of hours, so from a resale perspective, it seemed to make sense to sell the old one before the hours got too high and to start over at zero hours on the new one.

Its been a while since I've looked at a G5, but if my memory serves, I think airframe-wise, they are basically identical to an earlier version G6. Later G6's have a few aerodynamic improvements that add a couple kts. G6 has nicer door handles, perspective plus avionics (very similar, but a little faster and maybe better resolution?), and the LED wingtip lighting. I guess in my mind it would come down to the price difference in the used market, which I haven't looked at in a long time. If there is not a huge price different, the G6 does have some neat new features. If there is a big price difference, I'm not sure most people would care too much about the small difference in features.

@@steveandbeth Thank you

I really like the ProFlight headset! We do a lot of long trips and after 8 hours of flying the A20's/A30's get really uncomfortable for me. I think there's a little more noise than with the A20 headsets in a piston, but it doesn't bother me.

@@steveandbeth Thanks appreciate it, we were thinking about going that way, we have A20’s now… PS: Praises for the blessed outcome of your baby’s heart surgery!

It was about 682 nautical miles and 3hrs 47mins of flight time

Its not just you! Some of the mountain clips turned out really overexposed... Not sure why, but we'll make sure to color correct a little better next time! Thanks for letting us know!

The only real reason for us not to hand fly in imc is because we were taking off at a busy time of day from a busy terminal environment (Naples/South Florida) where we knew we would be getting a bunch of vectors and handoffs. I’d much rather be on autopilot in IMC when workload is high.

Yeh totally understand, I am based at KPGD. Since actual doesn't happen that often down here I take advantage of it whenever I can, just in case the 700 bombs (I know not often) and I have to actually fly the plane in IMC. What year was the 22 you sold?

That makes sense! We get plenty of IMC up in Minnesota! Our last one was a 2018.

You couldn’t be more wrong. If safety is your priority, which it should be versus showing off your manlihood, you would utilize all of your equipment, including the auto pilot set back and monitor what is going on. Work smarter not harder. There’s a reason real pilots, professional pilots use auto pilots.

@Captndarty Yep, tell that to the pilot who loses his A/P and can't hand fly the airplane. Had it happen to a friend flying his Cirrus. You missed my point if you read into my comment that using the A/P never has a purpose. But never hand flying the plane is actual is a request to scare the shit out of you.