Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
I did my high performance checkout in a Beech Baron with a pair of 300 hp engines modded onto it. VROOM!
Other than that, there's no way I can one up teaching in a Mooney, haha.
I did fly charters into ATL on a Turbo Saratoga quite a bit while I was in college, and subsequently taught other new pilots on the charter op on it. It was funny having to turn on the air conditioning to use as a speed brake to help slow down to make the landing gear speed of 132 knots.
My favorite story flying into and out of ATL on those charters was the tower controller calling me "heavy" on one occasion. I was behind a 767- with another 767 behind me- and he cleared me into position saying "Saratoga 32TE heavy, position and hold, caution wake turbulence preceding heavy 767. He cleared me for takeoff, and then cautioned the 767 behind me on "Preceding heavy piper Saratoga."
the one i was in was a M-20S model, 244 hp, dual axis autopilot and upgraded cockpit. it was my favorite plane to go out and fly. new students to the plane could make for interesting days though lol, that thing would porpoise like crazy if you landed wrong. I watched a buddy of mines student porpoise so bad he bent the prop on with a prop strike, then took back off and flew around the pattern. bent an inch on the prop and put the plane down for a month....
