Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
The 40 is actually the "Diamond Star." It's basically their answer to the Cirrus. Nice plane! It's got a G1000 with synthetic vision and full VNAV capable autopilot. Complete EFB on board, XM NEXRAD weather package uplink (radar, sigmets,airmets, all metars and tafs...), and a 4'11" asian massage specialist that makes all your landings happy.
So far beyond what we have in our cockpits!
I've always wanted to fly the Twin Star (DA42). Sure looks neat, and I gotta say I wondered how that thing performed when a motor decided to take a nap.
It is funny where light airplanes are now in terms of their cockpit and ability to fly those wacky twisting and turning WAAS approaches with synthetic vision, mapping and so forth.
I mean what we have is good enough to do the job, but still, but here is to hoping that one day this stuff flows "up".
Picture posted for the purpose of illustrating to those who might now know it exactly what a Cessna 172 cockpit looks like these days. All $150,000 of it.
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And speaking of that, do you think the moderators would allow me to make this Tsquares avatar without his permission?
Super Man
Still looking for a topless picture of Lane Kiffin, not his wife, the coach himself. Thats the only thing I think T would hate more.