Commander 112 .. Anybody heard of it?

[Nolife]

Cessna 210

IMHO,

The Cessna 210 is the best single engine high performance piston out there. I flew 1100 hrs in one for FLX. It's got long legs, good speed, great useful load, roomy cabin, and it's not that much harder to fly than a C172.

A good one is expensive, 100G- 200G, and people don't like to give them up however if I were to buy a family truckster it would be a C210 no doubt.

The AC112 is as everybody above said... great cabin but grossly underpowered. After a few years your friend will want something faster and that climbs better.

 

[Airpiraterob]

here you go!!!

1978 T182RG, 2600 TT, 900 SMOH, IFR, needs P&I, $110,000. Corona Aircraft Sales, Bob Cullen, (909) 735-1980, fax (909) 735-9243. 01203:10

pulled it off of
http://www.inflightusa.com/sale/sale.5.html

and he gets it to look like he wants it after he puts in paint and interior.....heh, fly as is for a while and save up the cash.

 

[Flight_Line]

I did my Commercial single and CFI in a 112. What a freaking dog. The 114 is a much better plane.

 

[Typhoon1244]

Re: Cessna 210

IMHO, the Cessna 210 is the best single engine high performance piston out there.

I would argue that the P-47 has it beat...but I guess they're harder to find.

 

[Long Time Gone]

I've flown both the 112 and 114....the 114 was much better, mostly b/c of the power difference. When looking it up, try looking for a RC-112A.

If the plane used to belong to Airline Training ACademy, either have the puppy looked into by someone you know, or look for another plane. Just my .02 from experience.

 

[340drvr]

As everyone has pointed out, they just don't perform. I logged some hours in a 112 a while back, here in Wyoming. They just don't fly well at high density altitude, I'd rather be in a 152, except for the legroom! Too bad, nice comfortable cabin. You've already figured it out, but there are many better choices for mountain country.

 

[Loafman]

Tell the guy to get a fixed gear C-182, which performs superior to the 112 in most areas, plus if you fly into a cloud, and get dsoriented it will not build up speed as quickly.

Should this really be a selling point? To anyone but JFK Jr.?