Thanks man, and yes you got it right on the nail! Your the first about knowing what the heck a tb-9 is. But thats what I got my private in at riddle, just aftrer i finished my private, they began to rid them all. Very comfy airplane, but slow as crap! Hence the "Slow-pico" derived from Tampico for its name.
And I think Riddle was the only place I know of that had them. now all we have there is 172's and seminoles.
Oh and another joke about the "slowpico", they said if you would to get a bird strike usually it would be on the tail :laugh: