Hi there

I flew 166 hours in first 13 months with the airplane,

went from intrepid to comfortable to wearing the airplane. Yet every landing
Is a cautionary trip.  Every takeoff is a cautionary trip. I never get complacent. A loaded gun has to be treated with respect.

Personally, I could not stay current with 30-40 hours a year; the plane is too different from anything else out there.

Just came back from a coast to coast trip,  SEA to TEB with one stop.   8 1/2 hours flight time. No help from the wind on first leg. Big help on last leg.  Wind saved 30 minutes. Or another way to look at it is the no wind coast to coast time is nine hours with one stop. YEA.

Also had seven trips to Key West from NYC (TEB) but never a tailwind in fourteen legs. WEIRD. But still never aground speed below 200 knots
It drives me crazy when they call the plane a "Lance" less crazy when they stumble over the short number. ( N8V)

PETER