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Agree. Definitely a more capable aircraft than either the Baron 58 or the Meridian. A real hot rod that can outfly any twin turboprop and many light jets at a not too bad fuel burn. The Meridian suffers from very tight CG loading and not a good useful load on top of that. The B58 is a nice...

What led me to a Commander: 1. Pilot's side door in a low wing. 2. Lycoming IO-540 engine - bullet proof (and quite frankly so are the IO-360's) 3. You don't touch shoulders with the human in the right seat. I bought mine without ever having sat in or flown in a Commander. Sight unseen (Long...

I just got registered. The hotel only has a handful of rooms left for us, so anyone thinking about it should call them. The link to Hilton will not show any availability - you would need to call that local number for the hotel to get a room.

If you are IR rated and have decent time in retractable gear airplanes, I would think that $3500 - $4000 should be a reasonable annual premium for a $250,000 hull value. I have mine insured for $275K hull value and have a Comm IR certificate and have a $3500 year annual premium, which really...

Hey guys....the human body can withstand 90 degree temperatures. I did not go this year, but I have been 10-12 times and I will take 90+ degree temperatures over near tornadic storms that seemingly happened every year. Those are scary in a tent.

Welcome Kurt and congratulations on the best decision that you have ever made. KFSM is a great airport - although for us transients the price of fuel at Signature is nothing short of outrageous. I fly into Fort Smith all the time since my mother and father in law live there. It is a great...

Gary - you are great! Probably the only one that I ever heard of that thinks, "while we are in Charleston SC why don't we make a quick stop over to Galveston"! I love that attitude (and time)! If you are going to make the effort to fly to Galveston, fly a little further to Port Aransas. I...

Yeah we spent two hours in Marfa....more than adequate to cover that "hot spot".

We had a great trip - I highly recommend this area to anyone who can get there. The Alpine airport is a very accommodating bunch of people. I even got a hangar for my stay (hail storms both nights). 4,584' elevation, so be prepared for density altitudes reaching up to 8,000' depending on the...

Anyone been out to Alpine TX E38? We are going to fly out there early Friday morning - our first time to fly down there and we are really excited. My son (Midland TX) found a AirBNB somewhere in the area for us to stay in. Alpine looks to be a cool town - elevation of 4750' MSL and lots of...

Scott - really a coincidence - I am married with a PPL, IR, and Commercial - (although much older than you) - and I actually DID buy a commander without ever having sat in one let alone fly in one. The first time I ever sat in a Commander was when I took off in mine after purchase from Islip NY...

Yes I guess our airplanes are "orphaned", but if you have ever owned a Beech product you will find out that if you ever need to buy anything from Textron you will wish that you had an "orphaned" airplane. My disposable income increased after I bought my Commander.

Wow! I'm jealous! I guess you sort of are a member of the "mile high" club. Congratulations.

Welcome to the group. Beautiful airplane!

I struggle with icing questions more than anything else. Having a couple of instances where you see ice begin to form on your wings as you are descending through IMC on an approach on final knowing that going missed is not in the cards due to ice build up stays with you forever (going on 10+...

Good luck in your search. The more time you fly a Commander the more you will be impressed with your intelligence in regards to choosing an airplane. What part of the country / world are you in?

I have had my 114B for about 4 years, so I will give you my take on the questions - BUT - fly in one yourself to make up your own mind.... 1. I have definitely not noticed any problem in crosswind landings. I can't remember the last time that I had any trouble getting mine down in some pretty...

Awesome picture! Yours might have been the only owner flown one there!

She is ramping out at Austin Executive KEDC this weekend. The Cirrus's all look alike - and there are TONS of them at KEDC every time I fly in.

Welcome to a great group. The airplane is great too!