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I saw that - and thought it was a great and fair analysis of the plane. In fact all five of the planes. I think the basic Commander airframe would do well in today's market with 300+ HP. I have always thought that the Cirrus SR22 put the nail in the coffin in the new Commander company as well...

I am hoping to attend. Right now I am in negotiations with my wife - if we go to the fly in then I have to agree to take her on an off-setting trip. I only have a limited time that I can be away from my businesses, so I am really in a situation. I am looking at a long weekend in Big Bend or...

Good video (as usual) Gary! I have started using oxygen more often at any altitude above 8,000'. I am like you - I noticed that I was getting down to the low 90's at anything over 7 or 8,000'. For shorter (1 hour) flights I will just use a quick "snort" from my bottled "Boost" oxygen. A...

Two pieces of advice: 1. Buy a Commander. 2. Don't buy a Commander without Judi's help and depending on the model (112, 112 Hot Shot, 114, 114B etc) get some help from some of the owners in this club. Welcome to a great group and a great airplane.

John - your dad was a dang good engineer. Tell him "great job" for all of us!

What a great deal to work for a company that has a 114B in a hanger that will let you fly it. Wow!

You are lucky - several Commander experts in close proximity to you. Someone already mentioned Judy Anderson. Do NOT buy a Commander without her help. Greg Walker is close by in East Texas (near Tyler) and Carl Lee in Bullard (Tyler) for help with a 112. Judy and Greg helped me a lot with my...

I have never stopped flying or traveling in my airplane over the past year. With that being said, most of that traveling has been throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri. I can't really say that I have run into any problems past around last June or July. Rental cars ARE...

A few more years and I might need that thing to get in. Maybe tie a rope onto it to retrieve it up into the cabin. Reminds me to remind everyone to check their steps for cracks. My 1995 114B had cracks in BOTH steps. Talk about a bad day if one of those lets go as you are stepping down...

Glad the trip went well. I like that step ladder. My dad is 81 and my inlaws are 85. Can you share the model number for that thing? It looks like it was made for entry into a Commander! Also - good job with your mom!

Good video as usual Gary! I am glad that you are putting our Commanders out there on YouTube. We are underrepresented for sure. As a fellow "Sundowner" owner, you might be interested that I have become reacquainted with my Sundowner N6008K. My 22 year old son flies it now and has gotten his...

Dean, After looking where Huffman was (I had never even heard of "Huffman") the two closest airports to there that I have actually flown into are Houston Hobby and Conroe - North Houston Regional (KCXO). Baytown seems like a hike and through alot of traffic. I have never flown into North...

I'll tell you how I chose a Commander....and I don't really recommend using this process. I had been flying a Beech Sundowner - low wing with a pilot side door of course. In previous years, I had owned and flown a number of Piper Cherokee models. Once I bought and flew that Sundowner, I was...

Gary and I took the same path - Sundowner to Commander. The Sundowner is the fixed gear version of the Sierra. The Commander is a much more refined and comfortable airplane than either the Arrow or the Sierra. It's big. It has an Lycoming IO-360 (which the Sierra does too). I think that the...

I saw that and actually thought it was a well balanced reporting of the Commander. For some reason, I did not think that the picture showed off how good looking our airplanes are.

Thankfully circling approaches are becoming less prevalent and even less required as the years go by with the advent of GPS RNAV approaches at all but the smallest airports. I guess the only ones still left are ones at airports with runways that have some obstacle or noise abatement issues that...

December 18 @ Rusk County Airport. Carl Lee and Adam Clark giving this beautiful airplane an inspection! This is a great airplane!

Good looking color combination.

This will be the first New Year's Eve in many years that I stay up to watch the New Year come in. I want to be awake when 2020 exits.

Craig - correct - I saw 114GG at KRFI! Mixed up the N number. Definitely bittersweet to see one of James Wright's last posts on this forum. He sure helped me out a lot getting my 114B sorted out a few years ago.