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Jul 3^rd, 2007 at 10:14pm

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... Know about Maule aircraft? Its Based in Moultrie, Georgia, USA, near where I live, and I was wondering.
I've been hunting for a suitable trainer aircraft, and I want something other than the plain ol' Skyhawk (as Skyhawky as she may be!)
I want something that will turn heads.
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance,
Ein

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Reply #1 - Jul 5^th, 2007 at 5:04pm

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Well.......................................

how much money do you have to spend?

If you want to turn heads, maybe you could find some old F-104 Starfighter from Taiwan! Grin

But seriously, my cousin trained on a Piper, but now I can't seem to recall a model I believe it was a warior, but I'm not positive. Its not exactly a glamorous plane,

But, in my book atleast, any aircraft is a head turner......

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Reply #2 - Jul 5^th, 2007 at 6:49pm

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Well, me and my grandfather both want to learn how to fly, and we want something that gets the job done, but won't fry nuclear holes in our tender wallet O-zone layers.
A brand new straight from the factory Maule Orion is 180,000 dollars. Thats right in our price range.
Four seats
1500 fpm climb rate....
Big engine.
Sycanite body and metal wings...
almost a 90 gallon fuel capacity.... US gallons.
Perfect plane.... exactly what we need.
And its a STOL plane, with full flaps, one pilot and 1/2 fuel load, it takes off in under 800 feet.

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Reply #3 - Jul 7^th, 2007 at 5:38pm

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For the more exotic stuff (and radial engines)
These turn heads and eat lots of fuel

Yak-52 (or the tricycle version, Yak-52W)

Yak-18T if you can get yout hands on one... seats 4

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Reply #4 - Jul 8^th, 2007 at 1:23pm

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You might want to take a look at the Zenith CH 801 -> http://www.zenithair.com/stolch801/index1.html

Takes off in 290 ft! Shocked

and only costs $20,950. You have to put it together yourself though, and it doesnt look like anything special but well worth the money in my opinion.

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Reply #5 - Jul 9^th, 2007 at 9:57am

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The Zenith is very nice, its extremely comparible to the Maule, except the Maule is factory built. That's very nice, especially since it has the same look and performance of the Maule for about the price of a used Cessna 152 from 1970 (at lease here in Georgia where people don't know the value of things Grin

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Cheers,
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