CAP orders twelve new Cessna Skylanes

[disamuel]

http://planenews.com/archives/13280

[EMT-83]

So after I get mine, that leaves 11 for everyone else.   

[vmstan]

One for me, one for you, two for me, one for you...

[FastAttack]

So after I get mine, that leaves 11 for everyone else.   

wouldn't be surprised that some of them stay in Florida .. especially Col. Moersch doing the shaking!

[PhotogPilot]

Nice pic under the headline. Now, which one is the Skylane, the twin engine jet or the Light Sport Aircraft?

[CadetProgramGuy]

neither one

[Nick]

Nice pic under the headline. Now, which one is the Skylane, the twin engine jet or the Light Sport Aircraft?

Ya know... 162... 182... they're close, right?

[a2capt]

Heh, from that angle, that 162 looks like the taildragger models of yesteryear..

A few pixels added to the 6, it's got Glass .. no one will realize .. ;-)

[SarDragon]

Shouldn't you be in bed, or doing corrosion control on an antenna, or something? 

[a2capt]

Well...

I am doing corrosion control. I'm waiting for Drano to "mature" in the drain .. and I'm building aircraft in the garage.

... (Flying dog houses.. and lawn mowers)

[Bayareaflyer 44]

Are we adding to the fleet, or are we finally retiring the older airframes?  Every time I read about how we are purchasing new aircraft, I see the fleet number of 550 aircraft holding steady.

[a2capt]

550 is the cap for CAP aircraft. They trickle down new ones and push out the oldest or costliest ones that don't fit in with the current thinking scheme.

It's been said that AKWG comes up in "rotation" for a new aircraft, they point towards the lower 48 and say "give it to them, and give us the best one it replaces".. I wonder how 'true' this really is.

[davidsinn]

550 is the cap for CAP aircraft. They trickle down new ones and push out the oldest or costliest ones that don't fit in with the current thinking scheme.

It's been said that AKWG comes up in "rotation" for a new aircraft, they point towards the lower 48 and say "give it to them, and give us the best one it replaces".. I wonder how 'true' this really is.

Are we looking for a replacement for the Beavers? I would think they are getting pretty old now and we just lost one last year.

[bosshawk]

I happen to know that the older planes are being sold.  CAWG has had three or four sold in the last several years and we now have been told that one of the 182s is just waiting until its engine reaches TBO(Time Between Overhaul) to be sold.  The airframe on that one has about 7000 hours on it, so CAP has determined that it is uneconomical to replace the engine.  I think that our count on glass 182 is either five or six.

[Mustang]

I wish they'd start buying more 206s. The glass 182s have just gotten too heavy to have much useful load, especially the turbos.

[DG]

I wish they'd start buying more 206s. The glass 182s have just gotten too heavy to have much useful load, especially the turbos.

N206CP

[Mustang]

Yeah, and...?  That was purchased 5 years ago, and appears to be an isolated event.

[PHall]

I happen to know that the older planes are being sold.  CAWG has had three or four sold in the last several years and we now have been told that one of the 182s is just waiting until its engine reaches TBO(Time Between Overhaul) to be sold.  The airframe on that one has about 7000 hours on it, so CAP has determined that it is uneconomical to replace the engine.  I think that our count on glass 182 is either five or six.

One of those former CAWG aircraft is now at the March ARB Aero Club still in the "new" CAP paint scheme.

[bosshawk]

N96658?  One of those that I mentioned had been sold.

[Mustang]

The Hill Aero Club owns one in the "new" livery, too.