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In no particular order: |
YEAR (IF KNOWN) AND TYPE
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MODEL
NUMBER(S) |
TIME AT CONTROLS? |
TIME LOGGED? |
SPECIFIC REGISTRATION NUMBER(S) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF AIRCRAFT TYPE |
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1961, 1967, 1976 Cessna 150 |
150A, 150F, 150M |
yes |
yes, over 50 hours |
N7112X, N8927S, N704XY |
very common two-seat high-wing trainer |
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1978 Cessna 152 |
152 |
yes |
yes, over 10 hours |
N89761 |
basically an improved version of Cessna 150, similar appearance |
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1955 Cessna 170 |
170B |
no |
no |
N3591C |
Older single-engine Cessna high-wing taildragger, four seats |
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1952 Cessna 170 Floatplane
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170B |
yes |
no |
N8214A |
Same as 170 but on floats |
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1960 to 2003 Cessna 172
(Skyhawk, Skyhawk II)
(150-160 HP)
Also 172 SP (180 HP) and 172 with 180 HP STC |
172B, 172L, 172N, 172M, 172P, 172R, 172S, possibly others |
yes |
yes, over 700 hours |
N737YA, N64330, N737EQ, N4705D, N2497E, N52701, N6535G, N6412F, N2746F, N2389J, N7499X, N95382, N2098A, N2881Q, N62527, N275GT, N73836, N24CV, N20175 and several others |
Extremely common four-seat, high-wing trainer/utility/pleasure aircraft, can be seen at almost every airport |
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1971 Cessna 182 Skylane |
182N |
yes |
yes |
N9097G, N271G |
Basically a beefed-up 172 with a constant-speed propeller, relatively fast, good performance |
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1977, 1978 Cessna 182 Skylane RG |
R182 |
yes |
no |
N2255T, N4248C |
A 182 with retractable gear, faster than the regular 182 |
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1985 Cessna 210 Turbo Centurion |
T210R |
yes |
no |
N760DR |
Super beefed-up 172 with turbocharged engine, slightly larger than 182, very fast, great performance, good workhorse |
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1975 Cessna 310 |
310R |
yes |
yes |
N310WS |
Six-seat twin |
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1979 Cessna 340 |
340A |
yes |
yes |
N356D, N4599F |
Sleek, pressurized low-wing twin with tip tanks, seats six including pilot |
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1984 Cessna Citation III |
650 |
no but rode between pilots' seats most of the way |
not yet :) |
N440PC |
Midsize corporate jet. This one had two pilot seats, six regular passenger seats, and one couch with three seats for a total seating capacity of 11. Sweptwing T-tail aircraft. |
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1946 Piper J-3 Cub |
J3C-65 |
no |
no |
N614KA |
The bright yellow, two-seat tandem classic American taildragger that can be flown with the door open. |
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Piper Super Cub |
PA-18-150 |
yes |
yes, 4.3 hours |
N98SA, N172T on skis |
J3 Cub on caffeine pills... great perfomance, easy handling, cruises 110+ mph, tandem seating, can be soloed from front seat. Taildragger. |
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1946 Piper Super Cruiser |
PA-12 |
no |
no |
N7656H |
A three-seat fabric high wing, pilot sits in front, two people sit side-by-side on the back seat, if they are skinny enough! Flies about 80 m.p.h., 115 HP. Taildragger, steep climber. |
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1963 Piper Cherokee 140 (w/
160 hp) |
PA-28-140 |
no |
no |
N3617K |
Small four-seat trainer/utility airplane, low-wing, four seats, this one is a rocket with its souped-up STC'd engine |
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1976 Piper Cherokee Warrior, 1979 Piper Warrior II |
PA-28-151, PA-28-161 |
yes |
yes |
N6963J, PH-UGS (Rotterdam Aero Club, The Netherlands) |
Common small four-seat trainer, low-wing, comes in a few variants. |
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1968 Piper Cherokee 235 |
PA-28-235 |
no |
no |
N284M |
Four-seat low-wing airplane with 235 HP and constant-speed prop |
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1973 Piper Cherokee Challenger |
PA-28-180 |
no |
yes, 1 hr (BFR) |
N56204 |
180 HP four-seater |
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1980 Piper Archer |
PA-28-181 |
yes |
yes, 25+ hours |
N8268H |
180 HP four-seater, tapered low wing |
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1976, 1977 Piper Cherokee Arrow II and III |
PA-28R-200, PA-28R-201 |
yes |
yes |
N9417K, N2293M, N3327M |
Comfortable, four seats, retractable-geared low-wing |
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1978, 1979 Piper Seminole |
PA-44-180 |
yes |
yes, 1.3 hours |
N2164D, N3035N |
Small light twin, seats four, flies slow for a twin, low wing with T-tail, common trainer |
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1974 Piper Aztec |
PA-23-250 |
yes |
yes, 5.5 hours |
N54231 |
Common, roomy six-seat twin, relatively slow, stable in roll but sensitive in pitch |
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1980 Piper Navajo CR |
PA-31-325 |
no |
no |
N4077Q |
Classy six-seat twin, piston engines with counterrotating props, personal/business/charter aircraft, modest climber with decent cruise speed |
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Piper Navajo Chieftain |
PA-31-350 |
yes |
yes |
N3534Y, N59773 |
Max 10-seat stretched variant of the Navajo series |
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1980 Piper Cheyenne II |
PA-31T-620 |
no |
no |
N62E |
Six-seat turboprop business/charter aircraft. Related to the Navajo. Pressurized. Good performance and comfort. |
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1971 Grumman Trainer |
AA-1A |
yes, over 10 hours |
no |
N6300L |
Very small two-seater, maneuverable and fun, not fast but not too slow either |
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1960 Aeronca Champion |
7EC |
yes |
yes, about 3 hours |
N8936R |
Fabric tandem-seat high-wing, low horsepower, docile, maneuverble, taildragger, simple instrumentation & controls |
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1979 Bellanca Super Decathlon |
8KCAB |
yes |
yes, about 6 hours |
N5048G |
Aerobatic, fabric tandem-seat high-wing, 180 hp, constant-speed prop, taildragger |
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1975 Starduster Too
(homebuilt) |
SA300 |
yes |
no |
N70RW |
Fabric, homebuilt, open-cockpit biplane, taildragger, very simple instrumentation |
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1997, 2000 RV-6A
(homebuilt) |
RV-6A |
yes |
yes, about an hour |
N6YE, N7YE |
Small, two-seat homebuilt, common, low-wing, very fast (180-200 mph), highly maneuverable, aerobatic |
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2000 RV-6 (homebuilt) |
RV-6 |
yes |
yes, half an hour |
N6X |
Same as RV-6A but taildragger |
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1999 RV-8 (homebuilt) |
RV-8 |
yes |
no |
N233M |
Small, tandem-seat homebuilt, low-wing, very fast (200 mph), highly maneuverable, aerobatic |
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1997 GlaStar (homebuilt) |
- |
yes |
yes, 0.3 |
N232YE |
Small composite homebuilt, high-wing, versatile, two seats, roomy, fast, taildragger |
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2005 Velocity RG Elite (homebuilt) |
- |
yes |
yes |
N173JB |
Sleek composite pusher-prop (canard) airplane, 4 seats, very fast (200 kts), retractable gear |
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2005 Sonex (homebuilt) |
- |
no |
no |
N444SX |
A small and simple two-seat, low-wing kit plane with good performance. This one was a taildragger. |
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Lightning (homebuilt) |
- |
yes |
yes |
N155AL |
Two-seat low-wing composite airframe... fast |
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Quad City Aircraft Challenger II (homebuilt) |
- |
yes |
yes |
N981KE |
Two-seat tandem high-wing pusher ultralight-type aircraft |
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AMD Zodiac |
601XLi |
no |
no |
N55ZC |
Two-seat low-wing light sport plane with bubble canopy |
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Bell 47 Helicopter |
- |
no |
no |
? (three different ones) |
Helicopter on beginning of show M*A*S*H, bubble front |
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1937 Waco YKS-7 |
YKS-7 |
yes |
no |
NC17716 |
Large antique cabin-class biplane, fabric, taildragger, radial engine |
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1947 Stinson Voyager |
180-2 |
yes |
yes, 0.8 hours |
N8041K |
Four-seat antique fabric taildragger, six-cylinder reciprocating engine, relatively stable feel, a lot of adverse yaw |
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1946 Ercoupe |
415-D, 415-C |
yes |
yes, 11.7 hours to Montana, +more |
N87349, N87086 |
Small tricycle gear side-by-side, fabric wings, metal fuselage, rudders linked with ailerons, 85-100 mph, stall & spin proof |
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Spirit of St. Louis (EAA's replica) |
- |
yes, about 10 minutes |
no |
NX211 |
Flying replica, fabric taildragger, high-wing, wicker seat in back, tandem-seat, no glass in side windows, has small window in front that can be covered for more accurate representation, but even with window uncovered you can't see out front well, aircraft feels unstable and suffers greatly from adverse yaw |
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1929 Ford Tri-Motor |
4-AT |
yes, about half an hour |
no |
NC8407 |
Antique 11-seater including pilot, three radial engines, huge, very slow (85 mph), gentle, stable, high-wing taildragger, well-suited to grass runways |
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1967 Beech King Air |
A90 |
yes |
no |
N140PA |
Early version of the very popular turboprop series, 8 seats total, pressurized, low wing & conventional tail, cruises up to 235 knots |
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1980 Beech Sundowner |
C23 |
no |
no |
N3730H |
Four-seat trainer/utility/pleasure aircraft, comparable to 172 except has low wing |
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1982 Beech Baron |
58P |
yes |
no |
N322KS |
Six-seat twin, this one is the pressurized version |
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1956 Beech 18 ("Twin Beech") |
E18S |
yes |
no |
N251K |
Twin radial-engined taildragger, light utility transport airplane. In passenger configuration, capacity of 7-9 passengers plus 2 crew. This particular airplane was in a cargo configuration with no cabin seats. |
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2006 Diamond DA40 Diamond Star |
DA40 |
yes, half an hour |
yes, half an hour |
N531DS |
Four-seat composite T-tailed airplane with 180HP, capable of 150 knots on 10 gallons per hour. Garmin G1000 glass panel avionics. |
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2005 Diamond DA42 Twin Star |
DA42 |
yes, 0.7 |
yes, 0.7 |
N104TS |
Four-seat composite T-tailed twin diesel engined plane, highly efficient and quiet. Garmin G1000 glass panel avionics. |
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2001 - 2008 Cirrus SR22 |
SR22 |
yes, about 13 total hours |
yes, 8.5 hours |
N732MN, N808CD, N722CD, N6468, N1116C, N990CD, & others |
High-performance, state-of-the-art composite four-seater, advanced avionics, comfortable, 180+ knot cruise, sidestick controllers, AWESOME! |
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1997 Flightstar II SL |
FS-II SL |
yes |
yes |
N97UL |
Two-seat side-by-side ultralight, open air, extremely fun |
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2006 Evektor SportStar |
- |
yes |
yes |
N83LS |
Two-seat side-by-side light sport aircraft, bubble canopy, low wing, split flaps, Rotax engine, Czechoslovakian design |
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2006, 2007 Sky Arrow 600 Sport |
- |
yes |
yes, 59.8 hours |
N423SA, N448SA |
Fun high-wing pusher, two-seat tandem, tricycle gear LSA with great visibility. Optional hand controls for disabled pilots. |
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1929 Travel Air E-4000 |
E-4000 |
no |
no |
NC648H |
EAA's very fun tandem-seat open-cockpit biplane |
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1929 New Standard |
D25 |
no |
no |
N176H |
Huge five-seat open-cockpit biplane, very slow, loud and windy, smooth ride, fun! |
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1943 Boeing Stearman |
A75 |
yes |
yes |
N222FK |
Open cockpit, two tandem seats, radial engine, WWII trainer, tailwheel biplane |
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1997 SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad |
TB-20 |
yes |
yes, around 50 hours |
N597TB, N1887S |
French, high-performance, low-wing single, seats 4, retractable landing gear, now manufactured in the newer TB-20 GT version |
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2003 Yak-52TW |
52TW |
yes |
yes, 1 hour |
N52DD |
Russian, big, high-performance warbird-like aerobatic trainer, low wing, triangular canopy, 400 HP radial engine, fully retractable landing gear, tandem seating for two |
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1980 IAR 823 |
- |
yes |
yes |
N129GC |
4-seat Romanian military airplane |
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1997 Safari Baby Belle |
- |
yes, a lap around the helo pattern at AirVenture |
no |
N247BB |
Homebuilt helicopter with bubble front very similar to the classic Bell 47 |
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Robinson R44 helicopter |
- |
no |
no |
? (two of them) |
Four-seat helicopter |
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Airliners (OK, I decided these don't count toward the total anymore):
Boeing 737, Boeing 757, Boeing 767, Airbus A320, CRJ700, CRJ100, Boeing 717. |
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