(left) A very popular light aircraft in Australia, the RG (Retractable Gear) version of the 182 features a higher cruise speed and better payload/ range performance than the standard fixed gear version. There are presently 644 Cessna 182 variants on the Australian register making the type the second most popular aircraft model in the region.
From The Cockpit – Cessna 182
Cessna 182 Skylane
One Point Has Recently Occurred to Me; Moving About This Varied World of Ours Highlights the Universality of Personal/ Business Small Aeroplanes.
When it comes to moving people for commerce, the distances of Australia and the US tend towards the hardware in the pressurised turboprop direction, as opposed to the short hops in and around the Friesland islands to the north of mainland Germany for example.
However for the owner pilot, be it business or pleasure, the choice of aeroplanes varies little amongst the different environments and demographies that he or she may find themselves in whether in Australia, England, the States or West Africa, the bottom line invariably is how much do you want to spend, and/or what vintage do you want to spend it on. If it is more or less limited then the distances must be suffered in silence.
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