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M5fly

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I've been able to fly my new-to-me 6a now for about 16 hours and it is an absolute blast to fly. My drools over the last several years wanting one were well-founded!

A friend and I flew to Half Moon Bay and back yesterday in perfect weather. It was my first chance at seeing the sea level performance (150hp fp cruise prop) and I was airborne at 60kts in roughly 700ft at around 1500lbs. That was by far the most fun takeoff I've ever had. Too bad I don't get quite the same performance at 4700ft lol.
 
Congrats!

Terrific airplanes. I dearly love my 9A, but I’m still convinced that a good used -6/A is THE price/performance winner in the used GA aircraft category, at least for a ton of people and missions.

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I've been able to fly my new-to-me 6a now for about 16 hours and it is an absolute blast to fly. My drools over the last several years wanting one were well-founded!

A friend and I flew to Half Moon Bay and back yesterday in perfect weather. It was my first chance at seeing the sea level performance (150hp fp cruise prop) and I was airborne at 60kts in roughly 700ft at around 1500lbs. That was by far the most fun takeoff I've ever had. Too bad I don't get quite the same performance at 4700ft lol.
 
been flying an -8 for a few hours lately...
And now love my -6 even more :D

Shields up and bracing for incoming flak ;)
 
Terrific airplanes. I dearly love my 9A, but I’m still convinced that a good used -6/A is THE price/performance winner in the used GA aircraft category, at least for a ton of people and missions.

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I completely agree. Took my wife up in it for the first time last weekend and she had the RV grin the whole flight!
 

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I'm just about to celebrate the 10 year anniversary since I purchased my 6 and it still makes me smile when I open the hangar door!
 
Every time I fly my 6A that I completed in 2006 I look back at it before I close the hangar door and think how much I love this little airplane.
 
Thanks Vlad, I need to hop over to the SLC area sometime. Provo will likely be a popular fuel stop for me going east.
 
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