PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION

Long Live the King!

FSE INFO
New Members
Anniversaries
The Black Box

HANGER TALK
ONE PAGE POP QUIZ
Packing on the Pounds

CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF

Curvilinear Courses

EXIT ROW
Composite Construction

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
Encyclopedia of FSE Aircraft, Vol. 3

December, 2015

December, 2015

Pre-Flight Inspection

Beechcraft King Air 300

This months cover photo was taken by Lieuallen

and nominated by Lieuallen
Simulator:

FSX

Model:

Allied Flight Group

Location:

Somewhere over
Austria

Add-ons:

FTX Global Base

Flight Environment X

FSE Specifications
Category: Turboprop twin
Seats: 15
Addn Crew: none
Cruise Speed: 257 kts
Fuel Capacity: 540 g
Fuel Usage: 90 gph
Fuel Efficiency: 2.9 mpg
Max. Range: 1542 nm
Max. Payload: 2354 kg
Base Price: v$507,300
Hourly Cost (wet): v$701
Total FSE Fleet: 250
Privately Owned: 55
Additional Specifications
Ceiling: 35,000
Wingspan: 54 6
Length: 43 10
Height: 14 4

The Beechcraft King Air 300 is part of a series of twin-turboprop

aircraft. The King Air family (90, 100, 200 and 300 series) has been
in continuous production since 1974, the longest production run of
any civilian turboprop aircraft in its class. It has outlasted all of its
previous competitors and the only other aircraft in its class is the
Piaggio Avanti.
The 200 series proved so popular that Beechcraft began work on a
successor, the King Air 300. The B200's airframe was cleaned up
and even more powerful engines (PT6A-60A, rated at 1050 shp)
installed in redesigned cowlings, with MTOW increased to
14,000 lb (6,300 kg). Deliveries began in 1984. The King Air 300
has since been stretched by nearly three feet with two extra cabin
windows on each side and winglets added to the wingtips to create
the King Air 350.
Within FSE, the King Air 300 is a little faster and much more fuel
efficient, making it my favortie FSE aircraft. I routinely get 250 kts
burning 68 gph (at 20,000 ft) yielding 3.7 mpg. And the AFG
model is excellent!

Freeware links (one click and this plane is yours!):

FSX = http://simviation.com/fsxprops9.htm
X-Plane = I couldnt find one sorry!
This months Splash Screens:
FSX = https://sites.google.com/site/wlieuallen/dlgsplash.bmp (put file in the FSX Uires folder)
X-Plane = https://sites.google.com/site/wlieuallen/intro.png (put file in the XP10 Resources\bitmaps folder)
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December, 2015

NOTAMs

News You Need to Know

Its nice to know that my pathetic whinings are being

heard. In a new worlds record this month, we have
TWO articles, neither of which were written by me!
So the challenge remains if MaxZ (for whom
English is not his native language!) can do it, so can
you. I know youre out there; let me hear from you.

Not to fear, though. Volume 3 of the Encyclopedia

of FSE Aircraft is included in this issue, so youll
still get your monthly Warren fix. And since I never
heard back from either prospective cover artist, I had
to use one of my own shots again.

In-flight Entertainment

Holiday Humor
submitted by mightymage

Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets regular visits from the Federal Aviation Administration, and
the FAA examiner arrived last week for the pre-Christmas flight check.
In preparation, Santa had the elves wash the sled and bathe all the reindeer. Santa got his
logbook out and made sure all his paperwork was in order. He knew they would examine all
his equipment and truly put Santas flying skills to the test
The examiner walked slowly around the sled. He checked the reindeer harnesses, the landing
gear, and Rudolphs nose. He painstakingly reviewed Santas weight and balance calculations
for the sleds enormous payload.
Finally, they were ready for the checkride. Santa got in and fastened his seatbelt and shoulder
harness and checked the compass. Then the examiner hopped in carrying, to Santas surprise, a
shotgun.
Whats that for?!? asked Santa incredulously.
The examiner winked and said, Im not supposed to tell you this ahead of time, as he leaned
over to whisper in Santas ear, but youre gonna lose an engine on takeoff.

December, 2015

145 New Pilots in November

Now Boarding
aalhamer
achmadmauludi
AFFROPANDA
AirHamburg
alex.rynin
alquimista
andinhoabc
andrearenas
andrerisali
AndyV
Apoc61
arality
Arthur33fr
aviatorpaul
AVS5SG
AZOflyer
BaBene
beekus
briguy
bruno22purim
Bugbear501
bushflyin
CaptianJDoe
Carlos
colocon
Cpt_Piet
Crosstalker
d.walters
daceiken
DanielM
4

luisao_sp
Jazzar101
luizandre
jbr
lWanl
JettyPilot
Mad_Monkey
Jimgodders
Maik_AVS2MB
Jkieffer1957
malekt
jmac6888
Marmus
JMANDMAN
Matt_Smitj
jonfly
Mgaston551
jtylermelton
michael_jpm
julysfire
Mike_Clot
justunity
Fernando_Albergaria J_A_Fernandez
mikken
Flusi2000
Mindstorms06
KevinJenkins85
flythesky1929
Moniack
KMorinec
FS_Airways
moomat
kombatkarl
FuzzyDropbear
mt-dew
Krest
gauramohana
leandrodesouza14 multiphrenic
german82
Mygo552
LeonAir
germanchik
oldguy
leoviniciusr
getemmj
PackersFan45
lewismair0311
gfl1973
panof10
lilfrog74
Gomes35
Pele21
ljos
Goszacazrf
Happific
Welcome to FSEconomy!
hydrolyzer
ianwild
Jahulian
JamesF0790
James_Hill
jason.mcfadden

Davichi
david1512
davinxi
discusted
dmgoldsmith73
DMR235
DonMarco
ecadantas
Edcarlos_Neto
Elfwing
erleyo

December, 2015

145 New Pilots in November

Now Boarding
peppler06
photoshoplol
Ramos.J
Randy1307
raz0r72
Recon_Stewart
rimple2010
robert33160
Rolo82
Rpowers1
SayariTatu

SebiKlenke
Selfmade
sevens
ShadowAirlines
Simply_OJ
SirLordCJin
Sir_Reg_Ansett
skl78
Skytten
Slazzz
slpak

snaxx45
Spacecam55
SpaceNova
sqbltz
TangoEcho
That1Person2
The_Devel
Tim_AVS9TF
tomafoo
tomstar52
txnoodles

Varyat
Wardster
Xandarb
Zaphira13
zdwy
Ziltoid
zipply
zman97211

Name of the Month

(the new username thats all too fitting)

oldguy

December, 2015

December Membership Roll

Frequent Flyer Program

Recognizing active members on their anniversary

Coach (1 year)
Aes
Afterburner
allarda
Cyborg_XD
didello
DillonT4R
Ehviator
elwin7

FoxeFire
funnyone06
Furia
Giles
JMikeB83
Jono_S
kneighbour
Mayhem357

MediocreJake
N324JK
PassportST
phrygian
Rampage
RILockGuy
RnSdriver
Stardrifter

stearmandriver
tanin
Tavras
tngarner
tonicfan
wawa
Yoteden

Business Class (2 years)

74277
AlexFIy
alipendi
arzach900
Charlie_Goulding
critter1355

d1s0rder
deanwilliams
DeniSko
Gabriel_Men
ILGIAMPA
kcpilot

mart21har
MarvinD
N10669-Mark
nikit
Souf
SPAS

spikey08
Tiger_Walts
VolarSinMiedo
voodoo111
Waldhexe
zemetrius

First Class (3 years)

-LGdrancope

krissto
Marco_Lima

Smilin_Jack

TarikMerryface

Executive Club (4 years)

abaelard
Chimo

davidof
John_Hauck

maymund
ozzyoz

sascha1978
Thomas_CLA096

Platinum Partners (5+ years)

MegaAlex (2010)
Nicko315 (2010)
realm174 (2010)
tvomjo122 (2010)

muwaga (2009)
odie (2009)
Saguaro (2009)
SualkDD (2009)

CL218 (2009)
GeorgeL (2009)
joseph (2009)
mboland (2009)
Mister (2009)

McFly (2008)
Razor (2008)
rob_hirst (2008)

CG_Justin (2007)
chuck229 (2007)
cougar22 (2007)
eduardo (2007)
JarangMandi (2007)
JimS514 (2007)
Kilstorm_McBride (2007)
Roadrunner750 (2007)
stonyo (2007)
WTE_Coldan (2007)

cowkiller04 (2006)
GubbinsMalone (2006)
haegri (2006)
Jake (2006)
jrivard (2006)
MikeD (2006)
The_Salamander (2006)
warthog (2006)

Hall of Fame (10+ years)

Beaufort_Bandit (2005)
bov001 (2005)
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BOV010 (2005)
gebhi (2005)

greggerm (2005)
Hillblom (2005)
December, 2015

topgunusa (2005)
vettepilot (2005)

The Black Box (Flight Data Recorder)

Top 10 Airports by Operations
EDDL
KBNA
PANC
KCLT
ESSA
FNHU
PAYA
KATL
KILM
PAKT

Dusseldorf
Nashville Intl
Stevens Anchorage Intl
Charlotte Douglas Intl
Arlanda
Albano Machado
Yakutat
Hartsfield Atlanta Intl
Wilmington Intl
Ketchikan Intl

542
399
316
315
311
271
271
261
248
243

Top 10 Aircraft by Flights

Cessna 208 Caravan
Lockheed P-3C (L-188)
Douglas DC-3
Beechcraft 1900D
DeHavilland DHC-6 300 Twin Otter (AS Ext)

Pilatus PC-12
Beechcraft King Air 350
Cessna 172 Skyhawk
Bombardier Dash-8 Q400
Fairchild C119

Top 10 Airports by Pilots

EDDL
PANC
KLGA
KCLT
CYVR
PAKT
LOWW
PAYA
CYYC
KSAN

Dusseldorf
Stevens Anchorage Intl
La Guardia
Charlotte Douglas Intl
Vancouver Intl
Ketchikan Intl
Schwechat
Yakutat
Calgary Intl
San Diego Intl-Lindbergh

Monthly Log Review

105
68
56
54
50
50
49
46
45
45

Top 10 Aircraft by Purchases

3971
2938
2180
1606
1598
1339
1260
1229
1150
1136

Top 10 Groups (Flights)

Viking Aviation
OpenAir Alliance Europe
Chilkoot Air
Full Flaps Flight Crew
Sovereign Air - Freight
Cape Fear Aviation
Asas Expresso Aviaao
Carolina Air Ventures, LLC
Crooked Charters
AAA NZ

Statistics for November

Bell 47G-2
Cessna 172 Skyhawk
Cessna 208 Caravan
Cessna 182 Skylane
Douglas DC-3
Aeronca Champion
Cessna 206 Stationair
DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
Beechcraft Baron 58
Beechcraft King Air 350

Chilkoot Air
Viking Aviation
German Flight Corporation (GFC)
OpenAir Alliance Europe
Full Flaps Flight Crew
Amazon Regional Group
! ! ! Starfleet Command ! ! !
Crooked Charters
Axi xp italia
BrendAir Aviation

December, 2015

1474
75313
7431647
38800
9293
178983
6079

Top 10 Aircraft by Pilots

80
79
63
63
43
37
33
32
31
26

Top 10 Groups (Active Pilots)

1046
924
900
530
525
466
457
372
332
316

Active Pilots
Flights Conducted
Miles Flown
Hours Flown
Airports Visited
Assignments Delivered
Aircraft Flown

Cessna 208 Caravan

Cessna 172 Skyhawk
Beechcraft Baron 58
Douglas DC-3
Beechcraft 1900D
Cessna 182 Skylane
Beechcraft King Air 350
Pilatus PC-12
Beechcraft King Air 200

332
263
197
196
150
143
136
120
105
101

DeHavilland DHC-6 300 Twin Otter (AS Ext)

Top 10 pilots (Hours & Miles)

44
19
18
18
12
11
8
8
7
7

wildblu
Merlin
robjuldow
Misha
Jerry
Boomer24
DMan
ctnllama
Crater27
Phlash

339
322
303
299
287
275
254
252
247
244

robjuldow
devcoq
Boomer24
tres2
ctnllama
wildblu
Jerry
Piotr
elmucki
Otxabide

81590
77110
76596
75783
70868
70557
67572
64780
63005
61848

December, 2015

Hangar Talk

N129DCKingAir

MEMBER PROFILE
REAL NAME
Dale Carlson

HOMETOWN
Coon Rapids, MN (USA)

MEMBER SINCE
September, 2006

Flights

Hours

Miles

3395

4002:54

633386

How did you find out about FSE?

Anything else?

A member PMed me while I was flying on VATSIM

and told me about it. I was skeptical at first, but once I
joined I was hooked.

My occupation is a full time van driver for a company

called Rise, Inc. Rise employs special needs adults and
my job is to pick them up at their home, drive them to
work, and then pick them up from work and drive them
home. Its a very fulfilling job, and to get to know these
people has been a real blessing. Its probably the best
job Ive had (though the 10 or so years I spent as a
programmer comes in a very close second). Im married
(have been for 33 years, 34 come January, 2016) to a
wonderful woman who has no idea how blessed I am to
be her husband. My oldest son is married and works for
Verizon (hes 30) and my youngest (the former Marine)
is 27, married with 4 kids, and works for Federal
Premium. My main hobby, aside from FSE, is the guitar
(I have an Alvarez acoustic and a Ibanez mini-semihollow electric). I play on the worship team at church,
lead nursing home services, and occasionally bring it to
my prison ministry to play and lead singing there. Im
also heavily involved in prison ministry, going into the
prison at Fairibault, MN every other weekend to teach a
Bible study, and lead weekend Bible seminars 3 times a
year.

How do you enjoy using FSE?

Mostly I fly GA using smaller planes as an independent
charter pilot. The biggest plane I have right now is a
Curtiss C-46.
What are your favorite FSE aircraft?
Beech 18.
Whats the story behind your username and avatar?
Im not very creative, so when I joined the best I could
come with was KingAir, after my favorite aircraft, and
N129DC, the call sign I use on VATSIM. I sometimes
wish Id just used KingAir, but after 9 nine years, I
think Ill leave it alone. My avatar is an interesting
story. At first it was related to the Marine Corps. My
youngest son enlisted in the Marine Corps the summer
before I joined FSE, so while he was in, my avatar was
always Marines-related. Then I developed a friendship
with a man, John Ysker, who owned an FBO on KANE,
the name of which is in the current Avatar, and after
which my groups are named. When John developed
cancer and passed, I began using his website logo as my
avatar in honor and remembrance of him.
Do you have any real-life flying experience?
Not really. A couple of friends have taken me up on
occasion and let me fly for a bit.

Put your ad here!

Get all the information you need at The FSE
Reporter website - https://sites.google
.com/site/fsereporter/advertising
Affordable rates, and the best target audience you
could hope for. You will get results!
Ads should be submitted by the 25th of the month
to be in the next issue.

December, 2015

Are You a Power Lifter?

One Page Plane Pop Quiz

Here is this months quiz. Your challenge is to
answer the question before you peek at the hard-toread answers at the bottom of the page!

by Warren Lieuallen (Lieuallen)

This months question is: Rank these planes in order
of their maximum payload (from most to least).

For extra bragging rights, note your guess as to the

payload (and be correct within 10% good luck
with this one!).

A. Lake Renegade

Just for laughs, I left the planes the same as last

month. I dont think any of these are known for their
cargo capacity!

B. Grumman G-44 Widgeon

By the way, looking stuff up in the FSE

Encyclopedia is cheating!

C. Republic Seabee

Scorecard:

B, A, C

3 right = Flight Crew

2 right = Ramp Supervisor
1 right = Rampie
0 right = Ballast

Price A=544 B=594 C=436

Answers:
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December, 2015

December, 2015

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The Great Circle Route

Cleared for Takeoff

by Maximilian Leitgeb (MaxZ)

Surprise, surprise! Today I am here instead of Warren,

to give you a short ground school lesson.
The Orthodrome/Great Circle
Our earth yes also in the sim is a geoid, a ball, if
you want so. To fly the shortest
distance possible between A and
B, we have to move along Great
Circles.

The Loxodrome/Rhumb Line/Small Circle

But theres another thing thats quite interesting about
navigation, and maybe a little bit better of an
explanation, why the great circle is truly the shorter
distance: The Rhumb Line.

Roger that, but before we go,

what is a great circle?
A great circle is a circle on the
surface of the earth, whose centre
is the Earths centre. All meridians
are Great Circles, as well as the
Equator, but not the parallels of
latitude. Those are just circles,
since they dont have their centre
in the middle of the earth, but on
the polar axis.
No matter where you are on the globe, a great circle
line is always bent towards to the nearer pole on a
Mercator Projection (lower image), whereas it is a

A Rhumb Line crosses all meridians at the same

angle, which means, you can fly from A to B without
changing your heading (at the cost of a longer trip).
You see, the difference in track
distance is remarkable on long
range operations. The most
extreme cases constitute flights
over the northern and southern
polar regions. On Gnomonic
charts, the Rhumb Line is bent
away from the nearer pole.

straight line on a Lamberts Conic Chart/Gnomonic

Projection (upper image). When flying along a Great
Circle track, you have to constantly change your
heading.
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When you fly from the

Southern Hemisphere to the
Northern Hemisphere, you get
a GC-track in form of an Scurve. And in case you fly
directly on the equator, there is
no difference between GC and
RL.
I hope you had an informative read! Maybe you even
learned something new!

December, 2015

December, 2015

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Thoughts on Composite Aircraft

Exit Row

by Maximilian Leitgeb (MaxZ)

Aircraft made of composite materials are on a

triumphal march and show no signs of stopping.
They started with business jets, moved on to large
airliners and now they have definitely set foot into
general aviation.
When I first had a closer look at those plastic birds, I
was very sceptical. Not only for their looks, but also
the interior and hardware on the inside. I am sure

many of you feel the same about these not-so-cheap

man-toys. But, the GIs changed their mind about the
M-16 when it was introduced as the standard
armament of the grunt in 1967. The implementation
of new everyday items is always accompanied by
many people ranting and talking big about how
things were better in the old days. Sometimes it is
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indeed difficult to see a things true potential.

A portable, use-anywhere-you-wish telephone?
Who in Gods name is going to use this?
But how did it come so far? Aircraft development is,
the same as any other type of development, most of
all a matter of time, progress and a bunch of brilliant
minds. New technologies, materials and techniques
had to be developed for us to sit in a 747 40000ft

above the big pond, headed for bloody Britain.

Remember when the Airbus 380 came out? It
already had lots and lots of composite materials, this
trend continued with the A350, as well as Boeings
787 Screamliner er Dreamliner and will surely
go on with future developments.

December, 2015

One major factor for aircraft design is mass. It has to

be very low, so that the aircraft can carry as much
payload as possible. The military was the first to
recognise this in aviation. But as a great many things
in aviation, the automobile industry had it first. In this
case, the Formula 1. BMW was also a pioneer in the
composites area, especially within the scope of
forming them. A carbon fibre, for example, has very
good tensile strength, much like a rope. But it is very
poor at resisting compression. Thats why you build
houses out of bricks, not ropes. So the key is to make
the fibre stiff, for it to be also able to carry
compression loads, shear and torsion stresses. Heres
a simple explanation on how to make a carbon fibre
composite part (a GA wingspar for example): First

extremely stiff yet light wingspar that can carry the

same load of an up to eighty percent heavier metal
spar. While my explanation may seem a little bit dull,
this is how CF and GF parts are made. Resourceful
people have come up with this after they realised
there is not much more potential in making metals and
alloys lighter while keeping the same favorable
characteristics.

you need a mold where you pur your magic in.

Ideally, it is a negative of the part you want to create.
Then you place thin layers of carbon fibers in it. But
you dont just put them on top of one another. You
place them in a way to get the fibres strength in all
directions. Then you put all that in a plastic bag, suck
out the air, inject resin like epoxide resin and bake
it for a while. When you take it out, you have an

NASA said that the Pipistrel Virus (I wish there was a

decent model for FSX) is the best aircraft in the
world. It competed against the latest 172 and RV-4.
And won. With its 80hp, four-cylider Rotax 912/914,
and a 60 or 100lt-fuel tank configuration, it had better
range, cruise speed, fuel economy and was by far
cheaper in maintenance and acquisition cost. Other

Back to our world, back to general aviation, away

from the think tanks of Boeing, Airbus or what you
will. Downsizing. malicious gossip has it that the
Americans, with their ever-present flagship-brands
like Cessna, Piper and Beechcraft have neglected
aerodynamics and only achieved performance via big,
bulky engines. Admittedly, theres some truth to that.

December, 2015

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samples of non-metal aircraft have also proved that

they dont need to hide because theres no rumblin
and roarin weapon under the hood. Pipistrel,
Diamond Aircraft, Aquila, and Cirrus are serious and
successful competitors in the GA market. But what
do they have in common? They started with gliders.
And thats where superior aerodynamics, low overall
mass and great lift generation come into play. Take a
glider like the HK36 Super Dimona, develop it
further and get a DA/DV-20 Katana with superb
flying characteristics, an affordable trainer and GAcruiser.

handled with care. The purpose of this article was not

about changing your mind about the classic rides like
the Bonanza, the Cherokee or the C172, nor was it to
convice you to go green or some unmanly nonsense
like that. It was about giving you a little bit of insight
into modern day aviation, and recommending you to
try a state of the art composite-material built aircraft.
Do it well with your Mattel! And on that bombshell,
I thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts in
this December issue of The FSE Reporter.

I myself love the timeless, rugged, good looking

birds with thirsty engines that love so much to be

Les avions sont des jouets intressants mais n'ont aucune utilit militaire
(Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.)
Ferdinand Foch, Marchal de France, 1911

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December, 2015

December, 2015

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Encyclopedia of FSE Aircraft, Vol. 3

Special Supplement

by Warren Lieuallen (Lieuallen)

Each entry lists: cruise speed; fuel burn; efficiency;

seating capacity; max. payload capacity; base price;
hourly wet cost; fuel supply; and max. range.

I have arranged the aircraft by size (number of seats),

FSE cruise speed and hourly cost (wet). This volume
inclues 49 aircraft with 5 or 6 seats.

5-seaters

New Standard D25A

90 kt @ 14 gph (6 mpg)
5 seats; 585 kg; v$120,300 / v$159
64 gal 411 nm

Bell 206B
115 kt @ 29 gph (4 mpg)
5 seats; 653 kg; v$107,550 / v$279
91 gal 361 nm

Ryan L-17 Navion

125 kt @ 15 gph (8 mpg)
5 seats; 474 kg; v$217,919 / v$103
61 gal 508 nm

Cessna T-50 Bobcat

125 kt @ 28 gph (4 mpg)
5 seats; 750 kg; v$156,000 / v$265
120 gal 536 nm

Eurocopter Colibri EC 120

125 kt @ 65 gph (2 mpg)
5 seats; 863 kg; v$81,750 / v$426
121 gal 233 nm

Hughes/McDonnell Douglas MD500E

Maule M-7
140 kt @ 15 gph (9 mpg)
5 seats; 569 kg; v$152,250 / v$103
74 gal 691 nm

Found Bush Hawk

145 kt @ 9 gph (16 mpg)
5 seats; 693 kg; v$164,550 / v$77
100 gal 1,611 nm

Cessna 195
145 kt @ 13 gph (11 mpg)
5 seats; 590 kg; v$160,350 / v$95
80 gal 892 nm

Lockheed L10E Amelia Special

161 kt @ 48 gph (3 mpg)
5 seats; 3,593 kg; v$480,900 / v$454
1,151 gal 3,861 nm

Beechcraft 17
170 kt @ 13 gph (13 mpg)
5 seats; 818 kg; v$237,150 / v$154
121 gal 1,582 nm

Howard DGA-15
170 kt @ 24 gph (7 mpg)
5 seats; 736 kg; v$229,800 / v$171
82 gal 581 nm

134 kt @ 35 gph (3 mpg)

5 seats; 675 kg; v$124,050 / v$303
30 gal 318 nm

Notes:
If I had to choose, Id choose the Beechcraft Staggerwing, so that makes it an Editors Choice winner.
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December, 2015

Spartan 7W Executive
187 kt @ 26 gph (7 mpg)
5 seats; 753 kg; v$197,100 / v$212
111 gal 798 nm

Let L 410 UVP-T

200 kt @ 120 gph (1 mpg)
5 seats; 2,650 kg; v$114,000 / v$763
332 gal 553 nm

6-seaters

Zepplin NT
70 kt @ 51 gph (1 mpg)
6 seats; 540 kg; v$42,450 / v$393
9 gal 14 nm*

Junkers W33/34
100 kt @ 30 gph (3 mpg)
6 seats; 1,066 kg; v$217,721 / v$230
231 gal 770 nm

Junkers W33 EW Flight

100 kt @ 30 gph (3 mpg)
6 seats; 2,217 kg; v$217,721 / v$430
730 gal 2,433 nm

Cessna 185 Skywagon

120 kt @ 13 gph (9 mpg)
6 seats; 792 kg; v$197,400 / v$95
88 gal 812 nm

Dornier Do-27 A4
125 kt @ 16 gph (7 mpg)
6 seats; 520 kg; v$170,700 / v$108
96 gal 750 nm

Dornier Do-27 B1
125 kt @ 16 gph (7 mpg)
6 seats; 500 kg; v$170,700 / v$108
56 gal 438 nm

Helio Super Courier H-295/U-10b

130 kt @ 17 gph (7 mpg)
6 seats; 599 kg; v$177,150 / v$112
120 gal 918 nm

Grumman G-44 Widgeon

130 kt @ 20 gph (6 mpg)
6 seats; 594 kg; v$174,000 / v$140
108 gal 702 nm

Eurocopter AS-350 Ecureuil

131 kt @ 30 gph (4 mpg)
6 seats; 1,079 kg; v$165,000 / v$283
143 gal 624 nm

Notes:
According to FSE, the Zeppelin has a maximum range of only 14 nautical miles. Most passesngers could
walk farther than that!! In real life, the Goodyear blimps have a cruising speed of 35mph, and a maximum
range of 900 miles.

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Beriev E-103
135 kt @ 30 gph (4 mpg)
6 seats; 590 kg; v$171,000 / v$185
136 gal 612 nm

Boeing 221A Monomail

135 kt @ 40 gph (3 mpg)
6 seats; 1,562 kg; v$201,000 / v$215
300 gal 1,013 nm

Lake Renegade
140 kt @ 20 gph (7 mpg)
6 seats; 544 kg; v$189,000 / v$126
76 gal 532 nm

Cessna 337 Skymaster

140 kt @ 18 gph (7 mpg)
6 seats; 792 kg; v$191,100 / v$174
150 gal 1,167 nm

Cessna 206 Stationair

150 kt @ 16 gph (9 mpg)
6 seats; 750 kg; v$208,200 / v$108
88 gal 825 nm

Cessna 310
156 kt @ 24 gph (6 mpg)
6 seats; 943 kg; v$208,800 / v$200
184 gal 1,196 nm

Beechcraft Bonanza F33

160 kt @ 12 gph (13 mpg)
6 seats; 543 kg; v$227,400 / v$118
80 gal 1,067 nm

Beechcraft Bonanza V35

160 kt @ 12 gph (13 mpg)
6 seats; 548 kg; v$227,400 / v$118
80 gal 1,067 nm

Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six/ Saratoga

Beechcraft Bonanza A36

160 kt @ 15 gph (10 mpg)
6 seats; 602 kg; v$224,250 / v$131
74 gal 789 nm

Cessna 210 Centurion

160 kt @ 15 gph (10 mpg)
6 seats; 777 kg; v$224,250 / v$131
90 gal 960 nm

Beechcraft Duke B60

160 kt @ 40 gph (4 mpg)
6 seats; 1,093 kg; v$246,000 / v$272
232 gal 928 nm

Notes:

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160 kt @ 14 gph (11 mpg)

6 seats; 690 kg; v$225,300 / v$127
98 gal 1,120 nm

Piper PA-32 Saratoga TC

175kt @ 19 gph (9 mpg)
6 seats; 659 kg; v$240,300 / v$149
102 gal 939 nm

Piper PA-23 Aztec

180 kt @ 25 gph (7 mpg)
6 seats; 875 kg; v$243,750 / v$205
144 gal 1,037 nm

Piaggio 166 Albatross

180 kt @ 40 gph (4 mpg)
6 seats; 1,250 kg; v$228,000 / v$433
321 gal 1,445 nm

Piper PA-34 Seneca

176 kt @ 12 gph (7 mpg)
6 seats; 1,213 kg; v$255,300 / v$200
128 gal 997 nm

Beagle B 206 Basset

190 kt @ 32 gph (6 mpg)
6 seats; 1,253 kg; v$362,400 / v$236
194 gal 1,152 nm

Beechcraft Baron 58
192 kt @ 28 gph (6 mpg)
6 seats; 782 kg; v$258,600 / v$218
142 gal 974 nm

Piper PA-60 Aerostar

200 kt @ 42 gph (4 mpg)
6 seats; 772 kg; v$255,900 / v$281
215 gal 1,024 nm

Cessna 340A
217 kt @ 30 gph (7 mpg)
6 seats; 939 kg; v$359,100 / v$227
162 gal 1,172 nm

Piper PA-46 Meridian

235 kt @ 35 gph (6 mpg)
6 seats; 732 kg; v$351,150 / v$303
170 gal 1,141 nm

Piper PA-31T1 Cheyenne I/IA

243 kt @ 80 gph (3 mpg)
6 seats; 1,628 kg; v$280,500 / v$544
366 gal 1,112 nm

Beechcraft Royal Turbine Duke B60

Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II

265 kt @ 66 gph (4 mpg)
275 kt @ 107 gph (2 mpg)
6 seats; 1,088 kg; v$407,700 / v$349 6 seats; 1,825 kg; v$300,150 / v$655
260 gal 1,044 nm
366 gal 941 nm

Cessna Mustang
330 kt @ 100 gph (3 mpg)
6 seats; 1,390 kg; v$390,000 / v$714
386 gal 1,274 nm

Embraer Phenom 100

360 kt @ 134 gph (2 mpg)
6 seats; 1,515 kg; v$507,300 / v$853
418 gal 1,123 nm
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Eclipse 500
370 kt @ 75 gph (5 mpg)
6 seats; 1,162 kg; v$587,250 / v$611
230 gal 1,135 nm
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