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Planes That Are Not Too Big for Fun

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Ask just about any Caravan pilot how it flies, and they will invariably describe the big Cessna as nothing more than an oversized 182. [Courtesy: Textron Aviation]
Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

Seven-thousand-pound diesel pickups. Ninety-eight-inch televisions in 8,000-square-foot homes. Convenience store soft drinks that require two hands to hold and three minutes to fill.

There’s a subset of the population that simply craves excess and revels in abundance.

Jason McDowell

Jason McDowell is a private pilot and Cessna 170 owner based in Madison, Wisconsin. He enjoys researching obscure aviation history and serves as a judge for the National Intercollegiate Flying Association. He can be found on Instagram as @cessnateur.

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