Buying an aircraft based on its intended mission is a sensible approach to a major expenditure. The nature of missions can be fluid, though, so the perfect airplane today might be less so in a few years or perhaps sooner.
When my wife, Alexa, and I began shopping for an airplane, we pictured a winged family station wagon with room for our then-preteen kids, friends, dogs, and whoever else wanted to come along. By the time we acquired Annie, our Commander 114B, last year we realized that four seats would be enough in most cases.
