Bruce Andrews Wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> My partner and I currently own a 1979 Piper Archer
> II. Due to the increase in size of my family, we
> need to move up to a six-place plane. My partner
> likes the Cherokee 6, while I am interested in the
> 210. We will have to come to some sort of
> agreement on this. If we go with the 210, I want
> to stick with the normally aspirated model, for a
> number of reasons. The year range we have been
> focusing on is 1976-1982. We would also like the
> 210 to have known ice capability. However, based
> on my survey of offerings on tradeaplane and
> controller.com, there seems to be very few
> (actually, I couldn't find any) normally aspirated
> 210's with known ice. There are a reasonable
> number of T210's and P210's with known ice. Does
> anyone know if regular 210's with known ice are a
> rarity or have I just not looked hard enough?
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce

I too wanted a NA 210 with boots after picking up a load of ice in my 182, but cold not find one. I got a 78 NA 210M and have never looked back. I live in NJ. I have canceled about 15 trips in 18 years mostly because of icing conditions. I have picked up light to moderate ice several times but never noticed a big difference in handling. BIG 210 fan!

Regards,

Ed

Hello Bruce,

It seems a cherokee 6 or C206 are what you need to look at because of your partner. Both are nice but I prefer the Cessna. good luck.

Regards,

Ed