Ivan Kristensen
Well Known Member
In 1990 I bought a 1968 Comanche 260-B, I flew it 1500 hours before selling it in 2002. Yesterday I saw it for the first time, at the Orillia On.airport, since I sold it.
The airplane still looks great with the paint job I put on it in the late 1990's. I also overhauled the engine and added several new instruments in the panel.
Here is a picture of possibly the two best 4 place single engine GA aircraft available today and I am privileged to having owned and spent in excess of 1000hrs in both.
Here is a picture of what today seems like an archaic instrument panel. I put in a HSI, an Apollo GPS and an all cyl CHT/EGT monitor. At the time I thought it just could get much better. Little did I know....
Today I have what I believe to be one of the best glass cockpit set-ups available in my RV-10. again, could it get much better than this?
The two airplane are similar in many ways but the RV-10 is hard to beat.
The airplane still looks great with the paint job I put on it in the late 1990's. I also overhauled the engine and added several new instruments in the panel.
![P9040001-XL.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FMisc%2Fi-GKMnwvH%2F0%2F099bbef3%2FXL%2FP9040001-XL.jpg&hash=f74a16d7bfddfa3447be4fac44ba4d35)
Here is a picture of possibly the two best 4 place single engine GA aircraft available today and I am privileged to having owned and spent in excess of 1000hrs in both.
![Ivan%20%2B%20PA-24%20and%20RV-10-XL.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FMisc%2Fi-s33Zfwd%2F0%2F53b37294%2FXL%2FIvan%2520%252B%2520PA-24%2520and%2520RV-10-XL.jpg&hash=8731ab76036da1afbea026137eede357)
Here is a picture of what today seems like an archaic instrument panel. I put in a HSI, an Apollo GPS and an all cyl CHT/EGT monitor. At the time I thought it just could get much better. Little did I know....
![P9040012-XL.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FMisc%2Fi-Bwvvh4h%2F0%2F1394d6fd%2FXL%2FP9040012-XL.jpg&hash=2bb187dcea1c0f0884b277337f15e781)
Today I have what I believe to be one of the best glass cockpit set-ups available in my RV-10. again, could it get much better than this?
![RV-10%20Cockpit-XL.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FMisc%2Fi-FPd86np%2F0%2F5175e063%2FXL%2FRV-10%2520Cockpit-XL.jpg&hash=82eb11a95c5a0f376ca1611df3a04984)
The two airplane are similar in many ways but the RV-10 is hard to beat.
![P1060652-XL.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FMisc%2Fi-r7t8Lxb%2F0%2Fc4c49068%2FXL%2FP1060652-XL.jpg&hash=fbbbacdf934346ee1010ae9c0261f092)