It is easy to get a little envious of faster/bigger airplanes, but to be able to fly at all is a joy and we need to remember that
. Thanks for the reminder!
Faster/bigger airplanes often take the joy OUT of flying, so there is no need for envy.
Think about it. If you want to go fly a 150, you GO FLY the 150. You might shoot a few landings, or you might head off to a $50 hamburger somewhere, or just go look at the scenery at a blistering Mach 0.14, and you might change your mind about what to do halfway through the flight.
If you have a much faster/bigger plane, you DON'T often go fly for fun. You fly for a REASON, not only because it's more expensive to fly, but because there's more involved in flying at 200 KIAS than at 90 KIAS. You have to give a lot more attention to the 30-degree cone in front of you, simply because you're moving so fast that you need all the reaction time you can get, while at the same time you have to deal with all of the cockpit controls.
With the 150, you can look around more and HAVE FUN, you don't have to be on a mission to justify the cost of the flight.
So, yes, it would be nice to have that 310 that's in the hangar next to yours, but it probably spends a lot more time IN THE HANGAR, while you're out flying around.
