AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2014 - 79

THE BEST 182 OUT THERE
1979 Cessna 182Q
Key feature-In competition as
world's best 182
Extra comforts-Climbs like it
is frightened of the ground

George A. Stephen of Wisconsin found a one-owner original 1979 Cessna 182-no
damage history-and made it his special project, the ultimate 182. "This will be my
third or fourth 182, and I have decided this will probably be my last 182, and I wanted
to really do a super job on it. I modeled a lot of what I did on the Crossover Classic,"
Stephen said of AOPA's 2011 sweepstakes airplane. His dad invented the Weber grill
and he spent his entire career at that factory.
Stephen didn't provide the amount spent on the restoration, but he knows
he is "way upside down." He had the interior done by Dennis Wolter's Air Mod in
Batavia, Ohio, the same shop that did AOPA's 182 sweepstakes aircraft (and several
others over the years). "Dennis did just an unbelievable job on this plane," Stephen
said. He thinks it will great for commuting to his winter home in Florida.
The 182Q cruises at 150 to 155 knots true airspeed using only 70 percent power.
"Climb performance is pretty spectacular," he said, averaging 1,700 feet per minute.
"You are going from a 230-horsepower engine to a 285-horsepower engine and a
three-blade MT composite prop. The modification was by Texas Skyways [in Boerne,
Texas]," he said.
In the panel he has three Garmin systems for navigation, communication, and GPS
reception, including the touchscreen Garmin GTN 750 with traffic information and the
Garmin G500 glass cockpit system with synthetic vision. There's also a Garmin GNS
430W. An L-3 Avionics Systems WX-500 lets him know where storms are located. The
upgrades were done by Superior Aviation at Iron Mountain, Michigan.
"Anybody who has seen the plane, including Phil Boyer [former AOPA president],
is just amazed at how nice it is," Stephen said. Another admirer was stunned into
silence. "I recently bought an American Champion High Country Explorer, and the
guy that came over [to deliver it] saw my 182 and took a ride in it. He couldn't say
anything."
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