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Breathing New Life Into a Debonair 1967 C33 N6219V (CD-1114)

by Karl Johanson

Back in 2016 I got an itch to own a more versatile aircraft than our 1946 Globe Swift. Don’t get me wrong, the Swift, equipped with a 210hp Continental IO-360 and 49 gallons of fuel, could easily make 500 statute mile trips nonstop (which covered most of the destinations for us in California and neighboring states). But a couple of tote bags and a backpack were all that was going with us. I looked closely at Cessna 182s, 206s, Rockwell 114s, and even, albeit briefly, a Stinson 108-2 (it was part of an estate sale and had been well cared for).