Meyers 200
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Used Aircraft Guide: Meyers 200
Built like a tank, this four-seat single is clean and fast, and has an extremely loyal user community behind it.
By Flip Colmer
There’s something about the Meyers 200 that doesn’t look like a 40-year-old factory airplane. Its bubble canopy and gently-tapered wings are reminiscent of modern, composite airplanes. Sweep the tail and clean up the cowling a bit, you’d start thinking Lancair had an all-metal retractable.
Alas, the Meyers is a product of the late 1950s, with aluminum shells over massive tubular frames and heavy, hydraulic systems. The good news is its construction gives the airframe enormous strength. Meyers’ devotees note that the airplane’s center section required no
beef-up when the 200 was transformed into a 300-knot turboprop (more, below). The Meyers can also keep up with just about anything in its class, even many of the current composite-construction speedsters. The only real drawback is a low useful load.
Meyers owners find the airplane’s real beauty is in its quality. With few applicable ADs and almost no service-difficulty history, owners of this rare airplane are ecstatic about it.
Inflight Test: Aero Commander 200
By Don Downie
Want to fly the fastest conventional four-placer iIi the country? Then head for your nearest Aero Commander showroom and ask about their 200. It's won the Pendleton, Oregon, races for the past' three years, finished 1-2-3 in Phoenix in 1963 and Game in 1-2-3 and 4 at Bakersfield this year. Just for good measure; last July 3rd two Commander 200s set new speed records in the C-1.b and C-1.c class flying at 227.6 MPH and 239.5 MPH respectiveIy over a measured 3 ~ilometer course. Last September, Jerrie Mock set 203 .858 miles per hour world's record in the 200 flying over a 500 kilometer dosed course. The winner of the Bakersfield and Pendleton airplane races, and holder of one of the 3 kilometer records, Bill Broadbeck, checked us out in the 200. His average speed at Bakersfield for 100 miles around a 4 mile, 6-pylon course was 199.9 MPH.
Read more: Plane & Pilot - October 1966
Meyers 400 Interceptor
The Okie Bullet Everyone has forgotten about.
Text and Photos by Budd Davisson
The needle sat rock solid on 235 mph; pressure altitude 10,000 feet; OAT -10°C. I diddled around with my 39-cent plastic computer, twisting the discs, matching numbers until the arrow pointed at the magic number-true airspeed, 270 mph! I reached up and brought the condition lever down to 96 percent, leaving the torque pressure at 400, and I found that switching to long-range cruise conditions didn't even budge the miles-per-hour gauge. We were still making 270 mph, and we were 8,000 feet below optimum altitude.
Read more: Meyers 400 Interceptor - Air Progress - June 1970
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