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Circling the Airport
...piston engine. The liquid cooling allows worry-free operation devoid of shock cooling, and it is notably less expensive to purchase and operate than a turbine. Several STCs are underway for...
Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 9
...plans. Resist the temptation to heavily modify or customize the airplane. (Do as I say, not as I do!) And don’t modify key aerodynamic or structural items unless you absolutely...
One Marvelous Community
...entered the turbine world in the mighty Metroliner. Aside from the paltry commuter wages of the day, life was good. Enjoying a beautiful OSH evening with retired Southwest Airlines Flight...
Turbine Murphy Moose/Beast Makes Big Splash at AirVenture
...turbine management system. As a crop duster, Kenny had thousands of hours behind turbines, mostly Pratt and Whitney PT6 engines. In fact, Kenny is a test pilot for Cascade Aircraft...
Comp Air 6.2 Shown At AirVenture
...Oshkosh in the Comp Air Turbine sistership, mounted on amphibious Comp Air floats, just to have everything ready for opening day of AirVenture 2023. The nicely-appointed CA-6.2 offers space and...
Power and Heat
...which only experience full combustion temperature intermittently and have time to cool between cycles, the turbine blades in the hot section of a gas turbine are continuously immersed in the...
The Super Guppy Turbine (or SGT)
...currently flying Super Guppy Turbine (SGT), operated under NASA (whose mission is specified to be research and development) airworthiness authority and is far from a “Standard” category aircraft. No passengers...
Bose A30
...works well in turbine airplanes, and Low (with its limited ANR) allows for natural conversations on big-airplane flight decks. We suspect that just about every user will never move that...
Super Sportsman
...for 35 years. He was talking about putting a turbine on the nose because he had also built a very fast turbine-powered Experimental,” Setzer recalls. “But we were concerned about...
Destinations
...is by boat or plane. The temptation to file a flight plan is great, due to the extended water crossing, but be aware that flight service will be difficult to...
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