Originally Posted by
megan
They just copied the Mooney light aircraft
Dave.
Would it be correct to assume
chevvron that would have been the early version fitted with the Pratt & Whitney JT12s, production swapped to the Garrett TFE731 turbofan because of noise, an engine widely used in biz jets such as Lear and Jet Commander.
Don't know about that; it certainly sounded noisy to the ear but of course that means nothing, however the G2 and G3 with Speys got banned at Farnborough at the same time (apart from 'hush kitted' G3s); with a newly developed airfield surrounded by NIMBYs the operators wanted to be pro-active with noise regulaions.