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Old 10th Oct 2004, 08:11
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QNIM
 
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Gday
I was lucky enough to get a fly in it when it arrived at the Mangalore Easter Flyin in the early nineties with Ray (I think was the demo pilots name) we carried out several low level runs down the runway at 250 kts into a 45 deg climb and a wingover around 3000’.It had the first glass cockpit I had seen and all leather interior. I was sorry to see it fail, but seem to remember it came in way over projected weight and somewhat slower.
Can still smell the leather.
Cheers Q
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