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Old 29th Nov 2006, 17:46
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The Hawker has definetely less baggage Space, but bigger cabin, question is, do you get a 800 or 800xp at that price ? IŽd doubt that.
The 3 I flew had a lot of maintenance issues, but was an old "dragon" (11000plus hours). It seems to me that flaptracks and motors are an issue, costing roughly 130000USD to replace (both aircraft had them replaced)
The 7 I flew had a problem with metal in oil, engine had to torn down twice - now that is a TFE731...
If youŽd operate one, make sure to have it on JSSI or MSP and use a maintenance shop that knows that aeroplane well - you can spend an awful lot of money whilst troubleshooting on that airplane...
What a lot of Pax hated on ours was the threshold between main club and toilet - on the 2 aft seats its not so comfy espescially for tall persons.
Make sur to get an 8000 Avionic (VII or late III), the 650 is really old stuff...
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