The L3's were a bit more expensive than a comparable L-1 and you don't really need the extra power of the L3 in the UK so the L-1 made the logical step up from a Jetbox and were not hugely more expensive to run.
In the mountains though, the L3 was a way better machine. I've landed at 14,500ft in one in Ethiopia and even dared shut down. Doubt you'd even make it that high in a C28 L-1.
I loved the ride of the Longranger series and many corporate passengers prefered having their own cabin to themselves - A kind of poor man's 109?
One potential owner likened the rear of the Squirrel to sitting on the parcel shelf of a car! Cruel, perhaps, but each to their own.
As a driver, the Squirrel seat is 100% more comfortable and the Longranger fuel system still sucks (air, sometimes!)
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