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Old 28th Oct 2007, 18:30
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TurboJ
 
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With MTOW of 8600 lbs I can't see these VLJs being of much use on public transport operations. I flew a 'light jet' with a MTOW of 12,500lbs and we had to stop to refuel coming back to the UK from Southern France with a 100 knot headwind, 4 male adults and bags.

I think the range and payload of these things is going to be very limiting and the customer will want something more robust and beefy.

They are basically designed to fly executives around before and after a game of golf. The systems are very basic and redundancy is virtually nil.

TJ
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