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Old 12th Oct 2009, 01:50
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aseanaero
 
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I spoke with the operator last week and they'll be looking at a Caribou next year , the turbine DC-3 won't cut the strip lengths they have to operate into , the DHC-4 does everything they want with a good safety margin except it burns avgas and the R-2000 seems unable to make TBO (other operators I spoke to said figure on 800hrs for an engine). Should be fun for the pilots.
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