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Old 6th Oct 2010, 14:59
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I trained in a Baron 55 which was and is a fabulous machine with loads of character and delicious handling but you may want to stick coloured bits of tape on top of the levers. They are back to front too which is a bit of a confuser.
I only had a couple of Seneca 1 flights and wasnt impressed but Fuji dont knock the Seneca as the later ones are not bad at all.
The Five will outclimb a malibu to 20 K and still shows 700 fpm going through 18K with 1200 to 1500 fpm low level. TAS at altitude is around 212 kts.
When you loose the donkey she will maintain over 16K on one which a lot of twins cannot do on two never mind one engine.
But a one ? think I would rather spend a bit more and get something better! unless they are literally giving it away.

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