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Old 10th Oct 2012, 09:13
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Justin Trim
 
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Falcon 200

The 200 is a marvellous aircraft marred (in my opinion) by those engines. They are not only horrendously expensive to maintain but also poor in operation when compared with modern, or for that matter even contemporarily available, power plants. If you need to go-around, you'll have time to push the levers forward and then pop down the back to make a cup of coffee and still be back up-front before anything happens.....!

Whilst it looks so very similar to a 20, it is oddly enough rather more like a 50 with one engine missing! The FAA, as far as I recall, regarded the 20 and 200 as different types.

The chap to contact for information is Darrell Rahn (Bizav Training?) in the States if he is still involved. He is 'Mr Falcon 200' and seems to do nearly all the training outside of the US Coastguard.

I've flown a few newer, shinier and more expensive aircraft but I don't think any of them handled better than a 200.
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