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Old 29th October 2012 | 13:00
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glum
 
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Have you established the purchase / running / maintenance costs / performance of a jet against a piston engined propeller driven aircraft for the flight profile you're looking at?

Props work better at low altitudes, and piston engines are very much cheaper than jet engines.

Just look at the Red Bull Air Racers and investigate why they don't use jets - they are ultra high performance aircraft after all...
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