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31st Mar 2013, 10:54

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C170 VH-KEN

Hey Cessna170,

Saw your post on bodies et al - noticing your callsign. That rang a bell - as I did a little bit of flying on a Cessna 170 at Lae doing parachute work (dropping meatbombs). She was just used as an emergency jumpship from memory, if additional capacity was required. From memory I don't think that she could carry more than two kitted-up jumpers. Best climbing speed was 65 Kt but temps would warm up a bit - so then adopted 70 Kt for a while to keep them within limits - then back to 65 Kt. Loads of fun otherwise and a bit different to land than the C185.

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