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Old 29th Jan 2017, 02:57
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megan
 
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this is 2017, not 1917
A failure is a failure no matter the year. The PT6 has a good reputation but never the less. SIL had a PT6 spit the chips recently on initial climb, and it had only 1,000 hours since brand new, fortunately he had a spare to carry him home.

A young lady at night and her experience.

http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/3483038/ao2010006.pdf
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