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From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] FW: Turbine for the LIVP
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Posted for George Braly <gwbraly@gami.com>:

My present airplane, a 30 year old Bonanza, with tip tanks, and turbo
normalizer, allows me to go non-stop to either NYC or LAX - - from Oklahoma,
IFR.   I can do that in pretty much any weather, except hard winter icing.
I can do it faster than I can on the airlines.

It is a genuine transportation machine.

The range is the issue.   It doesn't go a lot of good to go 300knots at
FL250, if you have to stop every 2 hours.

As one friend I know put, adding tip tanks to his airplane was the biggest
speed enhancer available for the airplane.

I predict a lot of pilots will get into serious fuel trouble with the
turbine singles... if they ever try to use the airplane for serious and
reliable travel purposes.

Just my view.

Regards,  George