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Yup, I did it in December, in Perth, Western Australia thanks to the help of
Gary Burns.  It was a short test flight in a 740 horsepower Walter-powered
beauty owned by Frank Fry.  I wrote an article which is too long for this
venue, and so Marv will publish it in the Lancair Network News.

Brief summary: smells like kerosene, climbs like hell, very smooth and
quiet, needs a good high speed prop to take advantage of the turbine
(current prop is a dog), burns lots of dense jet fuel, so payload is
limited.  Think two place airplane.  Bring a platinum Exxon card.  But a
sustained 4000 feet per minute with the nose up 20 degrees is not soon
forgotten.  Nor is the 4000 feet per minute descent at flight idle, nor the
highly effective prop reverse after touchdown.  Big grins.  Read about it
soon in Lancair Network News.

Fred Moreno

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