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This month’s cover photo was taken by Lieuallen
and nominated by Lieuallen
Pre-Flight Inspection Beechcraft King Air 30
Simulator: FSX
Model: Allied Flight Group
Location:Somewhere overAustria
Add-ons:FTX Global BaseFlight Environment X
The Beechcraft King Air 300 is part of a series of twin-turbopaircraft. The King Air family (90, 100, 200 and 300 series) has bin continuous production since 1974, the longest production runany civilian turboprop aircraft in its class. It has outlasted all ofprevious competitors and the only other aircraft in its class is Piaggio Avanti.
The 200 series proved so popular that Beechcraft began work osuccessor, the King Air 300. The B200's airframe was “cleaned uand even more powerful engines (PT6A-60A, rated at 1050 sinstalled in redesigned cowlings, with MTOW increased 14,000 lb (6,300 kg). Deliveries began in 1984. The King Air 3has since been stretched by nearly three feet with two extra cawindows on each side and winglets added to the wingtips to crethe King Air 350.
Within FSE, the King Air 300 is a little faster and much more f
efficient, making it my favortie FSE aircraft. I routinely get 250burning 68 gph (at 20,000 ft) yielding 3.7 mpg. And the Amodel is excellent!
FSE SpecificationsCategory: Turboprop twin
Seats: 15
Add’n Crew: none
Cruise Speed: 257 kts
Fuel Capacity: 540 g
Fuel Usage: 90 gph
Fuel Efficiency: 2.9 mpg
Max. Range: 1542 nm
Max. Payload: 2354 kg
Base Price: v$507,300
Hourly Cost (wet): v$701
Total FSE Fleet: 250
Privately Owned: 55
Ceiling: 35,000’
Wingspan: 54’ 6”
Length: 43’ 10”
Height: 14’ 4”
Additional Specifications
Freeware links (one click and this plane is yours!):
FSX = http://simviation.com/fsxprops9.htm
X-Plane = I couldn’t find one – sorry!
This month’s Splash Screens:
FSX = https://sites.google.com/site/wlieuallen/dlgsplash.bmp (put file in the FSX Uires folder)
X-Plane = https://reader009.{domain}/reader009/html5/0318/5aae06964cf97/5aae0699177c6.png (put file in the XP10 Resources\bitmaps folder)
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NOTAMs News You Need to Kno
It’s nice to know that my pathetic whinings are being
heard. In a new world’s record this month, we have
TWO articles, neither of which were written by me!
So the challenge remains – if MaxZ (for whom
English is not his native language!) can do it, so can
you. I know you’re out there; let me hear from you.
Not to fear, though. Volume 3 of the Encyclopedia
of FSE Aircraft is included in this issue, so you’ll
still get your monthly Warren fix. And since I never
heard back from either prospective cover artist, I had
to use one of my own shots again.
InIn--flight Entertainmentflight Entertainment Holiday Hum
submitted by mightyma
Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets regular visits from the Federal Aviation Administration, and
the FAA examiner arrived last week for the pre-Christmas flight check.In preparation, Santa had the elves wash the sled and bathe all the reindeer. Santa got his
logbook out and made sure all his paperwork was in order. He knew they would examine all
his equipment and truly put Santa’s flying skills to the test…
The examiner walked slowly around the sled. He checked the reindeer harnesses, the landing
gear, and Rudolph’s nose. He painstakingly reviewed Santa’s weight and balance calculations
for the sled’s enormous payload.
Finally, they were ready for the checkride. Santa got in and fastened his seatbelt and shoulderharness and checked the compass. Then the examiner hopped in carrying, to Santa’s surprise, a
shotgun.
“What’s that for?!?” asked Santa incredulously.
The examiner winked and said, “I’m not supposed to tell you this ahead of time,” as he leaned
over to whisper in Santa’s ear, “but you’re gonna lose an engine on takeoff.”
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The Black Box Statistics for Novemb(Flight Data Recorder)
Top 10 Airports by Operations Top 10 Airports by Pilots Monthly Log Review
DL Dusseldorf 542 EDDL Dusseldorf 105 Active Pilots
NA Nashville Intl 399 PANC Stevens Anchorage Intl 68 Flights Conducted
NC Stevens Anchorage Intl 316 KLGA La Guardia 56 Miles Flown 74LT Charlotte Douglas Intl 315 KCLT Charlotte Douglas Intl 54 Hours Flown
SA Arlanda 311 CYVR Vancouver Intl 50 Airports Visited
HU Albano Machado 271 PAKT Ketchikan Intl 50 Assignments Delivered 1
YA Yakutat 271 LOWW Schwechat 49 Aircraft Flown
TL Hartsfield Atlanta Intl 261 PAYA Yakutat 46
M Wilmington Intl 248 CYYC Calgary Intl 45
KT Ketchikan Intl 243 KSAN San Diego Intl-Lindbergh 45
Top 10 Aircraft by Flights Top 10 Aircraft by Purchases Top 10 Aircraft by Pilots
ssna 208 Caravan 3971 Bell 47G-2 80 Cessna 208 Caravan
ckheed P-3C (L-188) 2938 Cessna 172 Skyhawk 79 Cessna 172 Skyhawk
uglas DC-3 2180 Cessna 208 Caravan 63 Beechcraft Baron 58
echcraft 1900D 1606 Cessna 182 Skylane 63 Douglas DC-3
avilland DHC-6 300 Twin Otter (AS Ext) 1598 Douglas DC-3 43 Beechcraft 1900D
atus PC-12 1339 Aeronca Champion 37 Cessna 182 Skylane
echcraft King Air 350 1260 Cessna 206 Stationair 33 Beechcraft King Air 350
ssna 172 Skyhawk 1229 DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 32 Pilatus PC-12
mbardier Dash-8 Q400 1150 Beechcraft Baron 58 31 Beechcraft King Air 200
rchild C119 1136 Beechcraft King Air 350 26 DeHavilland DHC-6 300 Twin Otter (AS Ext)
Top 10 Groups (Flights) Top 10 Groups (Active Pilots) Top 10 pilots (Hours & Miles
ng Aviation 1046 Chilkoot Air 44 wildblu 339 robjuldow
enAir Alliance Europe 924 Viking Aviation 19 Merlin 322 devcoq
lkoot Air 900 German Flight Corporation (GFC) 18 robjuldow 303 Boomer24 Flaps Flight Crew 530 OpenAir Alliance Europe 18 Misha 299 tres2
vereign Air - Freight 525 Full Flaps Flight Crew 12 Jerry 287 ctnllama
pe Fear Aviation 466 Amazon Regional Group 11 Boomer24 275 wildblu
as Expresso Aviaçao 457 ! ! ! Starfleet Command ! ! ! 8 DMan 254 Jerry
olina Air Ventures, LLC 372 Crooked Charters 8 ctnllama 252 Piotr
oked Charters 332 Axi xp italia 7 Crater27 247 elmucki
A NZ 316 BrendAir Aviation 7 Phlash 244 Otxabide
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How did you find out about FSE?
A member PMed me while I was flying on VATSIM
and told me about it. I was skeptical at first, but once I
joined I was hooked.
How do you enjoy using FSE?
Mostly I fly GA using smaller planes as an independent
charter pilot. The biggest plane I have right now is aCurtiss C-46.
What are your favorite FSE aircraft?
Beech 18.
What’s the story behind your username and avatar?
I’m not very creative, so when I joined the best I could
come with was KingAir, after my favorite aircraft, and
N129DC, the call sign I use on VATSIM. I sometimes
wish I’d just used KingAir, but after 9 nine years, Ithink I’ll leave it alone. My avatar is an interesting
story. At first it was related to the Marine Corps. My
youngest son enlisted in the Marine Corps the summer
before I joined FSE, so while he was in, my avatar was
always Marines-related. Then I developed a friendship
with a man, John Ysker, who owned an FBO on KANE,
the name of which is in the current Avatar, and after
which my groups are named. When John developed
cancer and passed, I began using his website logo as my
avatar in honor and remembrance of him.
Do you have any real-life flying experience?
Not really. A couple of friends have taken me up on
occasion and let me fly for a bit.
Anything else?
My occupation is a full time van driver for a compan
called Rise, Inc. Rise employs special needs adults an
my job is to pick them up at their home, drive them
work, and then pick them up from work and drive the
home. It’s a very fulfilling job, and to get to know the
people has been a real blessing. It’s probably the be
job I’ve had (though the 10 or so years I spent as
programmer comes in a very close second). I’m marri
(have been for 33 years, 34 come January, 2016) to
wonderful woman who has no idea how blessed I am
be her husband. My oldest son is married and works f
Verizon (he’s 30) and my youngest (the former Marin
is 27, married with 4 kids, and works for Feder
Premium. My main hobby, aside from FSE, is the guit
(I have an Alvarez acoustic and a Ibanez mini-sem
hollow electric). I play on the worship team at churc
lead nursing home services, and occasionally bring it my prison ministry to play and lead singing there. I’
also heavily involved in prison ministry, going into th
prison at Fairibault, MN every other weekend to teach
Bible study, and lead weekend Bible seminars 3 times
year.
MEMBER PROFILE
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Hangar Talk N129DCKingA
EAL NAME
ale Carlson
HOMETOWN
Coon Rapids, MN (USA)
MEMBER SINCE
September, 2006
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One Page Plane Pop Quiz Are You a Power Lifte
by Warren Lieuallen (Lieuall
Here is this month’s quiz. Your challenge is to
answer the question before you peek at the hard-to-
read answers at the bottom of the page!
This month’s question is: Rank these planes in order
of their maximum payload (from most to least).
A. Lake Renegade
For extra bragging rights, note your guess as to the
payload (and be correct within 10% – good luck
with this one!).
B. Grumman G-44 Widgeon
Just for laughs, I left the planes the same as last
month. I don’t think any of these are known for their
cargo capacity!
C. Republic Seabee
By the way, looking stuff up in the FSE
Encyclopedia is cheating!
Scorecard:
• 3 right = Flight Crew
• 2 right = Ramp Supervisor
• 1 right = Rampie
• 0 right = Ballast
A n s w e r s :
B , A , C
P r i c e A = 5 4 4 B = 5 9 4 C = 4 3 6
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Cleared for TakeoffThe Great Circle Rou
by Maximilian Leitgeb (Max
Surprise, surprise! Today I am here instead of Warren,
to give you a short ground school lesson.
The Orthodrome/Great Circle
Our earth – yes also in the sim – is a geoid, a ball, if
you want so. To fly the shortestdistance possible between A and
B, we have to move along Great
Circles.
“Roger that, but before we go,
what is a great circle?”
A great circle is a circle on the
surface of the earth, whose centre
is the Earth’s centre. All meridians
are Great Circles, as well as the
Equator, but not the parallels of
latitude. Those are just circles,
since they don’t have their centre
in the middle of the earth, but on
the polar axis.
No matter where you are on the globe, a great circle
line is always bent towards to the nearer pole on a
Mercator Projection (lower image), whereas it is a
straight line on a Lambert’s Conic Chart/Gnomonic
Projection (upper image). When flying along a Great
Circle track, you have to constantly change your
heading.
The Loxodrome/Rhumb Line/Small Circle
But there’s another thing that’s quite interesting about
navigation, and maybe a little bit better of an
explanation, why the great circle is truly the shorter
distance: The Rhumb Line.
A Rhumb Line crosses all meridians at the same
angle, which means, you can fly from A to B without
changing your heading (at the cost of a longer trip).
You see, the difference in track
distance is remarkable on longrange operations. The most
extreme cases constitute flights
over the northern and southern
polar regions. On Gnomonic
charts, the Rhumb Line is bent
away from the nearer pole.
When you fly from the
Southern Hemisphere to the
Northern Hemisphere, you get
a GC-track in form of an S-
curve. And in case you fly
directly on the equator, there is
no difference between GC and
RL.
I hope you had an informative read! Maybe you even
learned something new!
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Exit RowThoughts on Composite Aircr
by Maximilian Leitgeb (Max
Aircraft made of composite materials are on a
triumphal march and show no signs of stopping.
They started with business jets, moved on to large
airliners and now they have definitely set foot into
general aviation.
When I first had a closer look at those plastic birds, I
was very sceptical. Not only for their looks, but also
the interior and hardware on the inside. I am sure
many of you feel the same about these not-so-cheap
man-toys. But, the GIs changed their mind about the
M-16 when it was introduced as the standard
armament of the grunt in 1967. The implementation
of new everyday items is always accompanied by
many people ranting and talking big about how
things were better in the old days. Sometimes it is
indeed difficult to see a thing’s true potential.
“A portable, use-anywhere-you-wish telephone?
Who in God’s name is going to use this?”
But how did it come so far? Aircraft development is,
the same as any other type of development, most of
all a matter of time, progress and a bunch of brilliant
minds. New technologies, materials and techniques
had to be developed for us to sit in a 747 40000ft
above the big pond, headed for bloody Britain.
Remember when the Airbus 380 came out? It
already had lots and lots of composite materials, this
trend continued with the A350, as well as Boeing’s
787 Screamliner… er… Dreamliner and will surely
go on with future developments.
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One major factor for aircraft design is mass. It has to
be very low, so that the aircraft can carry as much
payload as possible. The military was the first to
recognise this in aviation. But as a great many things
in aviation, the automobile industry had it first. In this
case, the Formula 1. BMW was also a pioneer in the
composites area, especially within the scope of
forming them. A carbon fibre, for example, has verygood tensile strength, much like a rope. But it is very
poor at resisting compression. That’s why you build
houses out of bricks, not ropes. So the key is to make
the fibre stiff, for it to be also able to carry
compression loads, shear and torsion stresses. Here’s
a simple explanation on how to make a carbon fibre
composite part (a GA wingspar for example): First
you need a mold where you pur your magic in.
Ideally, it is a negative of the part you want to create.
Then you place thin layers of carbon fibers in it. Butyou don’t just put them on top of one another. You
place them in a way to get the fibres’ strength in all
directions. Then you put all that in a plastic bag, suck
out the air, inject resin – like epoxide resin – and bake
it for a while. When you take it out, you have an
extremely stiff yet light wingspar that can carry the
same load of an up to eighty percent heavier metal
spar. While my explanation may seem a little bit dull,
this is how CF and GF parts are made. Resourceful
people have come up with this after they realised
there is not much more potential in making metals and
alloys lighter while keeping the same favorable
characteristics.
Back to our world, back to general aviation, away
from the think tanks of Boeing, Airbus or what you
will. Downsizing. malicious gossip has it that the
Americans, with their ever-present flagship-brands
like Cessna, Piper and Beechcraft have neglected
aerodynamics and only achieved performance via big,
bulky engines. Admittedly, there’s some truth to that.
NASA said that the Pipistrel Virus (I wish there was a
decent model for FSX) is the best aircraft in the
world. It competed against the latest 172 and RV-4.And won. With it’s 80hp, four-cylider Rotax 912/914,
and a 60 or 100lt-fuel tank configuration, it had better
range, cruise speed, fuel economy and was by far
cheaper in maintenance and acquisition cost. Other
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samples of non-metal aircraft have also proved that
they don’t need to hide because there’s no rumblin’
and roarin’ weapon under the hood. Pipistrel,
Diamond Aircraft, Aquila, and Cirrus are serious and
successful competitors in the GA market. But what
do they have in common? They started with gliders.
And that’s where superior aerodynamics, low overall
mass and great lift generation come into play. Take a
glider like the HK36 Super Dimona, develop it
further and get a DA/DV-20 Katana with superb
flying characteristics, an affordable trainer and GA-
cruiser.
I myself love the timeless, rugged, good looking
birds with thirsty engines that love so much to be
handled with care. The purpose of this article was not
about changing your mind about the classic rides like
the Bonanza, the Cherokee or the C172, nor was it to
convice you to go green or some unmanly nonsense
like that. It was about giving you a little bit of insight
into modern day aviation, and recommending you to
try a state of the art composite-material built aircraft.
Do it well with your Mattel! And on that bombshell,
I thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts in
this December issue of The FSE Reporter.
“Les avions sont des jouets intéressants mais n'ont aucune utilité militaire”
(Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.)
– Ferdinand Foch, Maréchal de France, 191
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Special Supplement Encyclopedia of FSE Aircraft, Vol
by Warren Lieuallen (Lieuall
Each entry lists: cruise speed; fuel burn; efficiency;
seating capacity; max. payload capacity; base price;
hourly wet cost; fuel supply; and max. range.
I have arranged the aircraft by size (number of seats),
FSE cruise speed and hourly cost (wet). This volume
inclues 49 aircraft with 5 or 6 seats.
New Standard D25A
90 kt @ 14 gph (6½ mpg)5 seats; 585 kg; v$120,300 / v$159 64 gal → 411 nm
Bell 206B
115 kt @ 29 gph (4 mpg)5 seats; 653 kg; v$107,550 / v$279 91 gal → 361 nm
Ryan L-17 Navion
125 kt @ 15 gph (8⅓ mpg)5 seats; 474 kg; v$217,919 / v$103 61 gal → 508 nm
Cessna T-50 Bobcat
125 kt @ 28 gph (4½ mpg)5 seats; 750 kg; v$156,000 / v$265 120 gal → 536 nm
Eurocopter Colibri EC 120
125 kt @ 65 gph (2 mpg)5 seats; 863 kg; v$81,750 / v$426 121 gal → 233 nm
Hughes/McDonnell Douglas MD500E
134 kt @ 35 gph (3¾ mpg)5 seats; 675 kg; v$124,050 / v$303 30 gal → 318 nm
Maule M-7
140 kt @ 15 gph (9⅓ mpg)5 seats; 569 kg; v$152,250 / v$103 74 gal → 691 nm
Found Bush Hawk
145 kt @ 9 gph (16 mpg)5 seats; 693 kg; v$164,550 / v$77 100 gal → 1,611 nm
Cessna 195
145 kt @ 13 gph (11 mpg)5 seats; 590 kg; v$160,350 / v$95 80 gal → 892 nm
Lockheed L10E Amelia Special
161 kt @ 48 gph (3⅓ mpg)5 seats; 3,593 kg; v$480,900 / v$454 1,151 gal → 3,861 nm
Beechcraft 17
170 kt @ 13 gph (13 mpg)5 seats; 818 kg; v$237,150 / v$154 121 gal → 1,582 nm
Howard DGA-15
170 kt @ 24 gph (7 mpg)5 seats; 736 kg; v$229,800 / v$171 82 gal → 581 nm
5-seaters
Notes:If I had to choose, I’d choose the Beechcraft Staggerwing, so that makes it an Editor’s Choice winner.
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Spartan 7W Executive
187 kt @ 26 gph (7¼ mpg)
5 seats; 753 kg; v$197,100 / v$212 111 gal → 798 nm
Let L 410 UVP-T
200 kt @ 120 gph (1⅔ mpg)
5 seats; 2,650 kg; v$114,000 / v$763 332 gal → 553 nm
Zepplin NT
70 kt @ 51 gph (1⅓ mpg)6 seats; 540 kg; v$42,450 / v$393 9 gal → 14 nm*
Junkers W33/34
100 kt @ 30 gph (3⅓ mpg)6 seats; 1,066 kg; v$217,721 / v$230 231 gal → 770 nm
Junkers W33 EW Flight
100 kt @ 30 gph (3⅓ mpg)6 seats; 2,217 kg; v$217,721 / v$430 730 gal → 2,433 nm
Cessna 185 Skywagon
120 kt @ 13 gph (9¼ mpg)6 seats; 792 kg; v$197,400 / v$95 88 gal → 812 nm
Dornier Do-27 A4
125 kt @ 16 gph (7¾ mpg)6 seats; 520 kg; v$170,700 / v$108 96 gal → 750 nm
Dornier Do-27 B1
125 kt @ 16 gph (7¾ mpg)6 seats; 500 kg; v$170,700 / v$108 56 gal → 438 nm
Helio Super Courier H-295/U-10b
130 kt @ 17 gph (7½ mpg)
6 seats; 599 kg; v$177,150 / v$112 120 gal → 918 nm
Grumman G-44 Widgeon
130 kt @ 20 gph (6½ mpg)
6 seats; 594 kg; v$174,000 / v$140 108 gal → 702 nm
Eurocopter AS-350 Ecureuil
131 kt @ 30 gph (4⅓ mpg)
6 seats; 1,079 kg; v$165,000 / v$283 143 gal → 624 nm
6-seaters
Notes:
According to FSE, the Zeppelin has a maximum range of only 14 nautical miles. Most passesngers could
walk farther than that!! In real life, the Goodyear blimps have a cruising speed of 35mph, and a maximum
range of 900 miles.
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Beriev Б E-103
135 kt @ 30 gph (4½ mpg)
6 seats; 590 kg; v$171,000 / v$185 136 gal → 612 nm
Boeing 221A Monomail
135 kt @ 40 gph (3⅓ mpg)
6 seats; 1,562 kg; v$201,000 / v$215 300 gal → 1,013 nm
Lake Renegade
140 kt @ 20 gph (7 mpg)
6 seats; 544 kg; v$189,000 / v$126 76 gal → 532 nm
Cessna 337 Skymaster
140 kt @ 18 gph (7¾ mpg)6 seats; 792 kg; v$191,100 / v$174
150 gal → 1,167 nm
Cessna 206 Stationair
150 kt @ 16 gph (9⅓ mpg)6 seats; 750 kg; v$208,200 / v$108
88 gal → 825 nm
Cessna 310
156 kt @ 24 gph (6½ mpg)6 seats; 943 kg; v$208,800 / v$200
184 gal → 1,196 nm
Beechcraft Bonanza F33
160 kt @ 12 gph (13⅓ mpg)6 seats; 543 kg; v$227,400 / v$118
80 gal → 1,067 nm
Beechcraft Bonanza V35
160 kt @ 12 gph (13⅓ mpg)6 seats; 548 kg; v$227,400 / v$118
80 gal → 1,067 nm
Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six/ Saratoga
160 kt @ 14 gph (11½ mpg)6 seats; 690 kg; v$225,300 / v$127 98 gal → 1,120 nm
Beechcraft Bonanza A36
160 kt @ 15 gph (10⅔ mpg)6 seats; 602 kg; v$224,250 / v$131 74 gal → 789 nm
Cessna 210 Centurion
160 kt @ 15 gph (10⅔ mpg)6 seats; 777 kg; v$224,250 / v$131 90 gal → 960 nm
Beechcraft Duke B60
160 kt @ 40 gph (4 mpg)6 seats; 1,093 kg; v$246,000 / v$272 232 gal → 928 nm
Notes:
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Piper PA-32 Saratoga TC
175kt @ 19 gph (9¼ mpg)
6 seats; 659 kg; v$240,300 / v$149 102 gal → 939 nm
Piper PA-23 Aztec
180 kt @ 25 gph (7¼ mpg)
6 seats; 875 kg; v$243,750 / v$205 144 gal → 1,037 nm
Piaggio 166 Albatross
180 kt @ 40 gph (4½ mpg)
6 seats; 1,250 kg; v$228,000 / v$433 321 gal → 1,445 nm
Piper PA-34 Seneca
176 kt @ 12 gph (7¾ mpg)6 seats; 1,213 kg; v$255,300 / v$200
128 gal → 997 nm
Beagle B 206 Basset
190 kt @ 32 gph (6 mpg)6 seats; 1,253 kg; v$362,400 / v$236
194 gal → 1,152 nm
Beechcraft Baron 58
192 kt @ 28 gph (6¾ mpg)6 seats; 782 kg; v$258,600 / v$218
142 gal → 974 nm
Piper PA-60 Aerostar
200 kt @ 42 gph (4¾ mpg)6 seats; 772 kg; v$255,900 / v$281 215 gal → 1,024 nm
Cessna 340A
217 kt @ 30 gph (7¼ mpg)6 seats; 939 kg; v$359,100 / v$227 162 gal → 1,172 nm
Piper PA-46 Meridian
235 kt @ 35 gph (6¾ mpg)6 seats; 732 kg; v$351,150 / v$303 170 gal → 1,141 nm
Piper PA-31T1 Cheyenne I/IA
243 kt @ 80 gph (3 mpg)6 seats; 1,628 kg; v$280,500 / v$544 366 gal → 1,112 nm
Beechcraft Royal Turbine Duke B60
265 kt @ 66 gph (4 mpg)6 seats; 1,088 kg; v$407,700 / v$349 260 gal → 1,044 nm
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II
275 kt @ 107 gph (2½ mpg)6 seats; 1,825 kg; v$300,150 / v$655 366 gal → 941 nm
Cessna Mustang
330 kt @ 100 gph (3¼ mpg)6 seats; 1,390 kg; v$390,000 / v$714 386 gal → 1,274 nm
Embraer Phenom 100
360 kt @ 134 gph (2¾ mpg)6 seats; 1,515 kg; v$507,300 / v$853 418 gal → 1,123 nm
Eclipse 500
370 kt @ 75 gph (5 mpg)6 seats; 1,162 kg; v$587,250 / v$611 230 gal → 1,135 nm
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