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Unread 04-03-18, 10:17 PM
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Well, it took a couple of months, but today was the day I took possession of my new (to me) 1974 Pressurized Skymaster.

I purchased N70S from szwinger, after he replied to my want-to-buy post in January. The aircraft was in the middle of an extensive annual, so it took until now for us to be able to complete the transaction.

I am very happy with the aircraft, which on the first flight, performed a little better than book in terms of speed (when referenced to power settings and fuel flows). Of course, the aircraft was a couple hundred pounds under gross, so that helped.

At 12,500 feet, 33"MP, 2450RPM, 80pph fuel flow per engine, 2 Celsius, TAS showed as 190kts, which is right on book. Hopefully tomorrow will show how she does at 17,500 (had headwind today, so stayed low. Tailwind tomorrow hopefully, so will go high).

Thanks to all who have supplied information on this board. It was all very useful as I came to my purchase decision.

Dan
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