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Thursday, May 03, 2007

The Cessna and the Duchess

Here are two photos. The first is of a Sounds Air Cessna U206G. Nothing particularly unusual in that except note the handle and step, presumably for skydiving operations.

The second is of a BE76 Duchess visiting from Ardmore Flying School in Auckland. The Duchess is good as a twin engine and IFR trainer, but not particularly fast or with great load carrying capabilities [not that I'm rated on it or anything].

Both of these photos were taken at Wellington Airport.

Sounds Air Cessna U206G
BE76 Duchess
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3 comments:

  1. Chris Nielsen6 May 2007 at 22:47

    I had a look at that 206 when I was in Blenheim a couple of weeks ago. They've replaced the wheel on at least one side to a different size, but not changed the brakes, so the brake caliper is actually touching the tyre!!!

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  2. Rodney7 May 2007 at 17:50

    I'm going to make the assumption that that is no longer the case... :-(

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  3. Chris Nielsen8 May 2007 at 08:06

    Negative!! At least as far as I know

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