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Old 05-07-2009, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 402Fanatic View Post
Yeah everything I've seen says turbines are overhauled by the hours flown. So I don't see how short trips would be killer on them compared to a piston. So I guess that's why I was confused with those who said turbines would be beat up more on short hops when Caravans do this stuff every day all around the world.
Huh... One of the guys at the company told me about the "cycle" deal. Oh well, guess he was mistaken. I didn't know one way or the other.
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