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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Very Sad News
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:25:28 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>
>If it's a skymaster (mixmaster as it was called around town and in certain 
>parts of the company), it's good riddance. It only served one purpose: to 
>get cessna single owners in to a twin without them bailing ship to piper or 
>beech. Of course a rating in the mixmaster didn't qualify you to fly any 
>other twin, so, hope you love the additional engine work.
>

     An outfit up in Wisconsin was taking those, removing both engines and the 
nose.  They then installed a single pusher turboprop (PT-6?) and a Learjet 
cabin with full pressurisation.  It could go to and land just about anywhere.


Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
     - Hunter S. Thompson
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