Flying Blackhawk's 850 HP Caravan - Blackhawk Modifications, Inc.
Flying Blackhawk's 850 HP Caravan - Blackhawk Modifications, Inc.
Flying Blackhawk's 850 HP Caravan - Blackhawk Modifications, Inc.
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final for the benefit of following<br />
traffic, followed by an easy<br />
touchdown on the tall gear. A bit of<br />
reverse brought us to a halt in short<br />
order; as it turned out, the inbound<br />
jet was bringing FAA Administrator<br />
Randall Babbitt to the Summit. As<br />
with all PT6A-powered airplanes,<br />
particularly those with four-blade<br />
props, one must be judicious with<br />
the power reduction to idle during<br />
landing, which produces a rapid<br />
increase in drag and a sudden<br />
touchdown.<br />
After shutting down and lowering<br />
the gangplank to debark, we felt<br />
it was apparent that <strong>Blackhawk</strong>’s<br />
XP42A modification takes the 208B<br />
<strong>Caravan</strong> to a new level of capability.<br />
To repeat CEO’s Jim Allmon’s<br />
statement, “Cessna built a good<br />
airplane, we just made it better”.<br />
We have to agree.<br />
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