![]() ![]() It gives away $170,000 to the near-new Redbird Redhawk conversion which is a lot of change to pay merely for the smell of a new airplane. ![]() In reviewing this new model Paul Bertorelli of AVweb said: 'I’m sure Cessna will find some sales for the Skyhawk JT-A, but at $420,000, it’s hard to see how it will ignite much market expansion just because it’s a Cessna. That is until my psychiatrist opens up for business in the morning. ![]() After the flight, Cook said: Next time I feel in the mood to fly endurance, I'm going to lock myself in our garbage can with the vacuum cleaner running. Photos and details of the record flight can be seen in a small museum on the upper level of the baggage claim area. The aircraft is on display in the passenger terminal at. The pilots decided to end the marathon flight because with 1,558 hours of continuously running the engine during the record-setting flight, plus several hundred hours already on the engine beforehand (considerably in excess of its normal overhaul interval), the engine's power output had deteriorated to the point at which they were barely able to climb away after refueling. A Champion wind-driven generator (turned by a small propeller) was hoisted aboard, taped to the wing support strut, and plugged into the cigarette lighter socket it served as the aircraft's source of electricity for the rest of the flight. ![]()
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