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the first Asian JetPROP a Piper Mirage PT6 conversion

photos from the aircraft return delivery

 

 

 


Here at JetPROP LLC the plane got the conversion to make it a hotrod.  We picked up the standard Piper Mirage some month before in Bangkok, for the ferry flight to Spokane (see Mirage pictures) 

 

 

 

 

 


First flight was Spokane to Seattle and back for a test. 

 

 

 

 

 


the JetPROP final ground run check before handover to the customer 

 

 

 

 

 


the impressive look from the side; 560SHP PT6 turboprop installed for the Lycoming 540 with 350HP

 

 

 

 



schematic drawing; Stormscope, Shadin engine trend monitor, King Radios and K90B, two Transponders and a new MX20 multi function display 

 

 

 

 

 


after a couple of hours and the first 670NM over water refueling at Narsarsuak Greenland

 

 

 

 

 


overhead Keflavik airport 30NM out descending into Reykjavik Iceland

 

 

 

 

 


the airport of Wick Scotland with the old Tower building, now the residence of Far North Aviation

 

 

 

 

 


professional fueling and fast turn around 

 

 

 

 

 


but time lost with a strong headwind is hard to win back at the turn around; Shadin NAVpage shows wind direction/speed and drift angle, HSI shows a course selected of 132° 

 

 

 

 

 


finally on final into Dubrovnik Croatia

 

 

 

 

 


JetPROP flying over the Nile in Egypt, a band of green in the brown and yellow desert

 

 

 

 

 


on a visual for Luxor Egypt, crossing over Nile and town
on the banks of the river the tourist cruise ships that run to Assuan

 

 

 

 

 
Luxor; over the town and temple

 

 

 

 

 


 the airport at Luxor follow me and Jet fuel truck

 

 

 

 

 


again Luxor; security guard and fire truck; tower and new terminal building under construction

 

 

 

 

 


Bahrain modern city and convenient airport

 

 

 

 

 


Bahrain on expansion course

 

 

 

 

 


Ahmedabad fuel service, they do it careful but it takes some time.

 

 

 

 

 


flight into the night with large CB's standing along the route

 

 

 

 

 


BF Goodrich Stormscope shows electro discharge

 

 

 

 

 


the MX20 MFD confirms it with the radar picture

 

 

 

 

 


Jetprop /Mirage night panel
Powersetting for max range operation: 22.5Gal fuel flow (jetA1) for 140kts indicated at level 270

 

 

 

 

 


the JetPROP near it destination Bangkok Thailand

 

 


 

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