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Article: Cessna 425 Corsair/Conquest I: more than just a 421 with PT-6 engines, Cessna's "baby turboprop" may be the least expensive way to move up to turbine power. But it still won't be cheap.(USED AIRCRAFT GUIDE)(Product/service evaluation)
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- The Aviation Consumer
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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For anyone alert and paying attention to general aviation during the 1970s, current offerings from the "big three" manufacturers-Beech, Cessna and Piper--must have seemed like an afterthought. Back then, all three companies offered a full range of propeller-driven aircraft, from two-seat trainers to mile-chewing turboprops. Heck, Cessna even began selling jets early in that decade. For most of us mere mortals, though, a turboprop was about all we could expect to ever try stuffing into a hangar.
But even there, we had choices. Beech had been busy making its King Air line since the mid-1960s, while Piper gained FAA certification of ...