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April 2005


Aircraft

  • 1952 Cessna 195 B Businessliner
  • 2005 New Piper Mirage by Staff
  • Straight Talk From Lycoming

    The largest piston-engine maker to introduce diesel & other designs

    by Wayne Rash, Jr. Straight Talk From Lycoming In a long-awaited move, Lycoming general manager Ian Walsh said that his company will be introducing a new diesel engine. While the company hasn’t released details of the new engine, Walsh did say that it would be dramatically more efficient than today’s gasoline-powered engines and would solve other problems, including the use of lead in aviation fuel. The diesel, when introduced, would run on standard jet fuel.
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