It was mid-1977, and I had been assigned a story on the first production model of a new twin. The demo pilot had flown halfway across the United States to demonstrate what the airplane could do and allow me a chance to fly it for a few hours.rnWe launched from Long Beach, Calif. I investigated stalls, cruise, single-engine performance and all the other parameters, flew an air-to-air photo session and then landed back at Long Beach. We shook hands, and he loaded his wife aboard and launched for San Diego.
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