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Stilt walker, street enter­ tainment in Havana.at 4-5 miles. On the frequency is a turboprop airliner with an unrecognizable Russian name, also headed for Havana in trail behind Raburn’s 414. The pilots vary back and forth between Spanish and broken English in their discussion with the controller, and seem to be going a bit less than our 180- knot speed. Rather than request that I slow down for separation, the controller vectors us further to the southwest. Not wanting to wind up in Cozumel, I volunteer to either slow down or speed up toanything between 80 and 200 knots, whatever works best for her. She seems pleasantly surprised by this offer, and responds with a bright and cheerful “120 knots would be good, thank you”, then tightens up the separation by turning us back to the left.Five minutes later, we have the ILS needle starting to liven up and are looking at about a 45-degree intercept. Our friendly Cuban lady controller now says, with a note of apology in her voice, that she will have to vector us through the final approach course and have us re-intercept from the south side. Apparently the airline guys flying the old Russian airplane slowed down more than she anticipated. Now somewhat close in, we are vectored back to the intercept, cleared for the approach, and switched with a polite “have a nice day” to the tower frequency. While calling the tower, I drift a bit north of the final approach course, but the tower seems to pay little notice and clears us to land.Prop Sync Squawk?TROUBLESHOOTING TEST INSTRUMENTS• Confirm proper system operation• Multiple aircraft applications• Quickly identify faulty components & wiringProp Sync S o l u t i o n sPhone: 815-230-0300 Fax: 815-230-0332 Mobile: 815-298-7017www.propsyncsolutions.com14 • TWIN & TURBINEAUGUST 2016