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Whitney Canada PT6A-35 turboprop engine. Approximately a quarter of the Malibu/Mirage fleet now flies with the conversion.
“At that point we had two kids and felt we needed better reliability,” Larry explained. “I told myself, the first time that prop stops spinning at 20,000 feet, on the way to the ground I’ll write that check (for the conversion) five times over. After the aircraft was completed in 2002, we flew the wings off that airplane. What a great aircraft.”
Meanwhile, Larry’s career was continuing to flourish. He got his start at Ferguson Enterprises, a
Larry and Kelly Stoddard took delivery of their new Citation Mustang in 2008. Since then, they have accumulated 300 hours of Mustang time and have flown it extensively throughout the United States and the Caribbean.
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