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it on because I was at another air taxi that lost a Caravan due to icing, and it was fairly traumatic.“I wanted a Caravan with TKS, but at the time I couldn’t afford a new one. So, when I saw this retro, I thought, well, this would really be good for our type of operation. It’s not like the U.S. where you can just land when you pick up ice.“In a traditional booted Caravan your only option is to turn around. Well, what if the closest airport is 300 miles away, and it’s outside of your fuel range? At other companies, when a Caravan pilot encounters ice they’ll turn around and go back to their base. You may be very close to your destination and then you turn around and go back. It’s a huge waste of money.“I put this system on and that allows us to fly safely all the way through to our destination, and it’s worked; it’s worked perfect.” All of his twins have the boots. Everything’s ice protected except for the two singles, because in Canada you’re not allowed to fly single-engine piston IFR with passengers on board, so that more or less removes the need for ice protection on a single because the majority of flights are carrying passengers, so they are not going to be flying IMC.New Kodiak with TKS“We’re putting the Oracle monitoring systems in our Chieftains; we’ve got the all-glass Garmin in our Caravan and the Garmin 1000 in the Quest.” His brand new Quest Kodiak also has TKS FIKI ice protection, installed at the factory. And Misurka is eager to compare its Canadian performance against the legendary Cessna hauler.Misurka’s path to the end of the road in Canada isn’t your typical aviation story. The 1998 Embry Riddle grad explains, “I was flying in the bush for different companies, and then I was at a commuter out of Toronto running Beech 1900s. I! DOWTY! HARTZELL! MCCAULEY! MT PROPELLER! SENSENICH! RAPCO DISTRIBUTOR! WOODWARD PT6Ahttp://www.rockyprop.com e-mail: rockyprop@rockyprop.com! LARGE INVENTORY ! SAME DAY SHIPPING ! UNCOMPROMISED QUALITY ! COMPETITIVE PRICES ! WORLD CLASS WARRANTY ! FACTORY TRAINED TECHNICIANS2865 AIRPORT DRIVE ! ERIE, CO 80516FAX: 303-665-7164 ! FAA/EASA CRS FR6R545N20 • TWIN & TURBINEMAY 2012