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designed and installed, incorporating the latest low vibration and quiet prop technology. Add RVSM, and at 35,000 feet, the Citizen of the World will likely be the fastest Turbine Commander on the planet.
To increase the range to a seemingly impossible 5,000 nautical miles and 20- plus hours of flight time, I located the original engineer who designed the 52- foot Gulfstream wing and asked him to conduct a feasibility study. After a lot of number crunching, the engineer deter- mined the plane could carry an extra 928 gallons of Jet A in six additional fuel tanks. This extra fuel gets the plane to an incredible 40 percent over max gross.
Up front, the modernized Avidyne panel showcases the best technology general aviation has to offer with syn- thetic vision, Bluetooth, glass panels, an IPad, active traffic, ADS-B In and Out, satellite weather, communications, and music.
This is an enormously big task that has never been completed in a twin-engine turboprop. The Citizen of
the World will be setting records over both the South Pole and the North Pole for speed and distance in the C-1e and C-1f classes. If you ask me, I’ll tell you there are aspects of this trip that scare me. These areas have limited air traffic control and some of the worst weather in the world. But fear isn’t a good enough reason not to go. There is so much good coming along for the ride.
If you would like to support our mission or follow along, I invite you to visit www.poletopolef light.com or find “Flying Thru Life” on social media. T&T
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Robert DeLaurentis is an author, speaker, pilot, real estate entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Navy Gulf War Vet- eran. He is the author of “Flying Thru Life” and “Zen Pilot.” Rob- ert can be reached at robert@flyingth-
rulife.com.
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