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its propeller inboard, matching the left engine’s high-angle thrust), and a price tag that’s over $400,000 less than its closest competitor. Of the 30-odd Seneca V’s built in the last year, the majority have gone to the export market, where it’s a popular charter twin in countries that restrict the use of single-engine airplanes in IFR for-hire flying.Both Slow and FastThe Seneca V has impressively- low V-speeds; landing-configuration stall speed is 64 knots, just three knots over the single-engine regulatory limit, and the Vmc is only 66 knots without a critical engine. Vxse is 78 knots and Vyse is 92 knots. Thus, the airplane can be worked in and out of some fairly short runways, with an 80-knot over-the-fence speed. And yet, maximum cruise speed is listed as 197 knots (at 18,500 feet), or, more typically, 174 knots at 10,000 feet, for a cruise-to-stall ratio of about 3:1, a good hallmark of efficiency.As equipped, N134PA weighed in at 3,537 pounds, giving it a maximum useful load of 1,236 pounds at the ramp weight of 4,773.Fly a Fighter Jet, Train for Space Dive With Sharks& More800-644-7382 -www.incredible-adventures.comOCTOBER 2012TWIN & TURBINE • 7