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Flying The Light Retractables: A Guided Tour Through The Most Popular Complex Single-Engine Airplanes by LeRoy Cook (ASA, 2007, 9781560276074). As the author states in his introduction, “It is for the prospective buyer!that this book was written.” The small 180/200 hp four-seat light retractables are the most popular class of GA airplane, and Cook offers […]

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