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final for the benefit of following traffic, followed by an easy touchdown on the tall gear. A bit of reverse brought us to a halt in short order; as it turned out, the inbound jet was bringing FAA Administrator Randall Babbitt to the Summit. As with all PT6A-powered airplanes, particularly those with four-blade props, one must be judicious with the power reduction to idle during landing, which produces a rapid increase in drag and a sudden touchdown.After shutting down and lowering the gangplank to debark, we felt it was apparent that Blackhawk’s XP42A modification takes the 208B Caravan to a new level of capability. To repeat CEO’s Jim Allmon’s statement, “Cess•na built a good airplane, we just made it better”. We have to agree. T&TMAINTENANCE• All scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance by our friendly, experienced technicians• Qualified to work on Citation, KingAir, Twin Commander, and PilatusAvionics• Legacy: partial and full glass cockpit completions• Garmin GTN650 and GTN750 installations• XM Weather, traffic and mode S upgradesinfo@northeastair.comwww.northeastair.com Portland Jetport (KPWM) MaineCRS #FTUR030EDECEMBER 2011TWIN & TURBINE • 23