Corporation top management and their board of directors progressed from relatively low cost, war surplus aircraft for corporate travel, into costly, high performance, turbine powered airplanes during past 5 yr; introduction of turboprop and turbojet aircraft for business flying and problems involved such as pilot training, checkout, and pilot and maintenance ground school; it is concluded that actual flying of jet aircraft proved to be easier and safer than had been anticipated by pilots and managers.
Executive operator in transition to turbine powered aircraft
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1965 Jet propelled
1965
4 pages
Conference paper
English
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