Jeff Plotka recently moved from a Cirrus to a JetProp. He sits down with Joe to discuss why this move fits his mission and the details of a top notch avionics and interior upgrade. If you have a topic you’d like discussed on The Malibu Guru Podcast, let me know! We’d love to hear from…
Not many people have flown (or even seen) a Turbine Duke. It’s Rocket Engineering’s lesser known conversion STC, where they turn a Beechcraft Duke into a Royal Turbine Duke by mounting two hefty -35 PT6 engines on it. Joe sat down with Rodney Clark, an owner/pilot of one of the finest Royal Turbine Dukes in…
I get a lot of questions from piston drivers about the true performance of the Jetprop. So, I made a video of the performance of a PT6-34 powered Jetprop in cruise. This video was made in the heat of the summer, and hence the airplane has a fairly low cruise KTAS. In the colder months,…
A phrase I heard many years ago, and believe to have a lot of truth is, “The piston PA-46 is the finest airplane ever built for personal travel….firewall backwards”. While I love the piston Malibu/Mirage, there’s no doubt that most of the mechanical problems occur “firewall forward” on this airplane. For a given annual on a Malibu…
Bottom line forward…I really like the -21 Jetprop Conversion! There are usually not very many of these conversions on the market, but one does show up every now and then. When it does, I get a lot of questions from prospective buyers, most wanting to know if the -21 is “worth owning”. My usual response…
After recently delivering a Mirage to be converted, I toured the Jetprop factory at Rocket Engineering in Spokane, WA. It’s a really cool place where a lot of aviation magic occurs, so take the tour if you are ever close to the area. As Jetprop owners can testify, on those cold wintry days, or when…
This story is written by an anonymous Jetprop owner who unintentionally damaged his engine. Both of us are hopeful we will be able to educate pilots so they can avoid this expensive mistake. Here’s the story… While not a true “pro-pilot”, I do take my aviation experience seriously. I’ve steadily moved up in airplanes over…