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As for the Cheyenne lV question...there are only about 30 or so out there...I've flown in one in the late 80's.....Hell of an airplane, just brutal !!! Garrett engines @ 1,000 shp each (flat rated)400 mph........I suppose you could put BRAND NEW ENGINES and SYSTEMS in it along with a GARMIN...

You have to forgive my typing as I never learned in school...When I was school age guys didn't take typing...on the above post my max speeds should be labeled INDICATED AIRSPEED....instead of true airspeed...which if there is no wind, should be the same as ground speed...Indicated airspeed...

to answer he question on how can we go as fast or faster than a 425... 1. the 425 weighs over a thousand pound more than the excalibur conversion. 2.our engines are flat rated to 475 a side as opposed to the BlackHawk Converted 135's @ 450 a side. 3.If the blackhawk mod will take the plane...

I made a mistake in an earlier post...we CAN go 1,000miles in 3 hours...not 1300....!

By the way Jason, I'm from White Plains too...

You can with the Riley conversioned planes with the PT6A-135 engines...not with the lycoming or 112 engines...We are flying a riley converted plane for baseline info and it is a 290-305 kt airplane...the 135A engines will enhance that along with the winglets .strakes,hubcaps speed...

Oh ! I forgot to mention the plane is now pressurized and heated by bleed air from the turbines so the shortcomings that may have existed in the 421C are not relevant after the conversion.....Just so non-instrument rated pilots will understand; Vne of 240 ktias @28,000 ft on an ISA standard day...

Everything on the 421 conversion is NEW except the aluminum. we are not exceeding Vne at altitude...there is NO tail issue for the last 20 years..and none on the Riley conversions....the price includes an airframe.....you can load the plane with 7 200lb pax and still go over 1,000nm with...