What It’s Like to Fly the World’s Largest Airplane

Stratolaunch’s chief pilot reveals <i>Roc</i> ’s fascinating flight dynamics and what’s next for the historic, twin-fuselage jet.

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Troubleshooter

[IMGCAP(1)]Is customer service in the airplane business dead and buried?<P>Not quite, but at least three buyers who recently bought new airplanes from Mooney have the impression its on life support. <P>Two have sold their airplanes in disgust, one is suing Mooney for breach of sale contract and another is engaged in a long-running squabble over warranty performance that may yet end in a lawsuit.<P>Such suits arent exactly new in the GA industry, nor are warranty disputes. Nonetheless, the fact that Mooney is subject to three at once raises this legitimate question in any potential buyers mind: Can these guys make a reliable airplane and support it to the extent that some customers won...

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For Sale

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