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Been flying my L-235/320 for a little over a year now and have accumulated 320

hours since first-flight in that time.  Receltly I've been flying from San

Diego to Seattle where I do some contract flying on a Falcon-50.



For the first 300 hours I'd been running my O-320-E2D (150 HP) with Amar-

Demuth 62X76 prop at 2,700 RPM at all altitudes above 3,000' resulting in

180-185 KTAS & 9.2 GPH at all altitudes up thru 11,000.



On my last couple of flights to Seattle I pulled it back to 2,600 RPM which,

at 10,500 and 11,500, yielded 173 KTAS and 7.6 GPH.  This has made it possible

for me to do the trip  non-stop against up to a 15 to 20 knot headwind with

very comfortable reserves (usually 8 gallons remaining) after around 6 hours

enroute.  My fuel capacity is 54 gallons usable.



Love this plane!!!