Originally Posted by
Jim Rosenow
I was asking if someone was aware of something 'unusual' they were doing with them that would require a rebuild every 4K when, as Marty said above, Mobil Oil's went 22K patrolling and were still functioning. I've flown some 'normal' LE surveillance missions, which are only hard on the engines (low power for extended periods of time). Guess they just had more of our $$ than they knew what to do with.
I submit that "conspicuous" varies by locality. I flew some local night missions with a DEA crew one time who were used to big cities (we were hicksville). Their clever strategy was to vary the lighting configuration of the a/c from time to time, so folks on the ground would assume it was different airplanes. Might work great in Chicago, but in our rural area there never were airplanes after dark. :-)
Jim