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Liberty makes first delivery

By General Aviation News Staff · January 20, 2006 ·

Liberty Aerospace made history with its first customer delivery in December. That’s because the delivery of an XL2 to Thomas Sams, a retired airline captain in Texas, also marked the first retail delivery of a production aircraft in the U.S. equipped with Teledyne Continental Motors Inc. PowerLink Full Authority Digital Engine Control ( FADEC).

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