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Patty Murray: “I ask the Senator from Hawaii, would you agree that a general purpose aircraft that will meet the general requirements…”

On the recordDecember 20, 2001
I ask the Senator from Hawaii, would you agree that a general purpose aircraft that will meet the general requirements of many customers; that can operate as a passenger aircraft, a freighter, a passenger/freighter ``combination'' aircraft, or as an aerial refueling tanker; and is available to either government or private customers meets the definition of a general purpose, commercially configured aircraft?
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing the definition of a general purpose aircraft during Senate floor debate.

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