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Phenom 100

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Story by Katie Moore Photos by Jeff Mattoon

From San Diego, you could be on the slopes in Sun Val­ley in just two hours, and for a lot less cost than you’re prob­a­bly think­ing. Get the feel for how this mod­ern VLJ has trans­formed the busi­ness and per­sonal travel. Climb into the cock­pit with Jet­Suite pilot Katie Moore to see and feel the way this lit­tle jet has rev­o­lu­tion­ized short to mid dis­tance jet set­ting. Katie tells the story of her encounter with light­en­ing while pilot­ing the Phe­nom 100 over the Cal­i­for­nia Sierra Nevada Moun­tains, an exhil­a­rat­ing and cap­ti­vat­ing account. The Phe­nom 100 is a solid con­tender, even with com­pe­ti­tion that’s out­side its weight class.

 

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he skies are clear and the wind is calm as we touch­down in Heber City, Utah shortly after 4:00pm local time. We drop off two pas­sen­gers and are empty head­ing back to Cal­i­for­nia on the last leg after a long day of fly­ing. The weather indi­cates thun­der­storms over the Sierra Nevada tonight, not uncom­mon for sum­mer­time over the moun­tains. The col­ors are beau­ti­ful this time of year as we head west­bound. I can see the thun­der­clouds loom­ing ahead in the distance …

 

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