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Sheriff requests and board approves purchase of overhauled engine for Cessna patrol plane
Summary
Kings County Sheriff Dave Putnam asked the board to authorize a sole‑source purchase of an overhauled engine for the department's Cessna 206 patrol aircraft to avoid anticipated downtime; the purchase (not to exceed $145,000) will be funded from the sheriff's operations budget and the board approved the request.
Kings County Sheriff Dave Putnam told the board on Feb. 17 that the sheriff’s office operates a Cessna 206 fixed‑wing aircraft used in patrol operations and that the airplane’s current engine has an industry time‑between‑overhaul (TBO) of 2,000 hours. Putnam said the airplane has about 1,400 flight hours and, at current utilization, could…
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