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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Judge John L. Kane

Civil Action No. 01-cv-2056-JLK-MJW UNITED STATES AVIATION UNDERWRITERS, INC., a New York corporation; PAUL LEADABRAND, an Idaho resident; and JEFLYN AVIATION, INC. d/b/a ACCESS AIR, an Idaho corporation, Plaintiffs, vs. PILATUS BUSINESS AIRCRAFT, LTD., a Colorado corporation; PILATUS FLUGZEUGWERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, a Swiss corporation; PILATUS AIRCRAFT, LTD., a Swiss corporation; PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA, INC., a Canadian corporation; and DOES 1 through 500, Inclusive, Defendants.

DEFENDANTS' AMENDED OBJECTIONS TO PLAINTIFFS' TRIAL EXHIBITS

Defendants hereby submit their following Amended Objections to Plaintiffs' Trial Exhibits pursuant to the Final Pretrial Order and Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(3). Plaintiffs' Exhibits: 2 3 4 5 Photo, N660NR Stipulated Facts Map, eastern Russia, Japan, Pacific Ocean Map, eastern Russia, Japan, Pacific Ocean Hearsay, lack of foundation for inaccurate data plotted, FRE 403, 702 Defendants' Objections

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Plaintiffs' Exhibits: 6 Map, eastern Russia, Japan, Pacific Ocean

Defendants' Objections Hearsay, lack of foundation for inaccurate data plotted, FRE 403, 702

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Memorandum of Understanding, 2/23/01 (Leadabrand Deposition Exhibit 7) Model, gas generator and propeller (demonstrative aid) Model, control levers (demonstrative aid) Answers from Mike Smith (E-mail) (Leadabrand Deposition Exhibit 10) Reserved Aircraft Inspection Status (Leadabrand Deposition Exhibit 12) SIMCOM Pilot Proficiency Certificate (ACS000000314) Map of the World, April 2001 Trip itinerary (ACS000000310) Email, Yamagata to Smith, 3/9/02 (ACS000072) Email, Yamagata to Smith, 4/16/02 (ACS000001166) Pilatus memorandum, 6/18/01 (PA002758) Memorandum, Pilatus, 8/30/01 (ACS000001128-1129) Reserved Reserved Relevance, lack of foundation, hearsay, FRE 403, 701 Relevance, lack of foundation, hearsay, FRE 403, 701 Relevance, FRE 403 Lack of foundation, relevance

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Lack of foundation

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Plaintiffs' Exhibits: 33 34 35 36 High Altitude Chart Model, PC12 aircraft (demonstrative aid) Pilatus Accident Report Form (PA002124) PWC "The Powerplant of Choice" (PA002263-2264) FAA Advisory Circular AC 60-22 Pilatus Memorandum, 9/26/01 (Hoyt Deposition Exhibit 38) Chart, July 8, 2001 (data summary) Transcript, ATC communications PC-12 Short Checklist (Smith Deposition Exhibit 41) PC-12 Annunciator Panel Lights Chart (Smith Deposition Exhibit 42) PC-12 Normal Procedures (Smith Deposition Exhibit 43) PC-12 Emergency Procedures (Smith Deposition Exhibit 44) PC-12 Reference Manual, Chap. 2, Powerplant (ACS000000421-487) PC-12 Reference Manual, Chap. 10, Ice Protection (ACS000000490-509) Chronology (Smith Deposition Exhibit 47) Statement (Smith Deposition Exhibit 48) PT6A-67B cross-section (ACS000000308)

Defendants' Objections

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Relevance

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Lack of foundation

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Plaintiffs' Exhibits: 52 Pilatus Memorandum, 5/17/02 (PA002209-2210) FAR 135 Check Ride Form (Smith Deposition Exhibit 53) Reserved Corr. from Trautmann K, 4/24/02

Defendants' Objections

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Incomplete without Russian report, hearsay, relevance Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, Part 23 of the Federal Aviation Regulations does not apply to Pratt & Whitney Canada. Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, Part 23 of the Federal Aviation regulations does not apply to Pratt & Whitney Canada. Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, Part 23 of the Federal Aviation Regulations does not apply to Pratt & Whitney Canada. Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, Part 23 of the Federal Aviation Regulations does not apply to Pratt & Whitney Canada.

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14 C.F.R. § 23.1

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14 C.F.R. § 23.903(e)(3)

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14 C.F.R. § 23.1581(a)

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14 C.F.R. § 23.1583(h)

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Pilatus PC-12 POH, cover page and table of contents Pilatus PC-12 POH, General, cover page and pp. 1-1, 1-20 Pilatus PC-12 POH, Limitations, cover page and pp. 2-1, 2-4, 2-5, 2-9, 2-10, 2-12, 2-14, 2-19

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Plaintiffs' Exhibits: 63 Pilatus PC-12 POH, Limitations, cover page and p. 2-31 Pilatus PC-12 POH, Emergency Procedures, cover page and p. 3-1 Pilatus PC-12 POH, Emergency Procedures, cover page and pp. 3-4, 3-5

Defendants' Objections

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Pilatus PC-12 POH, Emergency Procedures, cover page and pp. 3-6, 3-7

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Pilatus PC-12 POH, Emergency Procedures, cover page and pp. 3-17, 3-20

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Pilatus PC-12 POH, Normal Procedures, cover page and pp. 4-25, 4-26

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Pilatus PC-12 POH, Performance, cover page and pp. 5-13, 5-16, 5-38, 5-59, 5-60, 5-66, 5-78, 5-80 Pilatus PC-12 POH, Weight and Balance, cover page and pp. 6-20, 6-27, 6-31

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Pilatus PC-12 POH, Description, cover page and pp. 7-28, 7-38, 7-57, 7-106, 7-107 Pilatus PC-12 POH, Supplements, cover page and pp. 9-01-1, 9-01-4 POH Temp. Revision No. 42 (2004) (6 pages) Chart, POH comparison, Manual Override Lever Relevance

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Relevance, lack of foundation, incomplete

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Plaintiffs' Exhibits: 75 Chart, POH comparison, Engine Failure Chart, POH comparison, Temp. Rev. No. 42

Defendants' Objections Relevance, lack of foundation, incomplete Relevance, lack of foundation, incomplete Relevance, lack of foundation, dissimilar occurrences Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences

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PT6A-67B Issues, 9/29/99 (PA002551-59)

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PT6A-67B IFSD table (PWC01564-1566)

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Reserved PT6A-67B cross-section (Ortuso Deposition Exhibit 81) Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Responses to RFP03 Email, McCreary to Kofman, 7/18/01 (Ortuso Deposition Exhibit 84) Email, NTSB to PWC, 7/13/01 (Ortuso Deposition Exhibit 85) PT6A-67B BUR table (Ortuso Deposition Exhibit 86) PT6A-67B Basic and Unplanned table (Ortuso Deposition Exhibit 87) PT6A-67B cross-section (Ortuso Deposition Exhibit 88) Statement Comparison, Smith M Reserved Reserved Reserved Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences Relevance

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Plaintiffs' Exhibits: 94 95 96 Reserved Reserved Email, Jackson to McCreary, 7/12/01 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 96) Correspondence, Pilatus to Smith, 7/13/01 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 97) PT6A-67B IFSD table (PWC00459-62)

Defendants' Objections

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Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences FRE 402, 403, dissimilar occurrences, lack of foundation Lack of foundation, FRE 402, 403, dissimilar occurrences Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences Relevance, lack foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences FRE 402, 403, dissimilar occurrences

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Senior Mngmnt. Meeting table (PA003076)

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Correspondence, Pilatus to Kodani, 9/12/01 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 100) Coordination Memorandum, 6/16/98 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 101) Pilatus Memorandum, 9/15/98 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 102) Email, Masefield to Trautmann, 9/18/98 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 103) PWC Memorandum, 9/22/98 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 104) Pilatus Memorandum, 9/14/98 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 105) Correspondence, Pilatus to PWC, 7/27/01 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 106) Correspondence, PWC to Pilatus, 8/13/01 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 107)

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Plaintiffs' Exhibits: 108 Senior Mngmnt. Meeting Chart, 10/1/01 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 108) Coordination Memorandum, 12/13/01 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 109) Reserved Reserved Reserved Coordination Memorandum, 6/16/98 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 113) Photo, exemplar PC-12, cabin looking forward Photo, exemplar PC-12, cabin looking aft Photo, exemplar PC-12, cockpit entrance Photo, exemplar PC-12, flight controls, rear view Photo, exemplar PC-12, flight controls, left seat Photo, exemplar PC-12, instruments, left seat Photo, exemplar PC-12, flight controls, left seat Photo, exemplar PC-12, flight controls, rear view Photo, exemplar PC-12, flight controls, top view Photo, exemplar PC-12, flight controls, top view, close-up

Defendants' Objections Relevance, lack foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences

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Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences

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Plaintiffs' Exhibits: 124 Photo, exemplar PC-12, flight controls, side view Photo, exemplar PC-12, flight controls, side view Photo, exemplar PC-12, MOR measurement, in detent Photo, exemplar PC-12, MOR measurement, out of detent Photo, exemplar PC-12, MOR full aft Photo, exemplar PC-12, MOR full forward Photo, exemplar PC-12, MOR measurement, ground view Chart, Scanlan, Opinions

Defendants' Objections

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Relevance, lack of expertise, FRE 403, 702, 703, undisclosed guidelines Relevance, lack of expertise, FRE 403, 702, 703

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Chart, Scanlan, Engine Shutdown Decision

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Chart, Scanlan, Flight Planning Decision

Relevance, lack of expertise, FRE 403, 702, 703

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Chart, Scanlan, Landing Site Selection

Relevance, lack of expertise, FRE 403, 702, 703 Relevance, lack of expertise, FRE 403, 702, 703

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Chart, Scanlan, Materials Reviewed

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Reserved Reserved Reserved

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Plaintiffs' Exhibits: 139 140 141 143 144 Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved PT6A-67B cross-section (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 144) Coordination Memo, 12/13/01 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 145) PWC SB No. 14369 (Bretscher Deposition Exhibit 143; Ortuso Exhibit 176 Resume, Lawrence Scanlan (Scanlan Deposition Exhibit 200) Resume, David Rupert (Rupert Deposition Exhibit 212) Summary (F.R.E. 1006), Blade Failure SDRs (Rupert Deposition Exhibit 220) Summary (F.R.E. 1006), Blade Failure SDRs (Rupert Deposition Exhibit 221) Resume, Jeff Edwards

Defendants' Objections

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Relevance, lack of foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences FRE 402, 403, dissimilar occurrences

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Relevance, hearsay, lack of foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences Relevance, hearsay, lack of foundation, FRE 403, dissimilar occurrences

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Chart, Summary of Assignments and Opinions (Edwards Deposition Exhibit 241)

Hearsay

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DATED this 1st day of June 2007.

SCHULTZ & ASSOCIATES

BYRNE, KIELY & WHITE, L.L.P.

s/ Robert B. Schultz Robert B. Schultz, #29607 9710 W. 82nd Avenue Arvada, CO 80005 Tel. (303) 456-5565 [email protected] Attorney for Defendant Pilatus Business Aircraft, Ltd. And Pilatus Flugzeugwerke Aktiengesellschaft/Pilatus Aircraft, Ltd.

s/ Thomas Byrne Thomas J. Byrne, #7903 William White, #11973 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1300 Denver, Colorado 80203 Tel. (303) 861-5511 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant Pratt & Whitney Canada, Inc.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 1st day of June 2007 I electronically filed the foregoing DEFENDANTS' AMENDED OBJECTIONS TO PLAINTIFFS' TRIAL EXHIBITS with the Clerk of Court using the ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following e-mail addresses: Jon A. Kodani, Esq. Jeffrey J. Williams, Esq. LAW OFFICES OF JON A. KODANI [email protected]

s/ Thomas Byrne

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