On 22 Apr 2007 09:57:10 -0700, wrote:

Posibly a dumb question and one that has been answered before. I did a
quick search and did not find the answer.
If you did all your twin training in a Skymaster and received you MEL
would you be limited to inline thrust twins or is a "normal" MEL? If
it is inline thrust only how are would it be to change to all twins.
Reason I am asking is I may have a chance to do some training in a
Skymaster and I am wondering if it is worth it to get my MEL.

Depends on what your long term intentions are. If you will continue
to fly the Skymaster (or perhaps an Adam A500), then by all means
continue.

If you want to transition to a 'traditional' twin, then you will need
to retake the ME checkride to remove the 'centerline thrust only'
restriction.

-Nathan