On Jun 2, 9:44 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote :

I was reading about Twin Otters in Wikipedia, and I see that
production stopped in 1988, but the article doesn't explain why. The
airplane looks like it was (and is) pretty popular, so why did the
company stop making them?

Because people stoipped buying them fjukktard

Bertie

People stopped buying a LOT of airplanes in the '80s, because
the recession hit most people so hard. Flight schools closed down all
over the continent, interest rates were insane, insurance companies
raised their rates to cope with the countless nuisance or
opportunistic lawsuits, and there was a general lack of interest in
flying as an occupation. The bush operators who bought Twin Otters saw
a drop in their business, and the airplane is so stout that it lasts
for a long time and doesn't need replacing like the average Chevy.
But there's been a hot demand for them in the last few years as
things recovered, and Viking is building them. They'll cost plenty but
there's little else like it. The Czechs have a similar airplane
(LET-410) but I don't know if it's nearly as good; I haven't seen any
in Canada.

Dan