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On Feb 26, 3:32 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

How do you get one of those canceled check gigs? Seems like that
would be the best way to learn the ME business, but quick!

Well, I was flying a Twin Beech out of Philly and this contract came
up as well, so the boss bought a 310 and I ended up doing it every
night.Johnstown-Altoona-Harrisburg-Philly-Harrisburg-Altoona-
Johnstown
. I don't know if they still do it in this day and age. I had to
stay in some fleapit in Johnstown during the day. I liked the 310,
but with the cancelled checks on board it was almost always at the
edge of it's aft CG. Sometimes well beyond. When I complained, my
boss checked it out and decided that it was even worse than I though
and pulled the aircon out of the back of the airplane. It was a lot
of work to fly instruments, though. If you took your eyes off it for
a second it was on it's side. The twin Beech would happily fly along
all by itself with only the occasional nudge in the right direction.

bertie

That would be some bumpy flying when the wind's from the west or
east...


Mm, yeah, prolly. I remember getting stuck in standing wave and barely
able to hold my altitude some days.

And it's amazing how there's a line of scud that hangs around from
Blue Mountain to Laurel Ridge no matter how CAVU it is everywhere
else....

Harrisburg as in MDT?



Yes, Middleton, right? I was in and out of there quite a lot over the
yeas. Right past three mile island...


Bertie