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Old February 29th 04, 06:58 AM
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"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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All single pilot IFR is exhausting. Most of my IFR was single pilot in


I'll drink to that! I flew a couple of years in a 402 for a commuter on
Cape Cod years ago. One day on a busy holiday weekend the fog was in (of
course) and I flew 22 approachs in one day, every one of them to or near
minimums. Slept the sleep of the just that night.

Piston poppers are definitely much more work especially with marginal power
envelopes during emergencies.


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Old February 29th 04, 05:19 PM
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message news:K4g0c.1049

"John Gaquin" wrote in message

I'll drink to that! I flew a couple of years in a 402 for a commuter on
Cape Cod years ago. One day on a busy holiday weekend the fog was in

(of
course) and I flew 22 approachs in one day, every one of them to or near
minimums. Slept the sleep of the just that night.

Piston poppers are definitely much more work especially with marginal

power
envelopes during emergencies.


Never had any catastrophic failures(real) in that or any other airplane.
Flying the 402 was just going to work. I didn't think I was working
particularly hard at the time, until I got into a Boeing. That made the
single-pilot 402 look like a labor camp. :-)


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Old March 26th 04, 07:59 PM
Tom Sixkiller
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"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message news:K4g0c.1049

"John Gaquin" wrote in message

I'll drink to that! I flew a couple of years in a 402 for a commuter

on
Cape Cod years ago. One day on a busy holiday weekend the fog was in

(of
course) and I flew 22 approachs in one day, every one of them to or

near
minimums. Slept the sleep of the just that night.

Piston poppers are definitely much more work especially with marginal

power
envelopes during emergencies.


Never had any catastrophic failures(real) in that or any other airplane.
Flying the 402 was just going to work. I didn't think I was working
particularly hard at the time, until I got into a Boeing. That made the
single-pilot 402 look like a labor camp. :-)


Our company (many years ago) had a 340, then traded up to a Conquest. What a
difference. A while back they finally unloaded the Conquest and got a
Citation CJ. That's like being on vacation by comparison.



 




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