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![]() "Dylan Smith" wrote in message ... In article et, Mike Rapoport wrote: ...get somewhere for maitenance. The math works out to one hour of maitenance/training overhead for every productive flight hour which means the plane is effectively only half as fast. It has also pushed the cost/effective flight hour to well over $1000. The thing is - is there an aircraft that WON'T have that overhead that will give you the reliability of the MU-2? Anything turbocharged/piston is likely to need more maintenance and just as much recurrent training. If it's not a high end pressurized turboed piston twin, you end up stooging around at low altitude like the rest of us and that kills your mostly all-weather capability. -- Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net "Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee" Agreed, it is not a problem with the airplane, it is a problem with low utilization, need for specialized maitenance and trainig (neither availible locally).. I would not get another airplane to replace it, the plan is to charter. Mike MU-2 |
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