If I've said it once, I've said it a billion times: no GA pilot should fly this very hot, very temperamental airplane.
To: Aeronaut; Criminal Number 18F
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2 posted on
03/22/2004 7:59:14 AM PST by
Archangelsk
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To: Archangelsk
Better yet, no aviator (private, commercial, whathaveyou) should fly cross country without filing a flight plan or using flight following, regardless of what kind of aircraft you're piloting.
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4 posted on
03/22/2004 8:04:07 AM PST by
Aeronaut
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To: Archangelsk
Pardon my ignorance, but what's an MU-2?
To: Archangelsk
One sweet airplane however. Too bad for the family.
One does wonder how many such follies that "cancer research" money affords however......
11 posted on
03/22/2004 8:25:13 AM PST by
blackdog
(I feed the sheep the coyotes eat)
To: Archangelsk
This really is a strange accident. The weather that night was beautiful. The river is narrow and the odds of crashing in it is small, when the approach and area just around the airport is surrounded mostly by land.
It also sounds like he's flown in the area many times.
Even if he had problems he still should have been able to decend over land.
Sounds like he had a lot of experience, but I don't know how much time he had in the MU-2 but it doesn't sound anything to do with the plane being "hot."
Fuel starvation maybe? Only time will tell.
It's a shame, no matter what the cause.
19 posted on
03/22/2004 8:36:32 AM PST by
skyman
To: Archangelsk
Why not? My understanding was that based on speed and range a MU-2 was about the best possible choice for a private pilot who wanted to step up to a twin turboprop.
Even if it is inherently ugly because of the high wing (ducking!) :-p
The question's serious, though. What's wrong with a MU-2?
33 posted on
03/22/2004 9:43:54 AM PST by
FreedomFlynnie
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To: Archangelsk
Well I don't know about that, but I do know, I'd never fly without filing a flight plan.. if for no other reason than so they know where to look if I go down.
To: Archangelsk
No one should land even high-wing aircraft in 20 feet of river water without floats and on an adequate river.
Accidents happen, especially with GA pilots who train much less than they fly. Besides the MU-2 just looks cooler than it flies, like an Aero-Commander 5xx series on meth.
54 posted on
03/23/2004 3:16:38 PM PST by
SevenDaysInMay
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