[Moose4]

Prop problems...hmm, wasn't there at least one NTSB-reported crash of an MU-2 because of metal fatigue somewhere in the prop or prop gearing? I thought I remembered "MU-2" from somewhere, you just jogged my brain.

And I love Aero Commanders. I'm not a pilot, just a plane fan and flight sim geek, but I think the ACs are gorgeous. They look like little 2/3 scale A-26 Invaders. :) I saw a gloss-black one at the local downtown airport here recently, a Puerto Rico government aircraft I guess (the N316PR registration and PR flag design along the body gave it away). Beautiful.

}:-)4

[blackdog]

The FAA airworthiness department would have you think everything was fatally flawed. Of all the AD staffers I had to talk to, none were pilots, or engineers for that matter. They would issue the same AD's changed slightly four times in four years. They had no clue and cost me a fortune.

You then go to some other country and you find they are flying all the best planes that were AD'd to death in this country and were sold off to elsewhere to enjoy a productive, less expensive life(sans lawyers too).

[blackdog]

If you're a flight sim geek, I've been told that my airport is on the latest version of Microsoft's flight simulator 2000 or whatever release. Blackdog Airport(WS76)