LSP_Ron Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 williamj, Blackcollar, mpk and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 williamj, mpk, Blackcollar and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 And it's a killer (literally) airplane. They've killed three people I know in separate incidents. Sorry to hear this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 (edited) Jennings You haven't a clue as to what you are taking about! It's not the airplane; it's pilots who were not properly trained to fly them. Type ratings in the MU2 and all sophisticated aircraft are needed to be safe. You seem to know everything about everything and you surely must have a few 1000 hours in the left hand seat by now. Peter Edited April 11, 2017 by Peterpools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mpk Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 I kind of love this ugly duckling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jessie_C Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 And it's a killer (literally) airplane. They've killed three people I know in separate incidents. Any airplane will kill you if you don't treat it the way it's designed to be treated. Shall we talk about this one? Or this one? Those two had worse accident rates than the MU-2, and for the same reason: If you don't fly the aircraft the way it's designed to be flown, it's going to kill you. Don't blame the aircraft for the pilots' failings. mpk, MikeMaben and Hubert Boillot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michael931080 Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 (edited) Martin, you just had to use that lovely picture in your post right? Oh how the DC-3 looks so hot now with Turbo Props on it! Edited April 15, 2017 by Michael931080 mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jessie_C Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 True, but the Mu-2 was its own special case. It killed a lot of people, so much that it now requires a type rating even though it doesn't meet the other requirements for that. And so? It requires a type rating because it needs to be flown exactly the way it was designed to be flown. Therein lies my point. Do not blame the aircraft because the pilots assumed they knew how to fly it and found out too late that they didn't. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jessie_C Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Martin, you just had to use that lovely picture in your post right? Oh how the DC-3 looks so hot now with Turbo Props on it! DC-3s look hot with any kind of engine. Or with none at all: mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Absolutely not, the engines makes it whole, even it's derivate Lisunov 2 looks odd with Shvetsov cowlings on it. And without the engines it's just an amputee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 and the props as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 there is something very pleasing about polished aluminium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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