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Mike Allen RKCC-CM-086 True West Magazine Maniac Randall Collector Behring Made Collector Ruana Collector Glock Fan NRA- Life Member since 1975 mikenlu99@aol.com
Registered: 12/03/16
Posts: 1872
Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas
Man, what an airplane!
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"Filet that fish? Hell naw! I'll scale him, gut him, fry him up in grease, take him by the head and tail, and play him like a French Harp!" - Uncle Paul sometime in the 60s.
Registered: 02/09/16
Posts: 5791
Loc: Central New York
Enjoyable video Pap. With all the mods he's done, that bird is short take off and landing machine. I think he way underestimated what he's got invested.
Registered: 10/31/07
Posts: 7373
Loc: Garden Valley, Idaho
The guy definitely did his homework on this one.
Pap
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Mike Allen RKCC-CM-086 True West Magazine Maniac Randall Collector Behring Made Collector Ruana Collector Glock Fan NRA- Life Member since 1975 mikenlu99@aol.com
Registered: 02/09/16
Posts: 5791
Loc: Central New York
The entire airframe and powerplant was re-designed. It's nothing like the original Sort of taking a Corvette and transforming into a Ferrari. Just takes a ton of money and engineers to make stuff happen. Wonder what the FAA was thinking when they granted license? I think it's a super airplane and a one off. Never get tired of seeing cool airplanes. Got an up close view building them for the US Navy working for Grumman back in the day.
Registered: 10/31/07
Posts: 7373
Loc: Garden Valley, Idaho
He obviously knows his aereontical engineering even without a degree. He already has many orders. It could wind up being the "Twin Otter" of the bush plane future. If you aren't familiar with the Twin Otter, then you won't appreciate that.
Pap
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Mike Allen RKCC-CM-086 True West Magazine Maniac Randall Collector Behring Made Collector Ruana Collector Glock Fan NRA- Life Member since 1975 mikenlu99@aol.com
Registered: 09/19/05
Posts: 1358
Loc: East Tincup General Store,Colo...
The Twin Otter is a great plane
My wife and I flew in the Beaver at Lake Union in Seattle to the San Juan Islands. That plane seemed so easy to fly that I felt I could jump in if I had to. Famous Last Words!
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