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Post subject: Re: Fairchild Merlin  Posted: 28 Oct 2025, 05:28 |
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Username Protected wrote: I flew Metro III’s for a couple years. If I was in the market for such a plane I’d buy a Merlin in a heartbeat. It didn’t handle sporty but it was super stable. Was the first plane I ever flew with a tiller. I really enjoyed my time flying it. Was the tiller the joystick style? If so, fun fact, the AFMS required two pilots for that airplane!
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Post subject: Re: Fairchild Merlin Posted: 28 Oct 2025, 09:20 |
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Username Protected wrote: The II's and III's had 4342# IIRC and burned 500/600 respectively enroute. There was a smaller tank in a few of the long body Merlin's and possibly the Metro's. We had 3712# on the long body Merlin (IVa) that I flew.
How I remember that after two and a half decades is beyond me! The brain is a mysterious thing! I haven’t flown a Beech 1900 in almost 30 years, but I remember the fuel load as being 3200 lbs, MGTOW on the C model was 16,600 lbs while the D was 16,950… how the hell do I recall that and yet I can’t even remember a trip I flew last week?
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Post subject: Re: Fairchild Merlin Posted: 28 Oct 2025, 11:54 |
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