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Post subject: Re: Pilatus PC-6  Posted: 01 Jun 2015, 18:10 |
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Username Protected wrote: I should be more productive when I get a day off, but watching flying videos on youtube is so fun, and since my first day of Deb check out was scrubbed I need to get my aviation fix.
Not a pretty plane, but dang you could have some fun with it.
[youtube]http://youtu.be/92ErTsiMwLw[/youtube] I used to fly around in these in Vietnam (as a passenger) to visit remote construction sites (where you had to be out by nightfall when the territory changed hands). I kinda think the other guys didn't interfere with our construction projects because they figured--rightly, it turns out--that they'd end up taking possession. There's an Interesting shot of one of these landing on the side of a hill in the Mel Gibson movie "Air America". Favorite trick of the pilots was to land on the numbers when we returned to Bien Hoa--on the far end.
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Post subject: Re: Pilatus PC-6 Posted: 01 Jun 2015, 19:16 |
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Joined: 01/29/08
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Location: Walterboro, SC. KRBW
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Username Protected wrote: I've looked at a couple of pilatus Porters. Been thinking about them for years as a plane for back and forth to the Bahamas.
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Post subject: Re: Pilatus PC-6 Posted: 01 Jun 2015, 20:26 |
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Location: Columbia, SC (KCUB)
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Username Protected wrote: Thought you weren't into twins Jason. Oh Jason is into twins but just not on his airplane.
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Post subject: Re: Pilatus PC-6 Posted: 01 Jun 2015, 20:56 |
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Location: North Texas
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Username Protected wrote: Thought you weren't into twins Jason. Oh Jason is into twins but just not on his airplane.
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Post subject: Re: Pilatus PC-6 Posted: 01 Jun 2015, 22:25 |
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Joined: 12/12/07
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Location: Columbia, SC (KCUB)
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Username Protected wrote: I'd take that otter. That's just a stud looking plane. I've had my eye on a Kodiak for a couple of years. They are bad ass. Its hard to make the math work if you're a frequent flyer. Short trips yes, long trips no. Heavy trips yes, light trips no. Unfortunately , I'm cursed to own a TN A36. Doing the math is a bad thing if you ever want to buy another airplane. 
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Post subject: Re: Pilatus PC-6 Posted: 01 Jun 2015, 22:39 |
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Location: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Aircraft: PC12NG, G3Tat
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Username Protected wrote: I'd take that otter. That's just a stud looking plane. I've had my eye on a Kodiak for a couple of years. They are bad ass. Its hard to make the math work if you're a frequent flyer. Short trips yes, long trips no. Heavy trips yes, light trips no. Unfortunately , I'm cursed to own a TN A36. Doing the math is a bad thing if you ever want to buy another airplane.
I like the Kodiak too. That's Larry's favorite airplane. Your bird is tough to beat on a cost basis. You do a fair bit of hauling and heavy. I'm sure you can carry more in to make it work too. The Kodiak vs the Baron was very close in operating cost if you squinted to the right 
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Post subject: Re: Pilatus PC-6 Posted: 02 Jun 2015, 01:43 |
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Location: Walterboro, SC. KRBW
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Username Protected wrote: Michael,
And that is the problem. Had I bought the BE 58 first, I'd have a lot of upgrade options. But its damn hard to move from the TN A36. I guess I'm going to have to fall in love with a plane to make a move. This is so true. The next step up from a TN 36 will cost you millions. As for the Twin Otter.... I saw one at NBAA last year and thought it was the coolest thing. It's huge.
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