BeechTalk - BT

Username Protected · **Posted:** 15 Jul 2013, 15:10

Username Protected wrote:

As long as its not a single-engine Wright powered one, right?

The T-28 crowd are almost as much fun to poke at as the airline pilots....

I must report that I have been violating rule #1 recently flying the TBM and FM-2... It's a dirty job.....

Username Protected · **Posted:** 15 Jul 2013, 15:57

I for one like the Sierra conversion its a lot of aircraft for the money and even if you did win the lottery you better be careful which jet you purchase, those puppies can get pretty expensive. :bugeye:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 15 Jul 2013, 16:20

Username Protected wrote:

The T-28 crowd are almost as much fun to poke at as the airline pilots....

Hey now! Don't drag me into this conversation!!

Robert

Username Protected · **Posted:** 15 Jul 2013, 18:17

You must be talking about the Quest guys?
They haul blood sample across the North East?
I heard about one that crash in a snow storm, it had so much ice on it that it would not hold altitude. The pilot walked away and was flying another one the next day.

Username Protected wrote:

Control linkage failure TBM
http://www.ntsb.gov/AviationQuery/brief ... 0591&key=1

That accident hits home a little bit, I knew the pilot and my uncle runs the flight operation for the company that the pilot flew for. He's lost a few good pilots due to plane crashes. They fly PC-12s, and TBMs, along with Barons day/night in any kind of weather. When other people don't go, they go.

His company was also the first people to time out the airframe on a TBM. For a few years, 3 of them sat on the ground waiting FAA approval to keep flying them. All 3 are back in the air!

Username Protected · **Posted:** 15 Jul 2013, 18:24

Username Protected wrote:

Kevin, I think I found your buddy's TBM on controller. Even has a video with him taling about the plane. Novel marketing technique! Looks awesome!
Drop a G1000 in there and you are set!

Luc,

Yes, he had a video made. Personally I like his set up better than the G1000. I happen to like touch screens. I'm also not sure I like tapes for altitude or speed, and I certainly don't like toggling for fuel flow versus inventory or hunting for engine analysis. However, I am sure I am in the minority. Marc has at least double redundancy in that TBM for everything and often tripe redundancy. He has taken superior care of it ....God, I wish I could afford it! I should count my blessings for the gorgeous Bo I have and stop lusting after my neighbor's plane!

Username Protected · **Posted:** 15 Jul 2013, 18:32

The Starship goes all the way back to 1984. It was revolutionary. Too revolutionary for a buisness aircraft. First FMS, first glass cockpit, first auto deice, first composite plane (carbon fiber too), first pusher turboprop, first canard. And it was the first aircraft ever certified in the more stringent commuter category, too. The King Air B300 was second.

Beechcraft had a strong balance sheet until those carpetbagger finance vultures got ahold of it.[/quote]

And the first plane Beechcraft bought back from all of it's customers. Cost them a Billion dollars. How do you think those carpetbagger finance vultures got in there in the first place. With one bad decision after another. Correct me if I'm wrong wasn't the King Air still the best selling turbo prop in 1984. Don't make me look it up I have the info somewhere.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 15 Jul 2013, 21:10

This just displays that pilots have varied tastes, priorities and budgets.

The good news: there's a plane for us all. God bless aviation.