Some very interesting comments on a much-misunderstood machine. A friend of mine has a couple of thousand hours on the MU-2, and has often commented to me that its reputation would not have been so tarnished if the regulators of the day had insisted on a Type Rating, rather than just an "endorsement." Having flown an enviable list of kero-burning types, he lists the MU-2 as his all-time favourite turbo-prop and, like some of the comments made by others on this thread, talks quite lovingly of it as a very sweet and rewarding machine - provided you are appropriately trained and have a healthy respect for it.