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Bend alot
I never saw that 441 but heard about it and Gary was indeed a great person and operator - 2 classes above any other.
But comparing the structural ability of a C210 to a C441 (single 300HP to a pressurised 1200+HP) is like comparing a Camry to a Sahara.
Note that Cessna soon after put a structural life on the C441 - grounding many (but you can get an EO to get around that!)
P.S Cessna stopped production of the Conquest in 1986 the same year they stopped the C210 production
I’m NOT comparing a Conquest to a 210. I am pointing out the power of a Thunderie.
It doesn’t get more factual than what happened to that aircraft.
The point was if nature can do that to a conquest, imagine being in a similar position in a smaller aircraft, in this case a 210. Maybe I should have just compared that last 210 just out of Darwin but the point I was trying to make seems lost on some.