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Old 26th Feb 2005, 14:35
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Nineiron
 
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Worst turboprop I ever flew. Even its mother didn't love that thing! Its design was a desperate attempt by post war US to compete with the emergent European airliners. The development history was scandalous, with the software way ahead of the hardware. The US industry eventually made a good a good job building the FH227 under licence, and then turned to jets, and found they were good at it.
Now if you are talking Britannia, Viscount, Vanguard, CL44 or even the IL18, that is different - but Electra, sorry no
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