I saw a FTDK (VH-CAB) in the circuit at Albury today and started to wonder about how it got its name.
Some ideas occurred to me:
1) They were an aircraft that was popular with professional types, such as Doctors and, due to the large numbers of these aircraft in the higher salary bracket several aforementioned professionals perished in their FTDK, or;
2) They have or had a unique handling, design or maintenance issue that claimed the lives of a few of the above mentioned aircraft owners, or;
3) I am right off track and some prooner who knows the real reason for the name will set me straight.
This thread is not specifically aimed at the PPRuNer with the name FTDK, however I imagine he is well qualified to answer and is welcome to do so, as is anyone else who cares to.
Cheers,
ABX