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Old 2nd Jan 2008, 07:19
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flyhardmo
 
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In my mind a pilots airplane is where a company designs a cockpit around a pilot and not what a designer thinks is good. Bandit had a great simple and logical cockpit design. The twin otter had buttons and switches all over the bloody place. Cessna also made great single crew cockpits on their twins and vans.
Flying wise the C-404 was great. good handling, stable, you really had to baby the engines and nose wheel especially on rough strips but she did exactly what you wanted it to do. The best sounding pistons after a merlin and big radials.
For pure fun you cant beat the twotter. getting off the ground and landing in the length of most small shop car parks is brilliant.
B200 is an awesome machine once its off the ground. Great perfomance, solid gear and fun to fly.
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