And the tail's ...
Like all Types, the Nomad has some known problems .. but, do the maintenance and most reduce to nuisance value. There was a lot to the story of Donovan's accident
and never came close ..
Interestingly, I recall a graph which showed payload/gross .. and the Nomad was head and shoulders above everything else .. seemed to me to be a relevant metric ? A simple payload comparison is pretty meaningless.
the stretched verson with marginal performance
It had "adequate" performance .. the aircraft certainly was stretched to the limit of the engine's capability ...
Fail to plan, plan to fail
I can't imagine that Gippy hasn't done its sums on the matter ? That doesn't guarantee success but it is the starting point.
Can't imagine why Boeing flicked ownership so fast
Rockwell would have liked to divest ... I can't imagine that Boeing was any different .. the support program had some not overly desirable Government requirements ....
You Nomad supporters should send some of your paypacket
Likewise, I can't imagine that Gippy would be going down this path unless the omens were favourable ....