Beauty is only skin-deep but...
Ugly goes right to the bone! And, yes, that is one ugly aircraft! If it were a girl you would say, "a very nice personality..." or "kind to children and small animals..." really meaning "ugly enough to crack glass!" But what of that?
If you know how to ask nicely it will do all sorts of amazing tricks for you. What some guys overlook, though, is that it's a high-wing design that sits way high up off the ground so no "land and fahgeddaboutit" as with a Cessna 402 or a Beech Baron. No, you have to fly it all the way to the parking stand when the balmy desert breeze is blowing hard enough to pull the fur off the camel spiders. Many is the time I told my FO not to jinx us when he or she said, "Nice landing." It ain't landed until it's tied down!