Tee Emm - is that 50 guineas or 50 Guinesses?
Boof - VERY uncomfortable pilot seat, eng probs in very heavy
rain esp starting. N22 is probably ok in the desert but not in
heavy tropical monsoon wx. I just hated the damn thing. But
that was many many moons ago and maybe since then there's
been improvements.
Perhaps hate is too strong a word re 320 - "Really Don't Like
All That Much" would be more accurate. Manuals are a dog's
dinner, unnecessarily complicated abnormals (although the
Frogs do try to improve the QRH from time to time to make it
less labor-intensive), and every computer-reliant nut on this
thing seems to have this paranoid fear of Direct Law, as if the
total loss of protections will cause one's ultimate doom. And
am 5,000 hours on type and current to answer your last.
Castrol - thumbs up to the Porter. The Maule is the closest
I've ever come to one. I actually own a Cub and its best to
keep a clean and dry set of boots in the aeroplane for them
wet and muddy days.
On warm days I often open the left plastic side window and
rest my elbow on the shelf. Then afterwards I'll close it, and
shortly after forget that I did so and break the damn thing
by shoving my bloody elbow through it!
Anyway try doing this when you next jump into one
Cas!
