I remember the response I got from a Douglas Airways chum when I asked what the Tristar was like to fly!
"4 and a 1/2 tons of 20 year old junk!!"
Gotta wonder about a 50% 'increase' in 'thrust'/vibration over a 260 Bongo with a 100% increase in weight
Still an all...at low alts in cool weather(and full seats) probably a licence to print money...like a 207
Glad to say it was not among my multi piston endorsements...1600+ hours on the Bongo saited my appetite for Brittan Norman's gifts to pilots
Chuck.