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Old 21st Dec 2012, 11:41
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The Ancient Geek
 
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The traditional aircraft for game counting is a piston Cessna. Low and slow with good visibility for observers is the primary need so high wing is best. A Twotter would do the job but would be seriously more expensive to operate.
The C208 would be a bit on the expensive side but give me a PT6 rather than a piston engine any day.

The BN2 is just the wrong aircraft for hot&high operations. Where the single engine ceiling is underground the remaining engine just gets you to the crash site a tad sooner.
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