Originally Posted by
lurkio
Back when Aurigny operated the Twotter they were running many, many more inter-island flights than there are today. I believe it all came down to the fact that the PT6 was lifed by start cycles. There were about 5 to the flight hour as the average JER-GCI was 12 minutes.
That was what I was told back then anyway.
So is the model of PT6 on the C208B significantly different that there is not an issue for that aircraft? For the record, over here in YVR the Twotter flies regular 20 min sectors in ocean water for 40 years and no one thinks twice about getting on a 208 or radial Beaver over water for 20 min sectors.