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Wendigo

10th August 2007 22:34

Two pilots or just one

Reading the posts about the Twin Otter crash it comes about that it had a single pilot. I'm not very plane savvy so does the Otter only have room for one pilot.
I thought that commercial (passenger) aircraft required two pilots as a fail-safe.
In which case what is the largest single pilot airframe and do any twin pilot airframes fly with only one guy at the stick routinely.

parabellum

11th August 2007 05:12

The Shorts SC7 Skyvan was single crew as are most aircraft with a MTOW of 5,700kgs or less, but dual controls normally fitted.

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