Ken Ibold
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This weekend got my first flight in a Mitsubishi MU2 -- a really nice Marquise operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries -- so you know everything on it has gotten maximum care.
Was flying with the guy who spearheaded the development of the new training SFAR for MU2 pilots, and he's got something like 2500 hours in the airplane we flew. Having heard the stories, I wanted to really put it through its paces. As it turned out, it was sort of like me giving him a check ride. "Show me this. Show me that..." We did simulated single-engine go-arounds, cranked in full roll while single engine at Vmc, stalled it past the stick shaker. Gosh what fun!!
By the end of the flight, my demo pilot was drenched, whist I had been calmly basking in pressurized, air conditioned comfort. Tell you what, he was BUSY. While it's an easy airplane to fly, it's a very complicated airplane to operate. Quite an eye opener.
Was flying with the guy who spearheaded the development of the new training SFAR for MU2 pilots, and he's got something like 2500 hours in the airplane we flew. Having heard the stories, I wanted to really put it through its paces. As it turned out, it was sort of like me giving him a check ride. "Show me this. Show me that..." We did simulated single-engine go-arounds, cranked in full roll while single engine at Vmc, stalled it past the stick shaker. Gosh what fun!!
By the end of the flight, my demo pilot was drenched, whist I had been calmly basking in pressurized, air conditioned comfort. Tell you what, he was BUSY. While it's an easy airplane to fly, it's a very complicated airplane to operate. Quite an eye opener.