Air-to-Air Twin Comanches

[Lowflynjack]

What's better than a Comanche with two engines... two of them! One of these planes belonged to Gene Soucy. Any ideas which one? Hint… the paint scheme!

 

[theplanesalon]

We LOVE comanches, singles or twins. In fact, the shop owns a couple...Piper used to do wonderful work on them out of the factory - we've stripped some and were pleased with how they were zinc chromated out of the factory - when done, the aluminum often looks shiny bright and new! Great aircraft...

 

[frfly172]

Nice job two good looking airplanes

 

[Racerx]

Mmmmmmm Twinkies

 

[SixPapaCharlie]

I want one

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Oh man... Drool. Purty birds, and great pictures!

I like how there's one with tip tanks and one without, one A model and one B/C, one with original cowls and one with Wow Cowls, one that has speed splitters/spats/gap seals and one doesn't... Heck, if one of them had the Miller mods and you added a third one with the R/STOL you could do a great "here's how to spot all the various Twin Comanche modifications" guide.

-Flyingcheezhead,
A registered Twin Comanche nerd.

 

[Jim K]

I want one

Once you make captain, you have to start collecting cars, airplanes, or ex-wives, so....

 

[Lowflynjack]

I love the Twin Comanche, but the coolest part for me was the previous owner of this one and why it's painted like a Christen Eagle! Gene and Charlie both owned Twin Comanches. This one was Gene's.

 

[WDD]

Like the 70's retro paint scheme.

 

[Jim K]

I love the Twin Comanche, but the coolest part for me was the previous owner of this one and why it's painted like a Christen Eagle! Gene and Charlie both owned Twin Comanches. This one was Gene's.

It's funny...if I just saw that airplane sitting on the ramp I'd think it was kind of ugly (purely due to the paint, I love a twinkie), but knowing the story I think it's pretty cool. I'm guessing there's some cool photos somewhere of that thing parked with the Eagles.

 

[Lowflynjack]

I'm guessing there's some cool photos somewhere of that thing parked with the Eagles.

I can't find any so far, but I've reached out to Gene. I'd love to see them!

 

[bonefishpete]

Got the pleasure to ride in a friend’s 400 Comanche. What a beast.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

It's funny...if I just saw that airplane sitting on the ramp I'd think it was kind of ugly (purely due to the paint, I love a twinkie), but knowing the story I think it's pretty cool. I'm guessing there's some cool photos somewhere of that thing parked with the Eagles.

I was helping a guy look into a Twin Comanche once. He was from overseas, so had the CD from the FAA shipped to me and I dumped it on DropBox and forgot about it.

Not so long ago I got a notice from Dropbox that they were going to delete the files in the folder, so I looked through them to be sure there wasn't anything important in there, and discovered that the plane had belonged to Frank Borman. Yes, THAT Frank Borman, Apollo astronaut. Pretty cool.

 

[3393RP]

I love the Twin Comanche, but the coolest part for me was the previous owner of this one and why it's painted like a Christen Eagle! Gene and Charlie both owned Twin Comanches. This one was Gene's.

That was my first thought when I saw your beautiful photos. The shot of Tom, Charlie, and Gene brings back good memories. Charlie left us way too early, may be rest easy.