Also a real aircraft that really flies and is really being delivered.
Real news.
A super Twin Otter. Seems like a good airplane.
It’s a trap!
We need a modern engine and a safer air frame. If Cessna put a modern engine in the 172, it wouldn’t be the same and the flight schools would be forced to change. Once that happened, Cessna might lose its stranglehold on GA, and a new player might take market share. Also, sales might increase to the point they have to change their own processes.
Nothing changes while the present 172 is still meeting flight school demand. Nothing.
Good catch. It does seem to be a grammatically challenged moniker.
Since Marketing wants to be cute, maybe they should change it to FedEx^2? (Pronounced “FedEx squared.”)
Someone save my text in case they use this. I’ll want royalties for this one.
could be a demonstrator, remote areas need capability but only buying a few at a time
(The Twin Otter was renowned in the Arctic decades ago - two turbine engines that start quickly in cold weather.
I overnighted in Resolute Bay once, walking from hotel to cafeteria I heard an odd sounding engine - rounded the corner to see a Bristol Freighter being warmed up. Probably after some time preheating.
We did have to improve cold weather operations of the Herc, such as:
We wondered how US military/NG operations coped in Antarctica, one suspicion is they never shut the airplane down at strips like McMurdo. (I don’t recall if Hercs serviced the Pole in summer, Twin Otters did in shoulder seasons, a technician part of crew.))
Yeah, not sexy looking. But practical. And 210 kts cruise is very good for a flying box. Especially for fixed gear.