Hi Alex,
I have been operating my Skymaster for 10 years and 700 hours out of Aurora, IL (ARR). I would be happy to sit down with you and share all my maintenance experiences with the airplane. I will show you actual numbers on the actual invoices. Almost all of my maintenance service has been handled by Lumanair, Inc based at Aurora.
I believe ALL airplanes are expensive to operate. I do not believe the Skymaster is any different to operate then any other comparable 40 year old twin. My experience has been that people who make the types of negative comments about the Skymaster that you reference, do not speak from personal experience.
Good Luck,
Ed
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