Turbine engines

[kevin]

These comments make sense if you are ferrying the aircraft directly across the Pacific where lots of extra fuel is needed. But across the Atlantic, I would much prefer to be in a 337 over a single, because you could make that trip with stock tanks, and even with Flints added, you could have a single engine service ceiling way above sea level. Your friends comments make a lot of sense for many light twins that have ridiculously low single engine service ceilings, but not Skymasters. You don't need to load a Skymaster very heavily to take the northern route across the Atlantic.

I still agree that making such a trip is higher risk - all the other emergencies that can happen are much worse when you are two hours flying time from land.

But a properly loaded Skymaster would be safer in my view than any single for crossing the Atlantic, and many other overwater routes.

Kevin