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Unread 09-14-21, 04:25 PM
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Daaaammn!

mikes - you have the best list ever!!!!!

Curious to know about the Twin Beech (C45) and the 414...Two aircraft I lust to own, and may just have one day. Thoughts, advice, feedback? Perhaps I need to buy you a few beers to discuss...

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Unread 09-14-21, 04:29 PM
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The C45H was a Tradewind conversion to a single tail, with Volpar nose gear, it was an excellent load carrier and very easy the fly and land.

The 414 was a speed demon and was an excellent IFR platform.

I would recommend them both. Although the C421B was my favorite
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Wow, that is one impressive list! I like how you basically went step by step to the top of the piston twin class, then decided to "come home" again to another Skymaster!

What did you prefer about the 421B over the 414?

After putting gas in a 421, I bet a flying a Skymaster makes it seem like a Prius!

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The C421B was my favorite and am sorry I sold it. Fast, comfortable, quiet and my wife loved the belted potty. We've have absolutely no problems with the geared engines. I forgot to list the 2 P-Navajos we owned, the C421 was superior
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Unread 09-15-21, 06:30 PM
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421s are absolutely fantastic, until overhaul. Those engines are much more reliable than you hear, but they're just not cheap to overhaul. If you can overlook that, they're the top of the traveling piston twin class - period.

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