Another MU2 down...

[TIGV]

Turns out Flightinfo is a d1ckhead magnet.....Who knew ????

 

[dseagrav]

Turns out Flightinfo is a d1ckhead magnet.....Who knew ????

The Internet in general is a d1ckhead magnet.

 

[WNRHD17]

I"m certain you can't be calling me a d1ckhead....I'm a girl....no wiener here...

 

[dseagrav]

I"m certain you can't be calling me a d1ckhead....I'm a girl....no wiener here...

Look, it's not our fault you can't get any.

 

[Hogan]

Back to the MU-2... who, as in which company, utilizes them? I've been led to believe that there are not very many of them left. Is that correct?

 

[skygirl1968]

they are mostly freight operators that contract with the federal reserve bank to fly cancelled checks and bank paperwork

 

[flyifrvfr]

One company who uses the MU2 exclusively is Epps Aviation out of Dakalb, Georgia

 

[GIVDrvr]

Epps is a major MU2B-60 operator but also has several other airframes on their certificate. Epps at PDK is also a Mitsubishi service center. Other MU2 operators are American Check Transport and BankAir

 

[Hogan]

thanks just found out I have a half brother who is a pilot and on his cert if a type rating for the MU-2, he's on the west coast and i was wondering where he worked. For some reason I thought he was a airline pilot or worked for one of those fractionals

 

[semperfido]

There is no type rating for a MU2

 

[Hogan]

No type rating? Hmm... I learned he flies Citations, King Airs, Pipers and the MU-2. I have never met him and have this eerie feeling that one day I'll walk by him in an airport and never know it. Kind of funny we both ended up in aviation... sure didn;t run in the family. hes in the west, oregon or Washington I think. I thought most banks were sneding checks electtronically now, no longer using cargo aircraft,

 

[Lead Sled]

thanks just found out I have a half brother who is a pilot and on his cert if a type rating for the MU-2, he's on the west coast and i was wondering where he worked. For some reason I thought he was a airline pilot or worked for one of those fractionals

Like Semperfido said, the FAA does not issue type-ratings for MU-2s. Perhaps your brother has a type for the Mitsubishi Diamond? I believe it's an MU-"something". It's been mentioned before - the MU-2 went through a complete and thorogh certification review a few years ago. (As did the Beech Bonanza, another "Killer" airplane in improperly trained hands.) The MU-2 passed the review and the FAA determined that no type-rating was necessary.

'Sled

 

[Hogan]

I didn't know about the Mitsubishi diamond. Does anyone know who flies those? What is it about the Mitsubishi desigjns that makes them so "unforgiving" or challenging?

 

[Lead Sled]

I didn't know about the Mitsubishi diamond. Does anyone know who flies those? What is it about the Mitsubishi desigjns that makes them so "unforgiving" or challenging?

Basically, it's the MU-2's high wing loading. Civilian pilots coming up through the ranks don't usually have a lot of experience with highly wing-loaded aircraft such as T-38s, Lears, B727s and other aircraft which have approximately the same wing loading as the MU-2.

'Sled

 

[semperfido]

read through some of this thread or others on the acft- it is explained "ad infinitum"