414Flyer
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Cessna 340 and 414 are not bad planes at all, but if you are going to be flying 6-8 people on a regular basis, I would probably look elsewhere. A 421 might do, but if 8 people will be a regular event, and unless they are midgets, I would start looking towards turbine.
They both have the same engines, and the 340 is a bit faster and will do better on one engine. I do air ambulance in a 414 here in New Mexico, with high density altitudes..Try over 9000 ft before I ever leave the runway, on an average summer day, and probably approaching 10,000 once it gets to 90s.
I hope I never lose an engine in a 414 after takeoff with patient, nurses and gas, because I suspect the driftdown altitude will be somewhere well below the surface, and the terrain around here is not exactly like it was in North dakota.
A 340 is a easy plane to fly, and not too bad on one engine. 414 is roomier, heavier...
I did cloud seeding in a 340 last year, and now do air ambulance in a 414 and forest fire "air attack" in a 340 too
They both have the same engines, and the 340 is a bit faster and will do better on one engine. I do air ambulance in a 414 here in New Mexico, with high density altitudes..Try over 9000 ft before I ever leave the runway, on an average summer day, and probably approaching 10,000 once it gets to 90s.
I hope I never lose an engine in a 414 after takeoff with patient, nurses and gas, because I suspect the driftdown altitude will be somewhere well below the surface, and the terrain around here is not exactly like it was in North dakota.
A 340 is a easy plane to fly, and not too bad on one engine. 414 is roomier, heavier...
I did cloud seeding in a 340 last year, and now do air ambulance in a 414 and forest fire "air attack" in a 340 too
