Metro/B1900

[DirtyBeech]

Ok, ok, we'll admit it.

 

[Toobdrvr]

Disagreed. Metro and 1900 pilots are clearly far superior in every aspect of aviating. Everyone knows that...

...so what about the select few of us that are typed in BOTH?...

Recent discussion with the wife:
ME: "All pilots are dorks"
Her: "But you're the Chief Pilot"
Me: "...King of the Dorks..."

Oops, forgot to answer the question: Both a/c are a blast to fly SP. It doesn't really seem like a bad idea until you are doing a circling approach at minimums in a metro, and then you really wish you had someone else in there, if for nothing else than appreciating with you how much this sucks.

In my opinion, the 1900 is a far superior a/c, much better design, and thus much easier (and fun) to fly. The upside of the metro SP is that every day you don't crash felt like an accomplishment!

Popular adage: "The 1900 was designed by geniui for idiots to fly, while the metro was designed by idiots for geniui to fly"

...what do I know, I'm in an airbus...

 

[DeathPencil]

...so what about the select few of us that are typed in BOTH?...

Recent discussion with the wife:
ME: "All pilots are dorks"
Her: "But you're the Chief Pilot"
Me: "...King of the Dorks..."



...what do I know, I'm in an airbus...

I still wonder why they bothered to put a control yoke in the metro.

 

[DirtyBeech]

All that really matters is looks. If you take a 1900, take all the aerodynamic corrections off of it, round the edges and give it a face lift you'd have a Metro approximation.

Besides, real mean fly the Bro and the Metro, and no, by that definition (and often my wife's) I'm not a real man.

 

[JSky26]

Just curious...

Does the Metro or the Beech have an A/P installed? I thought 135 op-specs required an A/P if an SIC is not there...?

 

[Toobdrvr]

Just curious...

Does the Metro or the Beech have an A/P installed? I thought 135 op-specs required an A/P if an SIC is not there...?

I think that's just an exemption a 135 can get for pax ops. At AMF all the metros have 'em, some better than others, and some of the 1900's do. They're both so solid that you don't really need one, but the approach coupler in the UP/DH metros are sweet!!! No autoland, though...

 

[AZFr8tPilot]

Not all AMF Metros had autopilots until a few months ago. There was one that I flew on a daily basis in PHX that didn't have an autopilot until several months ago. Got fairly used to hand flying it all the time and had to adjust to using the autopilot when it was finally installed.

 

[DeathPencil]

all except for a couple 1900's have autopilots in them now and the 99's are supposed to start getting them installed soon.

 

[JSky26]

whatever the case....

I give mad props to you freight dawgs out there!

 

[time builder]

all except for a couple 1900's have autopilots in them now and the 99's are supposed to start getting them installed soon.

What? The 99's are getting autopilots? Is this new equipment, or a second try at the old ones?