forum post of the month
The Twin Commander Community Forum (www.flightlevelsonline.com/phpBB/) has hosted some good discussions among Commander owners and enthusiasts on topics ranging from travel destinations to the cost of complying with Service Bulletin 237.
We thought we�d prime the pump�pique your interest in checking out the Forum�by publishing an interesting comment that appeared in one of the Forum discussions. In this case it was on the relative merits of the turbine conversion of the Beech Duke verses Twin Commanders.
�I flew a Duke for years and had our company trade up (way up) to a Commander -10T. There is no comparison here. The magnesium tail of the Duke is weak, cabin is cramped, range is limited, and runway performance is vaguely comparable to the F-104. Parts are getting expensive and hard to find and nobody wants to support this airplane. The Turbine conversion improves reliability, but I told the president of our company that I would buy the gas if he let us do the maintenance.
�With the Commander we saved a pile and gained leagues of safety, performance and something the Duke never will have: utility.�
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