Dan, two weeks ago with 4 big people and 120 gallon of fuel on board had a catastrophic oil seal failure in the front engine turbo dumping all engine oil out the exhaust. You know, white smoke like the Thunderbirds. Well, I was at 4,500 feet and 30 miles back to Battle Creek. It really is a non event with the Skymaster. Not first time I lost an engine and probably will not be the last. The stats that you have regarding the safety record of the Skymaster are somewhat skewed. If you do a complete investigation you will find two things that standout the most.
1, Lack of fuel...can't blane the plane for that and,
2, Events that happen as a result of training.
I believe in the Skymaster so much, the current 1975 P337G is my second Skymaster.
For $45,000 are there only two partners? If so, I think it is a deal for a 1973 P337G unit.
Jerry
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