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If Skymasters are rare in the US, imagine in the Bahamas where I've done most of my flying in the past 20 years.
And their rarity led to 2 humorous encounters. At a remote out-island, where the landing fee was much higher for twins, the officer doing the paperwork for the fee looks at my airplane and says "Is that a single or a twin?" I take a moment and say "Well, it's got 2 engines but 1 is a spare." Guy starts writing and says "OK, single." At another remote out-island, the lineman guides me to a parking spot with the aircraft facing East. I get out of the plane and he asks "What kind of airplane is this?" I say "A Skymaster, built by Cessna". He looks at the airplane and says "How come 2 engines?" I point East with my hand and say "When I'm going East I use the front engine, when I go West I use the rear engine." Ernie |