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Old May 4, 2014, 2:49 pm
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Originally Posted by WHBM
This is actually a type which I think we have not covered before, the Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer (Twin Pin to its friends). They didn't sell too many, but it was quite popular in this part of Asia with the airlines, the local air forces, and the RAF when they still operated there. Think of it as a piston-engine Twin Otter and you're pretty much there, except it had a triple tail, like a little Connie. Scottish Aviation had a big repair and overhaul facility at Prestwick in Scotland, they didn't do many new aircraft designs but they did this one. Nowadays the buildings are part of Ryanair's main maintenance base, which is there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottis...n_Twin_Pioneer

It was the last type built in the UK, and one of the last in the world, with Radial engines, Alvis Leonides, built in Coventry. There's one left flying in the UK, immaculately kept and which turns up on the airshow circuit in the summer, where it always shows how extremely STOL it was, does overflights in the display at about 40 knots on full flap and high rpm (impressive when into a 35-knot headwind), and afterwards does 10 minute rides. I've never taken one yet, but must do, to get a rare type before they're all gone.
44. Absolutely correct! And certainly an interesting looking aircraft!
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