Anyone ever hear of a Lear31A single pilot?

[ppragman]

There's no way that's true. King air's are very docile tprops.

Navajo so far is the most "difficult" in terms of the way the airplane's laid out and the fact that the thing is aggressive with a dead engine down low that I've flown - the King Air series airplanes were...easy. Autofeather in the king air still gives you fairly heavy rudder forces...but yeah, still pretty easy.

 

[Baronman]

There are plenty of RJs that are flown safely single pilot

 

[ZapBrannigan]

There are plenty of RJs that are flown safely single pilot

I see what you did there...

 

[Inverted]

I would take a King Air in an emergency over a Lear any day of the week in terms of complexity. It can be shocking how overpowered certain models of Lears are. The aircraft is just too complex to have memory items for most emergencies. Sure we have memory items for some abnormals but there are many complex systems on the Lear that are all intertwined to make random stuff be unusable, and to make your life miserable when something fails.

 

[TwoTwoLeft]

Ask Clay Lacy... He's flown plenty of Lears single pilot...

 

[Inverted]

I can't speak for other situations, but he is 2 crew during airshows for his routine in the 25.

 

[A150K]

I would take a King Air in an emergency over a Lear any day of the week in terms of complexity. It can be shocking how overpowered certain models of Lears are. The aircraft is just too complex to have memory items for most emergencies. Sure we have memory items for some abnormals but there are many complex systems on the Lear that are all intertwined to make random stuff be unusable, and to make your life miserable when something fails.

So I've heard from a friend of mine who is a Lear 60 driver.

 

[Inverted]

The 60 is a powerhouse. Hell even the 55 which is widely regarded as a pig, can really get up and go from a sea level airport on a good day. It just struggles to make it up to 410. The 20 and 30 series Lears are probably the closest you can get to a military fighter without joining. Fantastic performance and handle like race cars. We are getting rid of our 35, and although I won't miss it for carrying pax, it is fun as hell to yank and bank.