Old 03-06-2009 | 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by JT8D
So does anyone have any ATR experience? What's it like to fly? The overhead panel looks like a mess...
Guilty as charged.

Its actually a good flying airplane - steady and stable. Kind of like a big, powerful, fast, twin engine Cessna 182. Its a pain in the backside to land, especially the first few times. She doesn't like to come down and the plane humbles even people with thousands of hours in it.

The overhead panel looks like a lot at first - it scared the hell out of me the first time I saw it. After awhile you get used to it and it makes perfect sense. It's well designed. I don't even think about it anymore. I was comfortable in the plane after about 50 hours.

The plane is great. No big complaints - except the AC doesn't work well until you get some altitude.
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