There is not one of you that can call yourself a real pilot until you've done time in the Metroliner......

 

The 170 does have a real horn. It transmits at a frequency that is outside of the normal hearing range if your average ramper though!

 

Ya, I got time it that thing too.Ones, twos and threes. Jetstream is worse. Company had nearly 75 percent bust during transition from Metro to JetStream. FAA had a tizzy.

San Antonia Sewer Pipe.

Metro II joke? (Short wing) Why does a Metro II have wings? They had to have somewhere to mount the engines

Performance figures for Metro I and II ? Accelerate/Slow to 35 Knots! And the FAA let them fly !!!!!!!

Climb after V1, with the gear down, may result in a negative rate of climb. It's right there in the flight manual, look it up you pukes. And the FAA let them fly !!!!!!!

Also flew the Beech 1900 A (?), B, C and D !!!!

Ah ! The A (?) Model ? Yep, though it was never designated as the "A" model.....only the first three air frames were built as (default) "A" models. Flew it as a demo aircraft. Only the first three frames had an air stair door fore and aft. Nobody wanted it because the aft cargo door was too small, vs the big door on the Metro liner. So thus the B model. Fuel system improvements and some electronics made the C model.

And then the D model. The humpback whale of the fleet. A (nearly) stand up cabin that most of you recall as the "Mighty Beech". Ya, right. Did you ever look down the aisle and give the yoke a sharp rap with your fist? That biotch twisted like a dog filmed in slow motion after they were water soaked and were shaking it off. Except the dog starts at the nose and twists aft and the D twisted aft forward. Things that make you go "Oops!".

Rode in the back of the D as the Captain that couldn't read radar flew through thunderstorms. She hit some rough spots that caused the aft cargo door to purge pressurization. Not cool either.

The Metro was fun, the Beech was boring, the Jetstream a daily colonoscopy.

 

Back then the "commuters" were 135. I can't recall but the metro was probably not a part 25 certified aircraft. If so, no actual requirement to climb on one engine.