Wednesday the other week was MFU’s return to service flight after a C check which lasted more than five weeks. An aircraft requires a check flight after any maintenance that affects the flight characteristics of the aircraft. One is normally done after a C check, especially as a large amount of work is done. One or two Engineer’s go along to observe the flight. The Pilot’s put the aircraft through it’s operational limits, sometimes causing those on board to be sick as they pull positive 2G’s and negative 1G. Following the check flight the Pilot’s give feedback to the Engineer’s on it’s performance and anything that might need adjusting.
I was unable to make a video of the C check, so spur of the moment I filmed the RTS from the outside. Next time I will try and film one from the inside. One annoying thing is my still camera doesn’t capture the prop rotation correctly and gives a strobe affect. I made this video seriously, but as it came more together in the end it made me laugh a bit. If someone can guess the music in the video, they may win a prize. It is always good to see an aircraft back flying after large amounts of maintenance carried out.
PS the Twin Otter Captain in this video, Mike Davis, has 22 years of experience flying Twin Otters. He is also Canadian and the Twin Otter is from Canada, just to help explain some of the video.
