Tinker:

You are welcome.

The Aero Commander is a plush bird, but on take-off and landing it feels like your butt is dragging on the ground. That makes it hard to hold off on landing flare - you think your wheels are two feet under the runaway when you touch. Other than that and hydraulic problems it's a great airplane.

Ted Smith learned a lot from it, and the lessons were all embodied in his next design, the AeroStar. World's best light twin. Piper bought the design, and I hope they made Ford pay through the nose for slapping the AeroStar name on their POS tin can van.

Aero Commander and AeroStar,
. Both twins, they'll take you far.

Bill.