Yes, I am, Joe. about 4600 hours in the Air Force. Part of that time was as a Forward Air Controller flying O-2s. (The Air Force's version of the Cessna 310 I think? It was about 30 years ago now and it's hard to remember.)
Anyway, the damned plane had a huge, heavy radio pallet in it that overloaded it to the point that if you lost the rear engine, the front one was only good enough to take you to the crash site. We didn't even wear parachutes, because we were usually too low anyway and the extra 30 pounds might make the difference between getting to a good landing site or not.
- Jack
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