Obviously not from a pilot with turbine engine experience....
* All turbine engines have a "continuous ignition" mode that's used during ice encounters, or even heavy rain. Strike one..
"A DC-4 can be supported by the flight crew" - yeah right, even it if *could* be now (and it can't) what's going to happen in the next 10 years when the baby boomer mechanics - who can actually identify a radial engine - retire? The 747 can run longer between mtx tasks and still be supported by 1 mechanic for 50+ flight hours. Strike two...
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Obviously not from a pilot with turbine engine experience.... * All turbine engines have a "continuous ignition" mode that's used during ice encounters, or even heavy rain. Strike one.. "A DC-4 can be supported by the flight crew" - yeah right, even it if *could* be now (and it can't) what's going to happen in the next 10 years when the baby boomer mechanics - who can actually identify a radial engine - retire? The 747 can run longer between mtx tasks and still be supported by 1 mechanic for 50+ flight hours. Strike two...