Mitsubishi garnered top bragging rights in the most recent AIN product-support survey, and the biennial pilots’ review of proficiency (PROP) seminar series is one good reason why. How many manufacturers sponsor regular owner/operator safety seminars–let alone doing so for aircraft that went out of production almost two decades ago? Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America (MHIA) does, and its series has succeeded in significantly reducing the accident rate among MU-2 operators. Now in its 10th-anniversary year, the PROP series has evolved to include topics of primary interest to pilots and operators of the speedy Japanese airplane that many believe is misunderstood.
First sold in 1968, the MU-2 burst on the aviation market as a modern wonder of aerodynamics and propulsion. It was unique in just about every way, from the fuselage-mounted main landing gear (for operation from unimproved strips) to its high-efficiency wing with spoiler roll control, the TPE331-powered twin was a breath of fresh aerodynamic air.
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