I'm happy with the noise level (P337) and not dissatisfied with the
cabin size. You're right about not ever knowing until too late if the
rear engine catches on fire. I may have to get rid of this if I ever
want my wife to get in a small plane again. She has sworn off ever
setting foot in this one.

Capt.Doug wrote:
"swag" wrote in message
I recently acquired a 1973 P337 Skymaster and had a bit of trouble with
it on a flight to New Jersey when I lost an engine enroute.

I had a C-337 once. I never could get the rear alternator to work for more
than an hour (Both engines can be hand-propped, but the front engine is a
bit more of as pain). I had a fuel injection spider line break on the rear
engine which caused the engine to shutdown sooner than I expected due to
fuel exhaustion. In hindsight I wondered when I would have detected a fire
on that rear engine if it had caught fire. The gear system is a CF. After
the second indicator problem, I just flew around with the gear down. The
cabin is small and noisy. The fly-over noise is loud. I got rid of it and
bought another Aztec.

D.