Cessna 441

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Make: Cessna
Aircraft Model: 441
Aircraft Nickname: Conquest II
Aircraft Mil Civ Description: Airplane ME Turboprop
Category: Airplane
Class: Multi Engine Land
Engine Description: Twin Engine

First Flown Information
Sequence First Flown:
Date First Flown: 07/27/2007
Location First Flown: KMHV, Mohave, CA
Who and/or What Organization First Flown With: National Test Pilot School, Russ Stewart

Aircraft Experience
As of: 06/06/2020
Number of Hours Flown: 1
Number of Times Flown: 1
Other Aircraft Models Associated:

Recollections: With many airplanes, what I remember most is not the airplane but the people I flew with. In this case I flew with Russ Stewart, one of the senior instructors at the National Test Pilot School (NTPS–not to be confused with the NAVY test pilot school…USNTPS). Russ is a perfect instructor…calm, knowledgeable, safe and extremely effective. A great instructor who is also likeable…a combination that few share to the degree that Russ does. I have been fortunate enough to fly with Russ 4 times, twice in the Sabreliner, once the Cirrus SR22 and–doing an Asymmetric Power demo–in the C-441. It was my first time in this model and Russ made it easy to get to the topic of Asymmetric Power (the airplane’s handling qualities aspects when one engine is shutdown). I was a lead instructor for Asym Power at USNTPS for many years but, even so, I learned a lot from Russ on this hop. He is THAT GOOD.