Ted
The pilot formerly known as Twin Engine Ted
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I certainly have no experience with Twinkies but I have been told that their Single engine performance is horrible.
This brings up a good point - having two engines only really helps you if your single engine service ceiling is greater than ground level, whatever that is. What your single engine service ceiling ends up being depends on the plane, weight, temperature, power, which engine fails, etc. Fortunately, the areas we're talking about are close enough to sea level that it's generally not a problem. The Aztec still does pretty well, but I wouldn't want to test it at gross on a hot day with the left engine failed.