Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
01-25-2013, 06:34 AM
Can't abide NAI
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01-25-2013, 07:37 AM
Gets Weekends Off
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01-25-2013, 07:55 AM
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I have APU silencer envy.
01-25-2013, 08:09 AM
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Why don't we see more ATRs around the USA? It seems the Q400 is a hangar queen, although Horizon has proven it can be dispatch reliable. Are ATRs expensive? Or are buyers holding out for the NextGen?
01-25-2013, 08:21 AM
Runs with scissors
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Did they ever really solve the icing issues with that thing? I remember when that one went down after holding in a snow storm going into ORD, they sent them to San Juan.
01-25-2013, 08:23 AM
seeing the large hubs...
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American Eagle Flight 4184 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although not the only turboprop accident in the 90s, it showed a problem with the de-icing capabilities that made the public wary of "small planes"
01-25-2013, 08:28 AM
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The Roselawn accident changed turboprop sales. They went from convenient, inexpensive airplanes that did a great job connecting to the hub to death machines. I believe for a while their known ice certification was suspending, making it a little hard to fly north of Nashville in the winter.
American Eagle Flight 4184 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American Eagle Flight 4184 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I flew cancelled checks in an AC690 for over 4000 hours out of BOS-LGA-DET, all winter, it didn't ice up like that, but we never held in that crap, being late at night, we always came in high and hot. But we also rubbed Future Floor Polish on the boots before we took off! Otherwise the ice would stick and build up. The noise it made coming off the props would sure get your attention!
01-25-2013, 09:02 AM
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The Roselawn accident changed turboprop sales. They went from convenient, inexpensive airplanes that did a great job connecting to the hub to death machines. I believe for a while their known ice certification was suspending, making it a little hard to fly north of Nashville in the winter.
American Eagle Flight 4184 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although not the only turboprop accident in the 90s, it showed a problem with the de-icing capabilities that made the public wary of "small planes"
American Eagle Flight 4184 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although not the only turboprop accident in the 90s, it showed a problem with the de-icing capabilities that made the public wary of "small planes"
01-25-2013, 09:06 AM
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I flew cancelled checks in an AC690 for over 4000 hours out of BOS-LGA-DET, all winter, it didn't ice up like that, but we never held in that crap, being late at night, we always came in high and hot. But we also rubbed Future Floor Polish on the boots before we took off! Otherwise the ice would stick and build up. The noise it made coming off the props would sure get your attention!
01-25-2013, 09:22 AM
veut gagner à la loterie
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