Most euro flag carriers are national airlines. Im talking the big ones. Many aren’t but that’s why you see so many new airlines in Europe. They come and go because they can’t compete because the cost of doing business in Europe without the govt is astronomical
What about reserves and all the extra that dispatch puts on due to weather and atc delays? Our 321’s only hold 159 on that route so obviously our cost is a bit higher. But they burn about 6k an hour and our typical load is around 42k. The NEO burns significantly less but is also an absolute pig. And yeah allegedly that’s what we pay per gallon.
The 321 NEO is a complete pig. At 340 the coffin corner is only like 15 knots. The classics, it takes us until passing the Rockies until we can typically climb above 35. Even then max ceiling is 390. Never been above 360 in a NEO.
Ugh! In the CJ3, or 2 for that matter, I was at 450 every time unless it was a really short flight. DAL to AUS was like 120
If I tried to go higher the arrival would have you coming back down before you got to altitude. So much for “over the weather”! Just call me Farmer Brown. I be’s ploughing!
What kind of strip?? I'm thinking of setting this up for off airport type stuff.
I flew a CJ2+ for 5.5 years…slow in cruise but that jet had some balls on climb. My record 500’ ASL departure to FL450 was 19 minutes with two pilots, one pax, bags for all and 2500lb fuel.Ugh! In the CJ3, or 2 for that matter, I was at 450 every time unless it was a really short flight. DAL to AUS was like 120
I flew the citation X for a bit. We could get up there pretty quick. Great airplane until you were landing in a crosswind.
Those yours or just a couple you have flown? There’s nothing more pure than flying backcountry and landing in random fields and grass strips.
I’ve had the SuperCub awhile. I just got the 206, so will probably be selling the Cub. The Maule is owned by a buddy of mine.
Yeah, and when he’s got the 35” tires on that thing, it looks like a monster. It’s an M7-260 so has plenty of grunt.
Not going to argue because my time is limited, but the super cub was like a corvette compared to mustang. I have no clue which particular models I flew. The SC felt like you could just point it up at the sky and it would just keep going. Our Maule could still yank up sailplanes like they weren't even there. It was a CAP airplane.
True. I spend more time in Maggie’s than the Pit, so was trying to make it easy on myself
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I spend most of my time in Watched Threads. I've got 58 pages in there. New stuff doesn't seem to show up there on its own though. Not sure why.True. I spend more time in Maggie’s than the Pit, so was trying to make it easy on myself
The "crunch time" for me is the actual boarding. You want to be one of the first to board if you want to preserve the overhead space above your seat. It's all about overhead space. And, sometimes, arseholes sitting in the back will board first and put their overhead items in the forward area of the cabin so that: 1) the don't have to carry it all the way back; and 2) they know they can come get it as they leave. But that reduces the availability of overhead space for those sitting in the front.20 series Lears aren’t actually airplanes, they just resemble one. Any ”airplane” that requires a back up yaw damper …
With it off it will immediately start to dutch roll. After about 2 cycles you’ll lose it. You will notice that the later Lears have all sorts of strakes under the tail and bumps on the wings.Slow down, go down. Lots of yaw damper off drills in the 72 sim.20 series Lears aren’t actually airplanes, they just resemble one. Any ”airplane” that requires a back up yaw damper …
The demo I saw live in the airplane (I’m not typed in a Lear. All sic) was at 10,000 MSL.
Ambler, and really, all, of the villages in Bush Alaska have good gravel strips. It's the way everything gets delivered to town...mail, eggs, gas and diesel, building materials, bootleg booze...everything. You won't find any hay fields to land on though.
