Made the first turnoff, too...

[KLB]

Don't say 1900 around the Metro guys, they'll get all heady on ya!

Well the Hondo is a better airplane than the metro - that's just it.

"Don't start none...won't be none"

Metro pilots drink 1900 pilots under the table. It's true. I read it on the internet somewhere.

 

[Dugie8]

That said, what have you flown that would stop in ~1000ft and carry 3000lbs of "no seriously, we need this right now" at 280 knots for 4 hours?

Your mom.

 

[ppragman]

"Don't start none...won't be none"

Metro pilots drink 1900 pilots under the table. It's true. I read it on the internet somewhere.

I'd have to drink heavily just to justify waking up in the morning if I flew a metro

 

[Burrito]

Well you said Waggin's and I was asking if you meant Wiggins.

Sorry for the confusion, the airline certainly has its fair share of nicknames.

 

[Burrito]

I'd have to drink heavily just to justify waking up in the morning if I flew a metro

I think that's a common theme in this industry, for all our jobs, if we had to do everyone else's.

 

[KLB]

I'd have to drink heavily just to justify waking up in the morning if I flew a metro

AMF assigned pilots the 1900 as some sort of corporal punishment.

Instead of lashes to the back, it was two years hard time in the hondo.

 

[KSCessnaDriver]

Plenty of rumors... They want them. Probably go with CRJ though

Our exemption and scope with FedEx would allow it. I give it 2 years before they get serious.

Training would probably be a day. Haha

There are already package freighter converted CRJ's running around Europe. When I heard the company talking about how we had "the options for the first freighter CRJs" I may have actually laughed out loud.

 

[ppragman]

AMF assigned pilots the 1900 as some sort of corporal punishment.

Instead of lashes to the back, it was two years hard time in the hondo.

And metro time was assigned in cases of insanity ;-)

 

[CoffeeIcePapers]

Worked like a champ. Instant reverse because the engines were already spooled up, unlike a PT-6 *spit*. In my experience, reverse on the 99 kicked in just about the time you didn't need it anymore. The Marquises with the -10s and four blade props were stunning. You got weight on wheels and pulled the levers over the gate and it was like hitting a freaking wall, hanging in the straps. I'm pretty sure I could get a Marquise stopped in 500 feet if my life depended on it. Another amazing airplane murdered by the Safety Mafia.

That's probably because the Mits was already in high idle when you landed, or at least I assume it is, because that's how the Metro was. I agree in general about PT6, but I haven't tried to land with it in high idle yet. I'll let you know after Sunday.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Awww, yeah. Just Mitsing it, no big thing.



To be fair, if they'd needed the medical supplies in the swamp behind the airstrip, they could have just as easily called a King Air, i suppose.

Although who put a GPWS in a Mitsi is beyond me. Don't they know the system is worth more than the airplane?

All I got was an alert on my computer saying "sorry, I can't play this for you as the speakers can't be turned up loud enough to make it realistic"

 

[Boris Badenov]

That's probably because the Mits was already in high idle when you landed

Well, I think they all have to spool back up when you go to reverse (imagine just instantly applying that sort of force in the opposite direction). It's just that turboshafts do it much faster. Sort of like a supercharger vs. a turbocharger.

 

[Boris Badenov]

All I got was an alert on my computer saying "sorry, I can't play this for you as the speakers can't be turned up loud enough to make it realistic"

Surprisingly quiet on the inside...well ok maybe not "quiet" but not nearly as loud as certain other turboprops I could name.

 

[jafra98]

Meh, I made bravo in BQN single engine! METRO!!!!

If a loaded DC10 can do that anyone can do it.......

 

[Tommay85]

If a loaded DC10 can do that anyone can do it.......

Let me have my moment of talking crap, dammit!

 

[z987k]

Surprisingly quiet on the inside...well ok maybe not "quiet" but not nearly as loud as certain other turboprops I could name.

Like anything with a pt6 that spins the props at 2000+ rpms, with a min of 1600 which is still higher than the max on any garrett?

 

[97victor]

I felt like I was watching a certain scene from the movie Contact.

 

[PositionAndHold]

Surprisingly quiet on the inside...well ok maybe not "quiet" but not nearly as loud as certain other turboprops I could name.

Heard a Moo2 check on the other day. You could hear the scream of that thing through his headset. My ears bled just thinking about enduring that.

 

[Roger Roger]

Heard a Moo2 check on the other day. You could hear the scream of that thing through his headset. My ears bled just thinking about enduring that.

Never flown a MU2 but in general I think Garretts are quieter inside than pratts because the prop turns so much slower. You don't really hear the compressor noise in the cabin like you do on the ground. Shoot even on takeoff I think the Garavan is quieter than then Pratt, again because the prop turns slower. The only time the Garrett is really louder is on taxi.