Flying my first turboprop

[Boris Badenov]

Yeah, I flew an A with the bigger engines on occasion. Still slower than Christmas in January, but man it would climb, even with that silly little queen air wing. You're getting me all misty. Oh, no, wait, I just remembered landing in PNS in a hurricane when I big-membered it in and instead of the band playing and the medals showing up, I got to watch the DHL guys sitting in their van and mouthing "No screwin way we go out in that". Sigh. Brake set.

 

[Beep]

Forget it. If it isn't a TPE, he's a hater.

As well he should be!

 

[A300Capt]

Relax! You'll LOVE turbines! Much easier to operate and more reliable than pistons!

 

[A300Capt]

It will be. I have fond memories of the 99. Not that fast, but it will tolerate you. Metros I flew always seemed intent on killing me, 99s played nice.

Yep..the "99'er airliner" was incredibly easy and predictable to fly. I enjoyed flying the Metroliner (San Antonio sewer pipe) and preferred the TPE331's (with the SRL's) over the PT6's. Also, the SA227 probably prepared me for the move up to big jets better than anything else I ever flew. Heavy control forces, speed below 10K, comparable systems and hard to "grease" it on consistently.

It was so difficult to get a decent smooth landing that it taught me a personal technique that has served me well to this day even on the MD11 and every jet I flown previous.

 

[ahw01]

Is Austin Collins worth a read

http://www.austincollins.com/flying.htm

 

[Boris Badenov]

Austin's Very Easy Guide is freaking great. You will actually understand 135 regs after reading it. I still refer to it before 135 orals...over a decade after I went through his ground school.

 

[deadstick]

+1 for Austin's

Just make sure everything applies. IIRC there was a flow chart for takeoff wx or something that doesn't fit my current procedures.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Yeah, he was writing for FLX, so in places he assumes things that were in their opspecs and might not be in yours. IMS, he usually points this out.

 

[Oxman]

Look into this book...

 

[deadstick]

I'd get this one first. He footnotes opspecs and 14 CFR 135 paragraphs.

 

[Deleted member 27505]

Paging @Boris Badenov

It's my distinct impression that @Boris Badenov doesn't so much fly turbines as intimidate them into submission.

 

[knot4u]

It's my distinct impression that @Boris Badenov doesn't so much fly turbines as intimidate them into submission.

Airplanes don't care about intellect or vocabulary, one should assume the machine they're operating is trying to make every day a bad day.

 

[tlove482]

I went from single pilot 402s to single pilot c90s with only flightsafety as training. It is definitely easier in a turboprop. The only thing that I had to get use to was the speed of the King Air. So much faster!

 

[Deleted member 27505]

Airplanes don't care about intellect or vocabulary, one should assume the machine they're operating is trying to make every day a bad day.

Airplanes don't care about anything. They are inanimate objects. Yet, their proper operation has a great deal to do with their pilots' intellects...and their pilots' vocabularies. The latter is apparently so important that damned near every aviation manual I've ever read has had its own glossary.

Though your "predicate clause" grammatically ought to be its own sentence, I completely concur with its important message. A pessimistic outlook toward equipment performance certainly prepares one for inevitable failures.

As for the comprehension of sarcasm, that is generally directly related to intellect and vocabulary.

 

[knot4u]

Airplanes don't care about anything. They are inanimate objects. Yet, their proper operation has a great deal to do with their pilots' intellects...and their pilots' vocabularies. The latter is apparently so important that damned near every aviation manual I've ever read has had its own glossary.

Though your "predicate clause" grammatically ought to be its own sentence, I completely concur with its important message. A pessimistic outlook toward equipment performance certainly prepares one for inevitable failures.

As for the comprehension of sarcasm, that is generally directly related to intellect and vocabulary.

You just said a bunch of words. You're smart.

 

[NickH]

Airplanes don't care about anything. They are inanimate objects. Yet, their proper operation has a great deal to do with their pilots' intellects...and their pilots' vocabularies. The latter is apparently so important that damned near every aviation manual I've ever read has had its own glossary.

Though your "predicate clause" grammatically ought to be its own sentence, I completely concur with its important message. A pessimistic outlook toward equipment performance certainly prepares one for inevitable failures.

As for the comprehension of sarcasm, that is generally directly related to intellect and vocabulary.

I'm ****ed.

 

[CoffeeIcePapers]

Let it spool up, give it fuel, turn off the starter. Go fly.

 

[DhruvK]

@Mavmb Knowing which shop you're at, PM me.


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[derg]

Pretty much this...I only ever flew the C with 715 SHP per side, so at least it would cimb like a raped ape on lighter, cooler days.

You guys are into some freaky stuff!

 

[milleR]

There are a select number of B100's that qualify as "real" airplanes but the rest of the King Air line was designed for Bonanza pilots that wanted air stairs :stir: