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[JeppUpdater]

This sums up this whole article:

"I gauge it by the height of my redwood tree. It's often lower than 1,500 feet," she said.

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/...ce-growing-concern-over-small-commuter-planes

 

[mshunter]

"It sent my grand children running for cover!"

ROFLCOPTER!!!!! Seriously lady, it's probably one of the quietest airplanes out there. Someone please fly a C185 in there.

 

[Boris Badenov]

THE BLUE BELLIED MONSTER!

They shoot horses, you know.

 

[gotWXdagain]

The Pilatus is quieter than alot of other planes flying around of that size. Or perhaps they'd like something Garrett powered.

 

[T/O w/FSII]

I want to swallow a .45 after reading those comments...wow. I cant...I just cant.

 

[ASpilot2be]

The Pilatus is quieter than alot of other planes flying around of that size. Or perhaps they'd like something Garrett powered.

The Garetts are pretty quiet in flight.

 

[Boris Badenov]

The Garetts are pretty quiet in flight.

Totally unscientifically, I'd say a Mitsi is a tick quieter than an PC-12, but they're both pretty darned quiet (in the air).

 

[z987k]

Tpes spin the props slower than any pt6 in flight.

 

[ASpilot2be]

Tpes spin the props slower than any pt6 in flight.

What do PT6s spin at?

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

 

[scooter2525]

The best was someone saying that people who have drugs and guns fly on Surf Air because of lax security.

 

[z987k]

What do PT6s spin at?

1650 is a realistic minimum. On climb out anywhere from 2300 to 2000.

Fastest ive seen Garrett props is in the high 1500s.

 

[Bob Ridpath]

We empower this crap as a society in many areas.

Instead of telling people to "grow the (deleted expletive) up," we entertain nonsensical, whiny complaints about non-issues and validate them by giving an audience to the whiner.

I have taken 911 calls from people who have a deer in their yard or a squirrel on their porch which "could ge rabid." I HAVE to send a cop, funded by the tax dollars of rational people, to placate idiots who forgot (or never learned) the give-and-take of life or its associated priorities. Someone cut you off on the highway? Flip 'em off and turn up the radio. Throw a spoon at the damned squirrel on your porch if it bothers you. Consider that the airplane will be gone in thirty seconds, which is FAR less time than I spend with your whiny child who wants a candy bar in the checkout line at Hannafords.

May God/Allah/Krishna/The Flying Spaghetti Monster protect us from the proliferation of this nonsense. How I hope that Surf Air is successful and triples (or more) their number of flights!

 

[ASpilot2be]

1650 is a realistic minimum. On climb out anywhere from 2300 to 2000.

Fastest ive seen Garrett props is in the high 1500s.

Wow! The CT-7s on the SAAB are the slowest props I have seen. 1396 is max, 1270 during climb, and 1230 during cruise.

 

[Cal Goat]

I weighed in. You're welcome.

 

[JeppUpdater]

Wow! The CT-7s on the SAAB are the slowest props I have seen. 1396 is max, 1270 during climb, and 1230 during cruise.

Weak sauce.

Dash 8 200/300. Takeoff 1200, climb 1050, cruise at a leisurely 900.

Pratts in my experience (from the PT6s up to the Dash motors) seem maybe not louder but more bassy, which makes them seem louder (and more powerful).

Launch a 1900 and Metro back to back and it's a very noticeable difference.

 

[Hacker15e]

Palo Alto is a pretty small airport.

 

[BravoHotel]

My question in about 20 months is how does one get on with surf air?

 

[Cal Goat]

My question in about 20 months is how does one get on with surf air?

I'd be interested to know how they're doing. Seems like a year ago I was hearing them on frequency much more often than I have recently.

 

[JordanD]

The best was someone saying that people who have drugs and guns fly on Surf Air because of lax security.

You know times are tough when drug and arms lords can't afford their own planes anymore.

And I hear Palo Alto to Burbank is a pretty lucrative route for drug smugglers.