Richman
JC’s Resident Curmudgeon
PSA's absolutely had APUs, because the APU tailcone was titanium, to which the paint would not stick, and promptly all flaked off as soon as they got them.
Dornier 328eco roll out
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PSA's absolutely had APUs, because the APU tailcone was titanium, to which the paint would not stick, and promptly all flaked off as soon as they got them.
Autothrust Blue
Welcome aboard the Washington State Ferries
The newest 50 seat CRJs were manufactured in 2006. At some point, something has to replace them; this and the ATR are probably the best bets, even if Americans say they won't get into a propeller-driven airplane. (They have before, they will again.)
Skåning
Well-Known Member
Looks like the exact same DorkProp that came out 30 years ago. Someone got the type cert for cheap and decided to “disrupt” the industry.
scooter2525
Very well Member
It says Eco.
guywhoflies
Y'NO WUT IM SAYIN
There are some improvements. 40 seats, upgraded avionics, and allegedly upgraded engines. The old 328 is still a better performer than the newest ATR, I’m sure the eco version will be solid as well.
ChasenSFO
hen teaser
I think it was just marketed as Midwest Connect? Probably 2000s, it was just "SkyWay" in Midwest publications prior to that IIRC. I actually just sold a Midwest Express print today lol.If we are going to be pedantic, it was Midwest Express Connection.
Lawman
Well-Known Member
They are some of the biggest D bags as far as over inflated sense of mission swoopyness.
Nothing they do is actually tactical capability, it’s out of political sensitivities for a deliberate attempt at discretion.
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Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
As per previous threads, all I can personally verify is that they were about as stealthy as a Vaudeville show manned exclusively by Bald Eagles, the times I ran across them. The thing parks, and then it's like a clown car of suspiciously fit 25 year olds piling out carrying enormous Pelican cases and (as you point out) wearing Tacticool versions of Business Friday Casual.
Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
Bros were up in anchorage a bunch when I used to fly up there
Autothrust Blue
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Uh oh, here comes an s, better attach a frakking apostrophe!
One of my friends flew a G5 for the USAF with a corporate paint scheme and a “November” registration, in plain clothes, few seats and a lot of cargo straps.
Interesting stories he had.
ZapBrannigan
If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
Guess I'll be the outlier and say that I hated the Dornier. I flew it as an FO for PSA for a while post 9/11 and was not impressed.
The plastic dash was velcroed on. As the glue decayed in the heat, eventually pieces of the dash would fall off on the takeoff roll.
The thrust reverse was really tough to get unless your pinky fingers were ridiculously strong. And if you didn't use them, the brakes overheated easy.
Tiny rudder.
The toilet flush motor had its own alternator that didn't work until the prop was out of feather... which meant it wouldn't flush on the ground. I'm sure you see the issue.
That said, it was fast and the Primus 2000 was nice.
The plastic dash was velcroed on. As the glue decayed in the heat, eventually pieces of the dash would fall off on the takeoff roll.
The thrust reverse was really tough to get unless your pinky fingers were ridiculously strong. And if you didn't use them, the brakes overheated easy.
Tiny rudder.
The toilet flush motor had its own alternator that didn't work until the prop was out of feather... which meant it wouldn't flush on the ground. I'm sure you see the issue.
That said, it was fast and the Primus 2000 was nice.
Lawman
Well-Known Member
If you ever meet or interview somebody who has CASA212 and F-whatever on the same resume just know that guy has seen some stuff… and it was probably in Africa.
CFI A&P
Exploring the world one toilet at a time.
A former co-worker of mine has a collection of type ratings that sticks out. Not CASA212 but similar turboprops and helicopters.
"I see on your resume you flew the A, B & C. How did you get into that sort of flying?"
"We did some stuff, in places. You know. How about BBQ for lunch?"
"Oh, okay."
Kingairer
'Tiger Team' Member
I seem to remember some ridiculous cockpit door window cover.
Also, maybe "plastic dash" is a good name for it? (Plastic Dh8)
ahw01
Well-Known Member
Can I interest you in a Brazilian, Sir?
Lawman
Well-Known Member
My last boss was qualified in 17 different aircraft…. The Army doesn’t officially own that many aircraft types.
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Skåning
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Richman
JC’s Resident Curmudgeon
Airplanes can run the gambit, even the same type. At PDT, we had Dash-8s starting with serial number 6 on up. Dickie Henson didn't trust electronics or AHARS, so no EFIS and it had a standby gyro system. The older serials were miserable, with almost no usable airflow to the cockpit, and that was even assuming the ACM was operating at it's peak. We also had some of the last serial -100s, and while they had finally sorta, kinda fixed the cockpit airflow issue, it was still a slow, lumbering beast in the sweltering southeast, although we had APUs and a pretty decent RNAV.
The -200s were what the -100s should have been all along, at least for the hot south. Better ACM, better hydraulic system, more blow, and more go.