Fitting in the B1900

Callador

Callador

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Yes, this is my second thread asking about fitting into airplanes. I won't be flying the B1900, but I have a sim check in one (Colgan). I wanted to know if the seat goes down or not, also how far does it slide back? I failed to fit into a King Air C90 at the Oshkosh airshow. My legs were mashed up in the yoke and it was little narrow. The seat in the King Air didn't move back at all.

I'm 6'5" and around 290lbs. Do I have a chance?
 
You will be fine, just ask to adjust the rudder petals if you can't fit properly. There are tabs that you can use to move it back.

The sim seat goes up and down, forward and back.
 
Callador said:
Yes, this is my second thread asking about fitting into airplanes. I won't be flying the B1900, but I have a sim check in one (Colgan). I wanted to know if the seat goes down or not, also how far does it slide back? I failed to fit into a King Air C90 at the Oshkosh airshow. My legs were mashed up in the yoke and it was little narrow. The seat in the King Air didn't move back at all.

I'm 6'5" and around 290lbs. Do I have a chance?
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Seggy, the wookie that replied to this thread, flew the Beech 1900 for a few years and is the same size as you. If he can fit in it, I figure anybody can.

Enjoy, it's a fun plane, even if it's only a sim eval.
 
Callador said:
Yes, this is my second thread asking about fitting into airplanes. I won't be flying the B1900, but I have a sim check in one (Colgan). I wanted to know if the seat goes down or not, also how far does it slide back? I failed to fit into a King Air C90 at the Oshkosh airshow. My legs were mashed up in the yoke and it was little narrow. The seat in the King Air didn't move back at all.

I'm 6'5" and around 290lbs. Do I have a chance?
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Aren't you working for Seaborne Airlines? Are you not enjoying your time there?
 
murphfly said:
Aren't you working for Seaborne Airlines? Are you not enjoying your time there?
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I enjoy flying the DHC-6, and I really enjoy the people I fly with. There are a lot of characters in the Carribean! :) Our airline is having some hard times finacially, so I'm just looking around to see what else is out there. I'm not 100% set on taking the new job, since I would be losing out on some pay, but it doesn't hurt to get more interview experience.

While the pay would be lower, I think I would be working a little less for that pay. Right now I fly 12 flights per day, so it makes for some long days. I was reading that the guys on the Q400 were doing 4-5. I would also get more IFR time, since we rarely fly IFR down here, just on the bad weather days (not much of that though). I would also get the "glass" time... I don't have any of that atm.

There are a few other things that my company needs to work on as well, but I don't want to put it out in the public forums.
 
You should fit comfortably in a 1900. It's actually pretty spacious up front.

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Excuse me.:D
 
You'll fit fine. I knew a guy at Skyway who was built like a Na'vi and he fight ok in it.
 
Callador said:
Heh, lots of love for that airplane I see! :)
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I'm a metro pilot...enough said.:D


For you sensative types that fly the 1900,
This is just light ribbing. Although your plane may be less manly then mine, I in no way am trying to offend anyone here. It's just a light ribbing.



Here's a little something to wipe your tears away if it's bothering you any:



:D
 
Don't worry, I come from a Metro family. My Dad flew them for TWE back in the early to mid 80's. So yeah, I just have to sit in the 1900 long enough to take a sim check. :)
 
I think he means those steery things under the driving wheel. When I ramped at Lakes, there were plenty of guys around the 6'3" to 6'5" range that seemed to be moderately comfortable in the cockpit even after some of those 10 hour duty days.
 
Boris Badenov said:
Seriously. Anything related to the King Air ought to come with training wheels.
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YOUR MOTHER WAS A TRAMP!!!

:)

I love everything Beechcraft has ever produced. The King Air, and everything related to it, is a true pilots airplane. Easy to operate while being fun to fly. I mean sure you can brag about flying the MU-2 or the Metro, and about how you don't need autofeather because you had NTS, and about how the Metro can't carry any ice, and oh yeah you'd better not to turn the inlet heat on before hitting icing conditions or the engine is going to eat itself, and by the way the nose gear steering system in the Metro might just decide to go tango uniform at any point in time, OR you could be reading the latest edition of Hustler at cruise in a King Air while not having to worry about what's going to go wrong next.
 
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