IFL has CRJs now...

[KSCessnaDriver]

You can fly a CRJ under 135 all you want. Today. FAA has no problem with it. Hell you can fly a 737 under 135 and they'll have no problem with it. In fact I can think of a few operators that do.

You would just be limited to 7500 lbs of freight. Unless you somehow managed to get an exemption to the regulations

 

[deadstick]

I'm holding out for a CRJ operating under 137.

 

[Tommay85]

You can fly a CRJ under 135 all you want. Today. FAA has no problem with it. Hell you can fly a 737 under 135 and they'll have no problem with it. In fact I can think of a few operators that do.

Ha, indeed! OK, under 135 with the payload exemption.

 

[z987k]

You would just be limited to 7500 lbs of freight. Unless you somehow managed to get an exemption to the regulations

Or they could become a real airline. I mean if IFL can do it........

 

[KSCessnaDriver]

Or they could become a real airline. I mean if IFL can do it........

Or just play the game like ameriflight and somehow get an exemption.

 

[Tommay85]

Or they could become a real airline. I mean if IFL can do it........

Or just play the game like ameriflight and somehow get an exemption.

 

[Adler]

Or they could become a real airline. I mean if IFL can do it........

IFL's been 121 for a long time with the 727's and Convairs, and before that enjoyed an even longer history with more ancient heavy metal. They do it very well, not sure where the "...if IFL can do it..." comes from.

 

[mrivc211]

I didn't know I could hate CRJs any more.

It coulda been worse. I look at it like this:
We coulda been stuck in the teens battling icing and weather but instead we got to do our jail time in the flight levels with the big boys away from most of the heart pounding danger.

 

[Tommay85]

IFL's been 121 for a long time with the 727's and Convairs, and before that enjoyed an even longer history with more ancient heavy metal. They do it very well, not sure where the "...if IFL can do it..." comes from.

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Those 727 engines look funny to me. Are they bigger than normal?

 

[DE727UPS]

The 727's look like -200's. The 580 looks longer than normal though.

 

[MikeD]

The 727's look like -200's. The 580 looks longer than normal though.

I think they call those stretch 580s a 5800..

 

[Boris Badenov]

The 727's look like -200's. The 580 looks longer than normal though.

That's because it's a CV-5800.

 

[Hacker15e]

Those 727 engines look funny to me. Are they bigger than normal?

http://www.yarchive.net/air/airliners/valsan_mods.html

 

[TallWeeds]

Those 727 engines look funny to me. Are they bigger than normal?

The 727's look like -200's. The 580 looks longer than normal though.

The 727 closest to the camera is a Super 27. The pods are the larger -217C engines from the MD-80 series.

The 580 in the second to last picture is a 5800. It has been stretched, given bigger engines, and equipped with an EFIS flight deck.

Those two things are some of what make IFL so successful. They offer customers products that they don't even know they need yet. They're also the only company to offer them.

IFL was the sole operator of long range Falcon 20s with the Garrett engines for years. IFL is the last operator of adhoc cargo Convair 580s in the US. They are the only 5800 operator ever in the US. They are the only adhoc cargo Super27 operator ever in the US.

They do things nobody else will do or can do. That's why they are incredibly profitable. I have no doubt the CRJ will be a huge success for them.

 

[Tommay85]

Those aren't propeller blades; they're boat oars! Haha

 

[MikeD]

The 727 closest to the camera is a Super 27. The pods are the larger -217C engines from the MD-80 series.

Whereas they used to be such a common sight back in the day, it's nice to see 727s still coming into and out of PHX. The occasional IFL jet, as well as the corporate ones, still make their way through.

IFL is the last operator of adhoc cargo Convair 580s in the US.

Good to see them around. Those come into TUS. Nice to see someone flying them still after all the Kittyhawk 640s disappeared.

 

[DE727UPS]

I used to fly those Kittyhawk 640's before they were owned by Kittyhawk...

 

[MikeD]

I used to fly those Kittyhawk 640's before they were owned by Kittyhawk...

Great looking bird, especially with those Dart motors. Perform well?

 

[Inverted]

Or just play the game like ameriflight and somehow get an exemption.

It will never happen, how many powerlines are tall enough to fly an RJ under? It just doesn't fit their mission...

 

[JordanD]

It will never happen, how many powerlines are tall enough to fly an RJ under? It just doesn't fit their mission...

It's not like they're tall enough for the 99 to fly under either.