New Air Tanker? BAe-146

mjg407

mjg407

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On October 28 / 2009, the Tronos 3000 gallon BAe 146-200 Airtanker made its first drop over the North shore of Prince Edward Island. The aircraft performed flawlessly as did the tank and delivery system. Flight testing will continue with the STC to be issued shortly for the modification.

http://www.tronosjet.com/

Any former/current -146 drivers out there want to voice their opinion?
 
mjg407 said:
On October 28 / 2009, the Tronos 3000 gallon BAe 146-200 Airtanker made its first drop over the North shore of Prince Edward Island. The aircraft performed flawlessly as did the tank and delivery system. Flight testing will continue with the STC to be issued shortly for the modification.

http://www.tronosjet.com/

Any former/current -146 drivers out there want to voice their opinion?
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Would this be considered somewhere between a LAT and a VLAT? Or is it considered a LAT due to gallonage?
 
MikeD said:
Would this be considered somewhere between a LAT and a VLAT? Or is it considered a LAT due to gallonage?
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LAT, I think the break out is 5000 gallons for a VLAT. The BE-200 folks were at the IAFF conference as well trying to sell their platform.
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interesting pic, now we know where at least one Mesaba Airlink RJ85 ended up...other than the desert:D

P.S. the BE-200 is way cooler!
 
Cool video / plane.


On an unrelated joke......
Why does the Avro have 4 engines?........Cause they couldnt fit 6 on there!

ba dum.

-Heard that joke from an airbus FO



Avro is a cool plane though.
 
TallFlyer said:
Um, small e.
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Yeah I know ... I was trying to be funny as there is no BE-200 type rating required to fly a King Air 200 yet the FAA gave me a BE-200 Type based on The Army flying ours at a MTOW of 14000 lbs. It actually helped me when I went for my first civilian jet rating as I was able to check the box saying I held a type rating for a turbine aircraft.

good attention to detail!
 
C650CPT said:
Yeah I know ... I was trying to be funny as there is no BE-200 type rating required to fly a King Air 200 yet the FAA gave me a BE-200 Type based on The Army flying ours at a MTOW of 14000 lbs. It actually helped me when I went for my first civilian jet rating as I was able to check the box saying I held a type rating for a turbine aircraft.

good attention to detail!
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Agree. And yes there is a BE-200 type that exists for some ops, like you mention.
 
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