Shiny-TurboProp-Syndrome

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Does Basler just do conversions,Or do they haul freight also? That thing really looks sweet.

i think they just do the conversions

 

[E6BAV8R]

SJS is real.

Call it whatever makes you sleep at night, but anytime I seen any kind of jet, turbo-prop, military jet, widebody, I would love to fly it.

Now, would I cut my co-workers in on pay rates? No way!

Now, if me wanting to fly a jet that I admire makes me have, in your eyes, SJS. Than so be it, I can live with myself.

 

[BenWlson]

Does Basler just do conversions,Or do they haul freight also? That thing really looks sweet.

There is a subsidiary of Basler Turbo Conversions called Basler Flight Service that claims to offer 135 cargo operations.

 

[t-cart]

Thanks Guys

 

[Av8trix]

I'll take the round engines.


Actually, it's that sound that first inoculated me with the aviation bug. When I was a little kid, our town used old DC-3's which had been converted into "mosquito bombers". Early in the morning, round about sunrise, formations of 2-5 DC-3's would come screaming over the houses, no more than a couple hundred feet overhead, spraying some (probably god-awful DNA-altering) mosquito control spray over the town, crisscrossing back and forth until the whole town and nearby outlying areas were treated. As a little kid, I used to get up a little earlier than I needed to for school, stand outside, and wait for the "bombers" to fly overhead. That sight and sound is still one of the coolest damn things I can remember. (I did try to get inside before getting coated in bug spray, though)

-that probably explains a lot of what's wrong with me, huh. :crazy:-

-A-

 

[JDMcFly]

I'll take the round engines.


Actually, it's that sound that first inoculated me with the aviation bug. When I was a little kid, our town used old DC-3's which had been converted into "mosquito bombers". Early in the morning, round about sunrise, formations of 2-5 DC-3's would come screaming over the houses, no more than a couple hundred feet overhead, spraying some (probably god-awful DNA-altering) mosquito control spray over the town, crisscrossing back and forth until the whole town and nearby outlying areas were treated. As a little kid, I used to get up a little earlier than I needed to for school, stand outside, and wait for the "bombers" to fly overhead. That sight and sound is still one of the coolest damn things I can remember. (I did try to get inside before getting coated in bug spray, though)

-that probably explains a lot of what's wrong with me, huh. :crazy:-

-A-

OMG CHEMTRAILS!

 

[OldTownPilot]

OH MY GOD!

Look at that X!

 

[dc3flyer]

I'll take the round engines.

ME TOO!!!!

From someone that has a few hundred hours in a "conventional" DC-3, there is nothing like flying the old Gooneybird.... nothing.

 

[Av8trix]

OMG CHEMTRAILS!

No kidding!

Ahh, the seventies, when we still spread pesticides thick as we wanted and damn the consequences. My parents didn't think a thing of letting me go hang out around that stuff! :crazy:


-A-

 

[WalterSobchak]

I worked for the Baz for 2 years. 300BF is not nearly as shiny. A turbine DC-3 rivals a Short 330 for performance!

 

[deadstick]

Shortly after that picture I helped a guy push his Swift under the DC-3 for this cool shot. I think the DC-3 may have dripped a little oil on it...

Who's your daddy, Lil Swift?


Radial Pilot: "Fill-up the oil. Check the fuel"

 

[derg]

That's like a Rottweiler and a Pekingese!

 

[ctab5060X]

Loud-Oil-Dripping-Bare-Polished-Aluminum-Conventional-Gear-Radial-Engine-Syndrome..

Too bad my insurance doesn't cover treatment for that. Been a while since I flew something with radials...

 

[JaceTheAce]

Alright folks, this ain't flightinfo - every thread needn't be a debate.

:rotfl: