Lord Howe Trip?
Unfortunately too, the age of the aircraft does not equate to enhanced engine reliability :-(
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This aopa report backs up the comment that aircraft age in general aviation doesn't equate to more accidents. Even so I think personally I'd rather be over water in a 2 year old 500 hour aircraft than a 30 year old 5000 hr one. https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2000/july/pilot/when-is-an-aircraft-too-old but personal preference
Last edited by extralite; 14th Jan 2017 at 23:37. Reason: Learned more
The engine doesn't know whether it's fitted to a new or old airframe, so the point is the engines themselves should be equally reliable (depending on the knowledge and decisions of the 'nut behind the wheel'), not more reliable just because it's fitted to a new airframe.
I worry about the reliability of new engines. Infant mortality and all that...
I worry about the reliability of new engines. Infant mortality and all that...
The scariest part of the whole trip is losing sight of land behind you and the radio getting quieter and quieter until in the end it is totally silent!
It is very much like the start of the Jodie Foster movie "contact" where you are travelling further out into space and all of the radio/TV chatter less and less and less, quite eerie really because you then know you are alone.
It is very much like the start of the Jodie Foster movie "contact" where you are travelling further out into space and all of the radio/TV chatter less and less and less, quite eerie really because you then know you are alone.
