Originally Posted by
bigjim99
The AT42 is pretty bomb proof in the crosswind. Not as good as the S2000 but nothing is! AT72 is a great aircraft but gives up the AT42s performance for an increased load
The ATR42-300s are indeed rocks but the -600 that Stobart recently got to replace EHH & CBK wouldn't even attempt 25+ kts was diverting regularly during its first few weeks at CFN due to 22kts and upwards winds. The old-300s seemed to give it a go in +30 and make it as I always waited in anticipation for them diverting to LDY so I could get pictures of them but that rarely happened, sorry for the anecdote but it would seem ATR have tougher limits of the -600s