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Old 20th Dec 2003, 17:29
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Danou_71
 
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Red face How many real airlines still operate a 707???

G'day 411a,

Edited - you know why

BTW, every plane have their down turn and limitations: take the Saab 2000, an aircraft I used to fly before, we flew to a small RWY in Switzerland, Lugano(LSZA) 1'100m long with mountains all around and a lake at its end: now imagine the take off, full PAX and one engine die at V1+5 and auto-feather inop ... You better to be quick to manually feather this huge prop or you'll taste the water or the "Granitus congestus", depending in which direction you are taking off...

I'm sure it is just a matter of time to get used to a new cockpit layout, engine performance and procedures from a new turbo-prop to an old jet, and vice versa for a pilot coming from an old jet to a full EFIS and a fly-by-wire turbo-prop like the Saab 2000.

Merry X-mas,

D_71

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