Are we talking semantics here...?
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When I learned to fly -1960 - I remember 3 names...
Was reciprocating (or piston) engines... hmmm, these good old DC-6s...
Was turboprop engines... the F-27 Frienships, the Vanguards...
Was turbojets (or jets in short)... the 707s and DC8s...
We started to hear mentions about "fans" - was it Elvis Presley fans, or JT3D.
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Flew military in the 1960s... then went airline...
The interview was - how many "jet hours" you got... was the vocabulary.
Sometimes in the 1970s, I heard wannabees talking "turbine"...
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Appears it is a word invented by guys who flew propeller airplanes...
For me, 2 kind of propeller airplanes -
The recips (in short) or piston engines, a Cessna 172 or a DC-3...
The turboprops (guys who were flying PT-6 powered King Airs)...
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To the question "how many jet hours you have" -
If none, they would answer "I have 500 hours
turbine on King Airs"...
The question was not "turbine" (or turboprop),
the question was jet -
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Jet airplanes behave a certain way (due to the absence of propeller) -
Propeller airplanes behave another way.
Sure, the recips and turboprops are different engines.
You handle the engines differently, yet the propellers have same effect.
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To answer your question - N767PL -
If you apply with an airline for a F/O position on "jet", try to have "jet hours".
Dont answer "turbine" to them.
If you apply for a F/O position on turboprop Dash-8, better to have turboprop hours.
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We know that turbines do power jets and turboprops.
But after all, they fly differently.
When you get that propeller blowing over the wing, you get a lot of extra lift.
None of that on "jets" (call them fanjets if you want to) -
And when you go to idle with a turboprop, lots of "drag" you get from props...
None, or so little of that with "jets" (or fan-jets) -
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