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Old 9th Jul 2009, 07:43
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10 years ago I urged the BAe management at Prestwick to convert an airframe to cargo and start selling freighters. They would not stand the cost of a conversion, saying they will wait until a customer is prepared to pay for one. Seems the only ones flying now ARE cargo config.

Shame.

It's quiet, doesn't really use fuel and has a decent payload. It is fairly slow, but why does freight care what time it gets to the next warehouse?


It has excellent despatch records once the engineers and crew know what they are doing. Like any addition to a fleet, there may be initial teething problems, not due to the aircraft.
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