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Old 16th Feb 2012, 08:29
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More troubles for Desert Air?

http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full...ff-the-runway/
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Old 16th Feb 2012, 11:43
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Anyone got more info on this? What happened?? The Namibian said no injuries (well done!), but how is the plane?
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Its a Rockwell/Gulfstream Commander. I hate Journo's. Any idea what happened?
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Old 20th Feb 2012, 10:51
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had a buddy see the plane after the incident. when the plane touched down there was a brake malfunction. one brake worked well & the other one didn't work at all, so upon braking to slow the aircraft down, the aircraft skidded off of the runway....

i didn't see anything, but this is what i heard...
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Old 20th Feb 2012, 12:58
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Do they have reverse on those engines? As far as I know they use an all turbo-prop fleet...
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Old 21st Feb 2012, 07:08
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They have RT. Fleet: 2 Rockwell Commanders, the Van and the rest is MEP/SEP.

In the environment they operate in, they have had a fairly good record, compared to others operating out of Eros.
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Old 21st Feb 2012, 10:20
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There were no skid marks on the runway... (maybe just in the pilot's pants )
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Old 21st Feb 2012, 11:22
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As far as I know they use an all turbo-prop fleet...
C401, C310, BE58, C210 turbo props...
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Old 22nd Feb 2012, 07:09
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No damage

I spoke to engineers there, who reported no damage.
Lots of media hype!
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Old 24th Feb 2012, 18:10
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DaFly, this thread is about Aero Commanders, not all the little planes that Desert Air operates and surely none of those pistons have RT...
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Sir...you are unreadable
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Old 21st Apr 2012, 15:01
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The Rockwell Commander flying again?
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I believe there is/was restructuring in management at Desert Air? Almost done with my lic, so who can I go see to line up a job? Is it necessary to do my 210 convex to stand a better chance at getting a job here? (They can do in-house training and put it on a training account?)
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