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it was parked at nairobi, wilson for a couple of weeks getting its paint job and the interior reworked. i was wondering where it disappeared to!
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Both used the RDa-6 engines, as I recall. The one referred to here has the RDa-7 engines, so far better for the conditions. Still relies on water meth injection to take any kind of load though.
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SRT your memory serves you well they both have the same small ****ty -6 engine -
ZENJ - the one in Lubumbashi is a 600 series (ex Chadian Air Force) which did a gear up on the ramp I understand -
The 100 in Kinshasa is searching for a new home..........
Still unsure why these guys went for a fuel guzzler 600 instead of a Convair 580 which uses 30% less fuel, carries 40% more and flies 30% faster AND costs about the same to buy!
ZENJ - the one in Lubumbashi is a 600 series (ex Chadian Air Force) which did a gear up on the ramp I understand -
The 100 in Kinshasa is searching for a new home..........
Still unsure why these guys went for a fuel guzzler 600 instead of a Convair 580 which uses 30% less fuel, carries 40% more and flies 30% faster AND costs about the same to buy!
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Está servira para distraerle.
So it has the tropical kit, that's nice for the first officer.
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In case anyone hadn't noticed, that's showing off. It's saying that I know an awful lot about F27s and have many thousands of hours flying them both up near the South Pole and down near the North Pole. So be careful out there because perhaps, if the registration was a fraud, it could be an F27/700? Or could it really be with a tropical kit?
Edit:
In case anyone hadn't noticed, that's showing off. It's saying that I know an awful lot about F27s and have many thousands of hours flying them both up near the South Pole and down near the North Pole. So be careful out there because perhaps, if the registration was a fraud, it could be an F27/700? Or could it really be with a tropical kit?
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That particular aircraft is based out of JKIA and is owned by a cargo operator. The serial number is 10681 and is one of the last off the line and the newest one still flying. I am a good friend of the crew flying it and they have a Mod on the engines making them 552 engines and not the standard 532 engines. That means they don't need water meth which has been deactivated even out of Nairobi at 5500 feet fully loaded. The guys are running a really good operation flying cargo doing 50 plus hours a month in east Africa.
The aircraft was recently purchased from a Europen operator and ferried earlier this year to Nairobi. If anyone wants more information on the aircraft or pictures I can easily get them for you.
The aircraft was recently purchased from a Europen operator and ferried earlier this year to Nairobi. If anyone wants more information on the aircraft or pictures I can easily get them for you.
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whats the tropical kit ?
I have flown F27 more than any other propeller aircraft and was happy to fly the F50 , having been trained by Fokker Chief Test Pilot in Maastricht.
It was great to see all the bad things about F27 were taken care of on F50 and it was great flying a modern Fokker.
Whenever I see an F27 I feel great and happy , what an aircraft !
I have flown F27 more than any other propeller aircraft and was happy to fly the F50 , having been trained by Fokker Chief Test Pilot in Maastricht.
It was great to see all the bad things about F27 were taken care of on F50 and it was great flying a modern Fokker.
Whenever I see an F27 I feel great and happy , what an aircraft !
Está servira para distraerle.
F27s are now an isolated phenomenon, just like the bar.
The Tropical Kit is an extra conditioning pack, deriving its air flow from the additional scoop on the rear starboard side. There's a dirty great inlet pipe that runs up the right hand rear of the FO's seat with a nozzle which he can position so as to pump cold air onto the back of his neck while the captain swelters.
The Tropical Kit is an extra conditioning pack, deriving its air flow from the additional scoop on the rear starboard side. There's a dirty great inlet pipe that runs up the right hand rear of the FO's seat with a nozzle which he can position so as to pump cold air onto the back of his neck while the captain swelters.