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Old 7th Jun 2013, 01:27
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so a Metro would set you back US$20k a month, B1900D US$40k [Yes that's correct] and a Dash 8-100 US$50 - US$60k depending if you can find one.

So you can see why people still use the Metro 23's
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Old 7th Jun 2013, 01:33
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Interesting lea$e costs and quite believable. Supply and demand and all that. In today's market a B737 Classic could be had for not much more than that Dash 8 number. It certainly indicates that the B1900 is not a proposition for RPT. OK for corporate, I suppose.

Segue to Herons. Yep, great little ocean-crosser; much peace of mind with those 4 donks. It is a shame the Poms did not concede that the Lycoming engine was more efficient. They should have ditched the old Gypsy Queens, the Fairey Reed props, and changed the pneumatics for hydraulics.
Having said that, in 2000 hours I never had a problem with the old Gypsy engines, other than getting the poxy things started sometimes when they were hot.

There wasn't much else out there could move 17 or 18 pax at 150 knots on 45 gallons an hour over some decent distances. Its field performance was quite respectable, too.

It deserved to do better.

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Old 7th Jun 2013, 01:50
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Why is the 1900 so expensive? I know they cost a bit more per hour to run than the Metro but I thought with a bizillion of them parked in the desert when some of the US regionals ditch them you could get them cheaper as they have great pax appeal and a good machine.

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Old 7th Jun 2013, 02:19
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Dunno. Can only guess that it is because they are so much newer than the Metro, so still have a big bank debt on them. As for being a good machine, not from what the engineers tell me.

It's a crazy world when a reasonable late 80's B737 Classic is now the price of a not much newer King Air. But I guess the difference is whoever operated the Boeing already made their money and it's now written down on the books, while the King Air people are still living in hope.

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Try and find a B1900D is the problem. Those that are found are quickly snapped up.
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