Farewell F50
Yes. I was MEL based F-27 then did F-50 line training with ANSW due to training constraints. Then the 50 out of MEL before leaving during the Year that Dare Not Speak Its Name. The 'Fifty' was 'Star Wars' compared to the old Friendship! I take my hat off to the ANSW pilots who flew multiple, short sectors. I found it hard work even in the new 50.
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Yes. I was MEL based F-27 then did F-50 line training with ANSW due to training constraints. Then the 50 out of MEL before leaving during the Year that Dare Not Speak Its Name. The 'Fifty' was 'Star Wars' compared to the old Friendship! I take my hat off to the ANSW pilots who flew multiple, short sectors. I found it hard work even in the new 50.
Then I went home to the West on the F28….to find that they ha turned a beautiful well designed and thought out Jet Aircraft into a Space Shuttle to operate. If you were really keen.. every aircraft had its own descent planning profile!
Originally Posted by Dart
I take my hat off to the ANSW pilots who flew multiple, short sectors.
SOPS, it'd be interesting to find out who came first with x300 DME arrivals (and other NPAs), the West or the East? And I believe the rocket scientists from the East pulled the AOA gauge on the F28 coz the Diesel didn't have one...
I joined on the F27 in ANSW. When we did a DME arrival, we were not allowed to touch any of the steps
o find that they ha turned a beautiful well designed and thought out Jet Aircraft into a Space Shuttle
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At least the F50s did find a nice niche with Skywest/VARA and the aircraft served WA and the communities from the mid 1990s right up to 2016.
There's probably still a need for them in Australia even though they don't fly in Australia anynore. Alliance, the last F50 operator, retired them in August 2022.
There's probably still a need for them in Australia even though they don't fly in Australia anynore. Alliance, the last F50 operator, retired them in August 2022.
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