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Who gives a toss whether Network lease it, buy it or steal it or park out the front of their hangar and use it as a brothel.
It just means that their will be more jet jobs for people to progress too.
Good on the Bras crew for getting a go at the F100 as FO's.
Gee once upon a time only the great Skygods at Qantas, TAA, Ansett or RAAF could operate one of those jet thingies, and now look at every man and his dog operates the bloody things and into airports without ATC, radar or ILS's.
It just means that their will be more jet jobs for people to progress too.
Good on the Bras crew for getting a go at the F100 as FO's.
Gee once upon a time only the great Skygods at Qantas, TAA, Ansett or RAAF could operate one of those jet thingies, and now look at every man and his dog operates the bloody things and into airports without ATC, radar or ILS's.
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Whats the latest with Network Aviation and their F100's? Don't seem to be doing much flying. I heard they may have some issues with fuel in Nifty and are looking at flying via Gero as Meeka and Newman won't let them stop there. Meeka due pavement strength and Newman because of ramp congestion.
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I heard that as well as other things, apparently the move into Jet operations hasnt gone too well and have resulted in alot of $$$$$
Wish them all a sucess in getting the op's up and running
Wish them all a sucess in getting the op's up and running
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Skystar, I think I said it else where, but the time frame in the start-up may have been a bit ambitious. The problems were no more then what would of been expected in a high cap. AOC and proving flight...
XRlent, 4 flights a week was all that was originally planned at first. as for the Meeka Newman thing, I dont know. I heard Meeka was only aloud to be used once a week.
XRlent, 4 flights a week was all that was originally planned at first. as for the Meeka Newman thing, I dont know. I heard Meeka was only aloud to be used once a week.
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Skystar, I think I said it else where, but the time frame in the start-up may have been a bit ambitious. The problems were no more then what would of been expected in a high cap. AOC and proving flight...
stopped for fuel in newman this morning, no ramp congestion and not likely to be in the future there either as the extension is almost complete that will open up 3 x additional jet bays for up to B737-800, and a new taxiway...though they did call the ground handlers 2 hours before arrival to make sure they had F100 stairs so not 100% organised...
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Ref +10 - its a bit more complicated than that. One of the factors in choosing the F100 has been the difference in aerodrome requirements for a code 3C aircraft compared to a 4C. But I'm sure that is only a small part of the picture too.
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CASR139. Yeah, they knew that and did a whole bunch of work including getting Boeing over from Seattle as Boeing marketed the 73 as a 3C aeroplane. By the way, the 717 is too, but only with the chipped up engines (I believe it's a small mod taking the thrust up to 20,000lbs) and CASA approved a reduced max take off weight to comply with 3C aerodromes.
They also approved dual operations whereby operations between 4C aerodromes were allowed at the max certified weights. The only restriction basically said that they had to comply with the lower certified weights of the most restricting runway that they were operating from or to.
As to whether NJS have used this info or whether their engines are chipped up, I have no idea.
Cost was a big factor but too, as always, but I have been led to belive that a big part of that was mis-information fed to the client by competitors with smaller jet aircraft with not much to do. Hence, F100.
They also approved dual operations whereby operations between 4C aerodromes were allowed at the max certified weights. The only restriction basically said that they had to comply with the lower certified weights of the most restricting runway that they were operating from or to.
As to whether NJS have used this info or whether their engines are chipped up, I have no idea.
Cost was a big factor but too, as always, but I have been led to belive that a big part of that was mis-information fed to the client by competitors with smaller jet aircraft with not much to do. Hence, F100.
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There is approx US$3million between the outright purchase of an early model FK100 & a B737-300
FK100 = US$3.75mill [1988 model]
B737-300 = US$7million [1989 model]
FK100 = US$3.75mill [1988 model]
B737-300 = US$7million [1989 model]
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Apparently the not too short of a quid SQ from skippers met with Networks CEO proposing some joint venture / arrangement to get the shinny dust collectors airborne; not too sure of all the details but thats the jist......