Tas Air in trouble AGAIN
If Ansett flicked the run in 70's due to it being a loss maker, Air Tasmania couldn't make a go of it with Emb110 and Airlines of Tasmania couldn't make a go of it with the Herons, I don't know how Rescue Roterlift would make a quid out of it?
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Just heard that late last week that either King Island Airlines or Vortex had a PA31 run off the end off the runway at moorabbin in poor conditions. Fair effort but a sign of things to come with the pilots coming through both companies now?? Any of this true?
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wasn't XLR advertised for sale recently?
edit...hold 5...lemme get the right rego!
Edit 2. XLB is the ad I saw, tho the current operator is NT based. How many cheiftans can there be running around with this scheme?
http://www.aviationtrader.com.au/Sub...04FBC964-1.pdf
I thought it was XLR tho that I used to hear/see running about the bass straight islands...
edit...hold 5...lemme get the right rego!
Edit 2. XLB is the ad I saw, tho the current operator is NT based. How many cheiftans can there be running around with this scheme?
http://www.aviationtrader.com.au/Sub...04FBC964-1.pdf
I thought it was XLR tho that I used to hear/see running about the bass straight islands...
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22k,
thanx for the reply, but it was definatley XL(x) in that scheme. As bass strait is local to me, i have heard the aircraft in the area, and even held conversations with the days pilot about Wx in the area he was departing, that I was inbound to, or vice versa.
I know it is in that scheme as i dropped into YLTV one day and it was on the apron. I was like WOW there it is........i'd probably spoken to the PIC about 30 times by then.
Failing here. i guess my next step is to hit the register with XLA, XLB etc and compare that with images on airliners.net
thanx for the reply, but it was definatley XL(x) in that scheme. As bass strait is local to me, i have heard the aircraft in the area, and even held conversations with the days pilot about Wx in the area he was departing, that I was inbound to, or vice versa.
I know it is in that scheme as i dropped into YLTV one day and it was on the apron. I was like WOW there it is........i'd probably spoken to the PIC about 30 times by then.
Failing here. i guess my next step is to hit the register with XLA, XLB etc and compare that with images on airliners.net
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King Island flight scare - Local News - News - General - The Advocate
"Tasair explained the auto-pilot had malfunctioned and thought the plane was stalling and put it into a nosedive to regain speed."
"Tasair explained the auto-pilot had malfunctioned and thought the plane was stalling and put it into a nosedive to regain speed."
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What part of the newspaper story should we not believe?
I know a passenger that was on the flight and the incident was close to what was reported.
I know a passenger that was on the flight and the incident was close to what was reported.
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The passenger's description to me (he is non aviation) was the aircraft shuddered (stick shake???) then the aircraft nosed over (stick push???).
I am only relaying what I was told by a non professional and put my thoughts in the brackets. I must also add that I am not familiar with this aircraft type.
I am only relaying what I was told by a non professional and put my thoughts in the brackets. I must also add that I am not familiar with this aircraft type.
Refueller tells me that a couple of Tasair J31 guys got an early Christmas present getting a gig with the RFDS on the B200! Must leave Tasair a bit short of turbine drivers over the summer months?
