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I doubt if Heron Airlines would have done the modifications, they would have been incorporated before the aircraft were exported to Australia.
Connair modified their aircraft so that they were all identically equipped, including quick change engine mounts. All services through the firewall was by canon plug. When an engine wasdue for change, the replacement was set up on an engine mount. Four bolts and the canon plugs later the engine was swapped. Down time was about 4 hrs.
Connair's workshop could do 100% overhaul of all components and radio's.
Connair modified their aircraft so that they were all identically equipped, including quick change engine mounts. All services through the firewall was by canon plug. When an engine wasdue for change, the replacement was set up on an engine mount. Four bolts and the canon plugs later the engine was swapped. Down time was about 4 hrs.
Connair's workshop could do 100% overhaul of all components and radio's.
CAA bends aircraft
I believe you are right the Department of Aviation (to right them the correct title for the day) did bend CLX doing the certification flights. How they could do that is hard to beleive as the old Riley Heron was a very forgiving aircraft.
The current CASA at Bankstown use to have an FOI that had to be endorsed onto a Heron Airlines aircraft.
Anyone that has flown the type will know that taxiing them is an art, usually a pilot with around 2,000 hours TT could master it with about an hour on the ground. Poor old aircraft had differential braking for steering plus a very long wing which took some getting use to.
Anyway this particular FOI took 8 hours of ground handling to master the ground taxiing role. He then went on to get a first class endorsement with the training captain feeling very uncomfortable allowing the final command endorsement.
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The current CASA at Bankstown use to have an FOI that had to be endorsed onto a Heron Airlines aircraft.
Anyone that has flown the type will know that taxiing them is an art, usually a pilot with around 2,000 hours TT could master it with about an hour on the ground. Poor old aircraft had differential braking for steering plus a very long wing which took some getting use to.
Anyway this particular FOI took 8 hours of ground handling to master the ground taxiing role. He then went on to get a first class endorsement with the training captain feeling very uncomfortable allowing the final command endorsement.
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The thread link is
Wings Over New Zealand - Central Australia and Northern Territory trip
Dog
The thread link is
Wings Over New Zealand - Central Australia and Northern Territory trip
Dog
Nicely done there 'cac' although you may want to ruff them up a little as I doubt anyone would have seen a Heron in such pristine condition
BTW where's aileron's the mass balance weight on the Riley conversion model? Are they out of sight( R/H side only) or did they fall off due lack of maintenance?
Next time make RC version, love to see that
Wmk2
BTW where's aileron's the mass balance weight on the Riley conversion model? Are they out of sight( R/H side only) or did they fall off due lack of maintenance?
Next time make RC version, love to see that
Wmk2
