RFDS Pilatus PC24
I guess the local Pilatus agent does the maintenance. Haven’t they been bought by the new Beech Cessna owners who are also ditching the Hawker Pacific agency arrangement. Will that force the 24 to go someplace else
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On Jan 2017 a second PC12 was announced for Broome.
2016/2017 Review (so after June 2017) "With its 15-strong crew of doctors, nurses and pilots, and new state of-the-art patient treatment centre, the RFDS in Broome has delivered much needed capacity to respond to emergencies throughout the Kimberley and Pilbara."
This crew of 15 staff cover the operation of 2 aircraft and cover for staff days off and sickness reserves we can assume.
So if currently 2 pilots are on active duty and a 3rd is on standby in case one falls ill, with the addition of another aircraft would an extra standby pilot be required on this roster , or just an extra pilot on active duty?
2016/2017 Review (so after June 2017) "With its 15-strong crew of doctors, nurses and pilots, and new state of-the-art patient treatment centre, the RFDS in Broome has delivered much needed capacity to respond to emergencies throughout the Kimberley and Pilbara."
This crew of 15 staff cover the operation of 2 aircraft and cover for staff days off and sickness reserves we can assume.
So if currently 2 pilots are on active duty and a 3rd is on standby in case one falls ill, with the addition of another aircraft would an extra standby pilot be required on this roster , or just an extra pilot on active duty?
There is a new promo video out showing a dirt retrieval, is it real
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0aQtBTNxWg&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0aQtBTNxWg&feature=youtu.be
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There is a new promo video out showing a dirt retrieval, is it real
Interesting video from the 6'Oclock... how'd they get that?
ie dead link from Prune, OK if copy and paste
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https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...c-24-jet-ebace
apparently have been working on dirt runway certification alongside RFDSWA and now working on grass runway certification according to this article
apparently have been working on dirt runway certification alongside RFDSWA and now working on grass runway certification according to this article
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I little birdie tells me that the PC24 isn't doing to well from a finance point of view. Running costs are way too expensive and servicing is hard. Even heard they may have offered it for sale to a private provider servicing oil and gas out of KTA. C
can it be so?
can it be so?
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There's a LOT more going on behind the scenes with this bird! A few have egg on their faces, it's VERY limiting, interesting times ahead for sure:-) I wish them well with the machine:-)
I hope RFDS did not was their tax free $$$ on that slick video. A jet landing on a dirt strip. Woopie dooo!! A B350 would have been a smarter deal operationally, pilot endo, flexibility wise. Royal Darwin Hospital is a lot closer than Perth for northern WA; an extra 100 kts TAS would make 3 parts of fxxk all difference to a clinical outcome ( which is actually the objective might I suggest). To correctly operate a >5700kg jet from a given runway a type A obstacle survey is usually required- how many dirt strips have that?
Tongue in cheek point was almost none of those mining strips have Type A charts, despite being surveyed.
But yes I`m curious as to if/how they operate to non surveyed ALAs.
But yes I`m curious as to if/how they operate to non surveyed ALAs.
This is the Adelaide based one. Reckon the W.A. based one has done a few unsealed strip landings since its inception.
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Sorry about the Facebook link, but couldn't find this elsewhere.
7 News segment shows a bit more about how the Pilatus video (above) was shot.
Or Google: "They said it couldn't be done - landing"
7 News segment shows a bit more about how the Pilatus video (above) was shot.
Or Google: "They said it couldn't be done - landing"
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Don’t think there was any doubt about the 24 landing on unpaved surfaces. Lear’s Westwinds Hawkers Citations have all done it in Aus. It’s more the challenge of getting Casa out of the way
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Isn't that one awesome vantage point! The background tune could have been more upbeat. I would have picked Spirit in the sky by Norman Greenbaum.
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