Recommendations for Combis

[District9]

Chasing recommendations for the best combi to fly up to 400nm from Brisbane. Need to know what's available, useful loads, night ops etc.

[Alice Kiwican]

Originally Posted by District9

Chasing recommendations for the best combi to fly up to 400nm from Brisbane. Need to know what's available, useful loads, night ops etc.

Have to be the VW Combi wouldn’t it? Been going around for decades however doesn’t fly very well.....

[KRviator]

Don't need a NVFR rating to operate it at night even!

[smiling monkey]

I thought combi's were these sort of things? https://www.airliners.net/photo/Qant...238BM/373973/L

What's a 'combi' these days?

[tail wheel]

I'd like to help but my mind reading is on the blink today.

I guess simple details such as payload type and weight, airstrip availability etc are unimportant?

[On eyre]

Originally Posted by Alice Kiwican

Have to be the VW Combi wouldn’t it? Been going around for decades however doesn’t fly very well.....

You mean VW Kombi I presume 🤪🤪

[Alice Kiwican]

Originally Posted by On eyre

You mean VW Kombi I presume 🤪🤪

Yes that would be the one👍

[District9]

Thinking about something like a Metro (unfortunately)

[340drvr]

How big do you need it? (pax, useful load, etc.) There's smiling monkey's suggestion.
Or, the PC-12 is oft advertised in that role, or a Caravan, for the smallest end of the spectrum, C206.

[Duck Pilot]

Some Dash 8s are easily convertible to combi config. Rear seats are removed and the aft cargo bulkhead is moved forward. Not sure if it’s done much in Australia however we always had a couple of combi configured Dash 8s in the fleet I once flew in PNG. No changes from an operational perspective.

[District9]

Going for PC12NG. Thanks for the inputs.