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Forum: Rotorheads

28th Feb 2012, 14:49

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New Ethiopian Operator

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Posted By wasCorsair

Hardly the first

There are at least two other helicopter charter companies in Ethiopia that I'm aware of, Aberdaire (although their helicopter is currently in Kenya and Uganda for service, which is impossible to get...

Forum: Freight Dogs

30th Aug 2011, 12:11

Replies: 30

to move 13000 lbs 450 miles, what would you fly?

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Posted By wasCorsair

12,000 kg

Oops, 12,000 kg per week.

Forum: Freight Dogs

30th Aug 2011, 12:00

Replies: 30

to move 13000 lbs 450 miles, what would you fly?

Views: 6,751

Posted By wasCorsair

F227 and HS748

These could both be brilliant for the job (lots of fuel but that's offset by the cost of getting them).
Does anyone have real world numbers on what the BAE748 or Fokker actually burn per hour?
Tons...

Forum: Freight Dogs

29th Aug 2011, 08:15

Replies: 30

to move 13000 lbs 450 miles, what would you fly?

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Posted By wasCorsair

I'm afraid the 727 would be a bit more then we...

I'm afraid the 727 would be a bit more then we need unless we could find some other contracts. I've looked pretty seriously at the Casas as well, the 212 lacks the range but the 235 is a possibility....

Forum: Freight Dogs

28th Aug 2011, 14:14

Replies: 30

to move 13000 lbs 450 miles, what would you fly?

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Posted By wasCorsair

All great ideas...

Hey guys,
I forgot to mention one important factor, no fuel at the other end so the plane needs to go round trip. Essentially the plane needs to takeoff with 1000 nm worth of fuel aboard.

...

Forum: Freight Dogs

23rd Aug 2011, 06:47

Replies: 30

to move 13000 lbs 450 miles, what would you fly?

Views: 6,751

Posted By wasCorsair

to move 13000 lbs 450 miles, what would you fly?

Good Morning Everybody,
I'm doing a feasibility study for hauling 12 metric tonnes (26,000 lbs) to an airport 450 nm away every week and looking for the right airplane for the job.
What makes...

Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning

10th Apr 2011, 00:49

Replies: 4

Cropdusting Helmets (fixed wing)

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Posted By wasCorsair

Great info

Thanks a lot guys! I'll check into to all of it and post what I find for anyone else in this situation. I'll be flying a Cessna 188 about 12 miles north of the equator so I suspect ventilation might...

Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning

6th Apr 2011, 20:33

Replies: 4

Cropdusting Helmets (fixed wing)

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Posted By wasCorsair

Cropdusting Helmets (fixed wing)

Does anyone know a good place to find a flight helmet for ag flying that would have civilian mic cords (or an adapter)? I've been on FlightHelmet.com | Serving Military, EMS, & Civilian Pilots ...

Forum: Questions

5th Nov 2010, 23:21

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Piper Navajo and Aztec questions...

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Posted By wasCorsair

Piper Navajo and Aztec questions...

Hello,
I'm having a terrible time finding data for the short-field landing distance over a 50 foot obstacle for a Piper PA-31-310. The POH I have doesn't appear to have ever had a graph for it...

Forum: Tech Log

5th Nov 2010, 23:15

Replies: 2

Please help me find some Piper Navajo and Aztec performance figures

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Posted By wasCorsair

Please help me find some Piper Navajo and Aztec performance figures

Hi everybody,
I'm having an amazingly difficult time finding a short-field landing over a 50 foot obstacle performance graph for a PA-31-310 (the original Navajo, not the Chieftan). It doesn't...

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