Is the Shed Dead?
Is the Shed Dead?
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I see loads of shed's operating out of GLA, Loganair have 4 and there is the Fedex/Farnair SD360 which comes in and the SD330/360 from Streamline and also the BAC Express sometimes makes a visit plus Titan have one which comes in on odd charters so there is still a few around but they are a dying breed I think it's fair to say.
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I just sent a new thread to another site with the same question but it was locked out.
Anyway, here in the US there are amny Sheds still going but none that I know of with pax. They did all get TCAS when in pax service.
There is a guy in Milwaukee by the name of Jim Germek who runs an outfit called Air Cargo Carriers with about 25 of them on night freight. He has 330's. 360's and Sherpas.
Great machine had lots of fun in them and the 'Van.
Anyway, here in the US there are amny Sheds still going but none that I know of with pax. They did all get TCAS when in pax service.
There is a guy in Milwaukee by the name of Jim Germek who runs an outfit called Air Cargo Carriers with about 25 of them on night freight. He has 330's. 360's and Sherpas.
Great machine had lots of fun in them and the 'Van.
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If you were around in the mid 80's, you may remember the Aer Lingus 'Shed' that ended up as a chicken shed in a field near to EMA.
Well I was flying a Shed on that same day. I encountered more ice than I've ever seen at that stage of my career. Required prop RPM 1750 in icing, if I remember correctly. Rate of climb was never spectacular, but it became 100-200 fpm. Into reserve power, followed by RTOP in order to get out of the Iceing which thankfully I did. A former colleague declared a Mayday flying a Shed also that same morning. His Shed stopped climbing over the Pennines out of LBA and diverted into MAN. The Shed is a magnet for ice. The Mass balance on each aileron was caked in the stuff. The control column was floating if lightly held. The anti-ice and de-iceing system were very suspect. The Jetstream and the Shed were being certified at about the same time. The Jetstream had to be modified. The Shed manufacturers pleaded poverty by the potential affect to jobs at the factory in an area of high unemployment. I remember hearing a statement at the time, "....the Shed should never have been certified to fly in known Iceing conditions"
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If you were around in the mid 80's, you may remember the Aer Lingus 'Shed' that ended up as a chicken shed in a field near to EMA.
Well I was flying a Shed on that same day. I encountered more ice than I've ever seen at that stage of my career. Required prop RPM 1750 in icing, if I remember correctly. Rate of climb was never spectacular, but it became 100-200 fpm. Into reserve power, followed by RTOP in order to get out of the Iceing which thankfully I did. A former colleague declared a Mayday flying a Shed also that same morning. His Shed stopped climbing over the Pennines out of LBA and diverted into MAN. The Shed is a magnet for ice. The Mass balance on each aileron was caked in the stuff. The control column was floating if lightly held. The anti-ice and de-iceing system were very suspect. The Jetstream and the Shed were being certified at about the same time. The Jetstream had to be modified. The Shed manufacturers pleaded poverty by the potential affect to jobs at the factory in an area of high unemployment. I remember hearing a statement at the time, "....the Shed should never have been certified to fly in known Iceing conditions"
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Down here in OZ there are 5 Shed's flying, all -300's.
Sunstate (Qantas regional) have 4 and Sunshine Express (Ansett regional) have 1. The Sunshine Express aircraft only has 2600 TT.
Flight Safety in New York have a 360 simulator so they will do an endorsement for you.
Sunstate (Qantas regional) have 4 and Sunshine Express (Ansett regional) have 1. The Sunshine Express aircraft only has 2600 TT.
Flight Safety in New York have a 360 simulator so they will do an endorsement for you.
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I flew as SLF in a Shorts 360 on USAir Express from CLT to GSO- a short flight even in that A/C. I distinctly remember thinking this A/C had served over the Burma Hump. The interior was absolutely worn out- if it was solid it was scuffed or cracked- if it was fabric it was frayed or worn. Worst I've ever seen (although I've flown almost entirely US domestic, so it's certain people have seen worse.)
