B1900

[ACWild]

I'm going to go against the crowd and saying that I think the D is more stable than the C. I could actually trim the D. The record that I have for hands off flying in the C is 8 seconds. Then again, the Cs that I flew were beaten and the Ds were brand new.
It was definitely nice to fly a plane with enough power that you never worried about overloading.
When doing 13 leg days, an autopilot would have been nice, but you do become the best pilot that you can possibly be. Good memories except for pulling out the diapers from the seatbacks.

 

[chperplt]

on the beech, there definitely should have been an airspeed associated with the gear horn. otherwise, "silence the horn should be incorporated into every approach checklist...when flying the line and not the sim profiles of course.

It wouldn't be so bad if they all came on where they should. The book says 86-88%.. I've seen them come on as high as 95 and as low as 75.

I also love when you go to take off and the engines don't come up evenly

Hold the brakes until the props come up on the governors... won't have that problem anymore.

The speed cards i think are kinda a waste. The #'s only change like a fraction of what you can read off your airspeed indicator....not only that, but as you call the speeds out

Welcome to part 121 flying.

And then you have the altimeters, aren't they always reading equal. Not.

That can be a pain... I was glad I was an instructor and didn't have a problem flying off the CPTs panel when I was an FO.

 

[snine3departure]

I would agree with most everything previously stated above. Great airplane, easy to fly, and most of all fun. (a true pilots airplane). Barber Pole to six dme power to idle to meet the speed restriction of 200 by 5 dme and land effortlessly and make taxiway of choice.
Only complaint is slowing for alleghany (? spelling) on what seems like a daily occurence. Guess all I am saying is its realitively fast for a turboprop, but remember props are for boats!
Last point, seems like Beech drivers always stick together and there is a shared respect from all present and past 1900 guys and gals.

 

[pilotian]

Do all of the 1900's have a 4 tube EFIS? I am especially interested in the ones Colgan flies.

 

[sligo1]

No only the 1900D has the Collins EFIS tubes. The 1900D is a great plane to fly. As previously mentioned the only plane that I've flown " barber pole to the marker" power to idle and cruise right on down the ILS to a text book landing. Have fun you'll enjoy it if you get the chance.

 

[BRA]

Some of colgans 1900 c's have some efis tubes in them. we have 6 c's left. including the one that took atta to boston on sept 11th. I was in it yesterday infact.

 

[Fr8Dog]

Flying freight in the 99 is more fun then flying a 1900 though since you are by yourself and don't have any pax to worry about. The only problem is you can only do 226 to a 2nm final since redline is 226. Nothing like pulling it back to flight idle flaps then gear and land.

 

[flyhard]

I see you have not flown the mighty Beech 1900, otherwise you would not have said that.

 

[Rick1128]

Just a couple of notes.

First the Jetstream. What do you expect from an aircraft that was designed by Scotish Aviation. The true Scots are known for being more than just a little on the cheap side.

Second, altimiter differences. That is true of all aircraft that have separate pitot/static systems for each side of the panel. Until you get into RVSM aircraft. The only time I have had altimiters read the same is when something is wrong. So if you see both altimiters read the same, 'Be afraid, be very afraid'