In my many years on the HYA ramp I never once saw a C402 with turbo props... also let us calculate the distance between the engine and the fuselage of the aircraft in a 402. The length of each wing on a 402 is what 15 feet? a 16 foot prop would be pretty hard to fit on there. I know some engineers that would love to see that. The max. for a 402 wingspan would be 20 feet, I think that's stretching it, I don't know the exact specs of the 402. Just putting a turbine engine on a 402 is like throwing a jet engine on a beech 1900... C model...
There is a reason there haven't been any pictures on airliners.net of the newly delivered ATRs is because the plane hasn't flown a lot. It hasn't done a passenger flight yet, at least not for cape air, the 7 or 8 other airlines that have painted the plane and called it their own, have flown a few passengers around. Cape Air still doesn't have a 121 ticket, they are only 135, and the ATR isn't on either. They bought the plane to try and acquire a 121 ticket with it, and its fellow brothers. For as long as I can remember cape air has been saying they were going to get bigger planes, originally it was the 320 shorts, but now they actually have some ATRs... good for them, they're a great little airline with some awesome employees, and right now they treat their pilots, and ground people very very well. Hopefully they can keep it that way, with any growth they incur.
Enough from me I've said my peace....
