cargo or nothing ?

[cvoav8r]

Casper.....casper....

Hehe...hehe...huhu...dude WHAT ABOUT YOUR F@##$ING TYPE RATING...

 

[CSY Mon]

Thanks Wingnut for looking up the NTSB file.

Yes, I seem to remember something about the fule being off, but again, big sumps or what..How do ya get airborne in a thirsty turbine job with the fule off....?

Sad story all aound, first she takes off with the gas off, then stalls the craft when the mill stops.

As for the GA accident, RIP dudes.

Flew skydivers a few years in C-206s,,,Not much margin there either, usually overloaded on short strips.
Not many options at low altitude....Briefed my guys that if anything happened below 1500', hang on...Above 1500, jump, and do it now.

Been lucky, not headlines..

 

[wingnutt]

Thanks Wingnut for looking up the NTSB file.

Yes, I seem to remember something about the fule being off, but again, big sumps or what..How do ya get airborne in a thirsty turbine job with the fule off....?

no problem-o, i promised i would as soon as i got back

anywhoo...as for the other, im suprised you dont know, but who knows what kind of training was offfered in its infancy...the fuel valves actually shut off the fuel in the wing. they were designed as a type of containment system to keep fuel away from the fuselage in case of fire. in order to do this there had to be some sort of reservoir which is underneath and behind the pilot and holds about 4 gallons. add the remaining fuel in the lines up to the shutoff valves and any fuel from the reservoir forward and thats just enough to start up, taxi out, and yes...get airborne, but not quite high enough to utilize the caravans 13.5:1 glide ratio

but ive often wondered, because i was made to believe that the fuel selector warning horn, in addition to the annunciator lights, were added after an "unspecified" accident...perhaps 41F was the catalyst, but i was never able to verify it.

 

[CSY Mon]

"as for the other, im suprised you dont know, but who knows what kind of training"

Me training?
Never flew the Caravan or trained on it.

I was to be one of the 2 Caravan pilots for Hermans AIr at the time, since only the 2 of us had an ATP.
Instead I moved to the Virgin Island and flew DC-3s and Twin-Otters on floates down there.

Never even been inside a Caravan, but with 2000 hours of SE Cessna time, and a bunch of PT-6 time, I'm sure I would feel at home in the C-208..

Can't belive I spelled "fuel" wrong twice in previous post.
Fast fingers and slow brain....

 

[wingnutt]

 

[belchfire]

"Get a job flying a real airplane..."

I think that NAC is hiring DC-6
engineers...don't get more real
than that! The Waco jobs are
pretty thin and usually part time.

There is nothing wrong with the
van...never flown one, but was
around them alot, have flown with
some ex-van drivers and they all
loved it. And if you get on with the
right company, you can go from the
van to something with more engines,
if that is your gig.

After too long trapped in the mighty
jetpig for a mini airline I'd go
to a van for the right money and
lifestyle...or the aztec, 206, 207,
210 or DC-anything...

What the he77 is a "real" airplane,
anyhow? Having EFIS, FMS and
autopilot are not the only
discriminators.

 

[pilotyip]

round engines

"real" airplanes have round engines with over 1000 CI IN displacement.

 

[CSY Mon]

Ah, disregard

 

[fokkers&beer]

Try flying a caravan youll like it. Its a great airplane and you'll learn a little about turbine engines. I flew one for a year for empire and it was a lot of fun. Empire doesnt have any caravans in southern California however they do have an F27 in Santa Barbara. If your looking for a Caravan gig in So-Cal look at Union Flights.

 

[wingnutt]

If your looking for a Caravan gig in So-Cal look at Union Flights.

interesting that you should bring them up...theres some very intriguing news up-an-coming about them, keep your ears open