Legacy Bashfest - Bring it on!

[banned username 2]

I seriously doubt that.

For the same mission, VERY TRUE... The Legacy does need more runway than the Gulfstreams... See the numbers posted above (right from the Legacy and Gulfstream web sites)

 

[AA717driver]

Dumbledore--We went to EWR and were tankering gas. It's a buck a gallon higher out here than at SBA or LAX. The plane will be returning to the west coast later in the week. We'll need about 4k lbs. here to make it back. Signifiacant savings. I'm sure we'll see it in our paychecks.

As for being held down, it's ok as long as it was for a good cause. I was afraid we were being kept down for AA... TC

 

[Nick5600]

while we are slinging crap out a outstanding rate I thought I would ad this to the scenerio. Lets put the DC-3 up against the EMB. It might not even compare, but is shure is a lot more fun to fly! Besides that I bet overall it has a better dispatch rate since 1930's then the EMB does, and it wasn't built buy a bunch of coke snorting south americans.

 

[El Bucho]

Embraer = "Whistling Sh!tcan of Death" After 2000 hours in that tub my ears are still ringing...

Falcon's are for sure the best deal going. We have a GIV also and it's never given us any problems. Imagine how much better an airplane performance-wise they'd be if they would put some slats on those things. Think i'll work out an STC for that and make millions. I'd bet those numbers would be impressive.

 

[GVFlyer]

Although I may not agree with your assessment of the Falcon's desireability in relation to a GIV, you're description of the Legacy is hilariously right on:

Embraer = "Whistling Sh!tcan of Death" After 2000 hours in that tub my ears are still ringing...

With it's larger wing and more powerful engines the G550 offers improved field performance from the GIV. At the weights required for the G550 to fly the DA50EX's max range,at Mach 0.85, with six 200 pound passengers, and landing with 3,000 lbs of fuel, the following take-off and landing data would apply:

Accelerate - Stop: 3590 feet.

Landing distance: 2233 feet Part 91 or 3721 Part 135.


The G450 would require:

Accelerate - Stop: 4060 feet

Landing distance: 2673 feet Part 91 or 4455 Part 135

Don't get me wrong, the Falcon 50EX is a fine airplane. Dassault tried to put the DA50 line out of production in 1997, but it had such customer support that they couldn't, so they brought out the EX.

GV

 

[banned username 2]

GVFlyer,

Glad to see you have finally arrived to the comedy show here! I have been holding your torch for you, but now that you are back, have at it! Who thought they'd see the day I'd be in here fighting for the merits of the Gulfstream, but then again, he is comparing them to his plane, the "Whistling Sh!tcan of Death"...

ROFLMAO!!!!!!

 

[Brett Hull]

Nobody's mentioned those girlyman bicycle handlebars you have to fly that $hitcan with. Is the little bell a factory option. Ching-Ching, Ching-Ching

 

[puddlejumper]

Apparently, they're not the easiest to taxi

This little fender-bender with Options ain't gonna help the Legacy's dispatch record:


11/29/2004 2225 CLEVELAND, OH 962CW E135 A SUBS 0 ACFT 995CW WAS TAXIING ON TAXIWAY J TO THE PARKING RAMP. 962CW WAS PARKED ON RAMP. N995CW ATTEMPTED TO TAXI AROUND OTHER ACFT. RIGHT WING OF N995CW STRUCK THE TAIL CONE, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH. 6 POB WERE EVACUATED UNHURT. CLEVELAND-HOPKINS, OH


I hope the Options Pilots involved all made it through the incident without too much trouble!

-PJ

 

[GVFlyer]

GVFlyer,

Glad to see you have finally arrived to the comedy show here! I have been holding your torch for you, but now that you are back, have at it!

So I've seen, and doing a bang-up job of it, too. You know SkyGirl might be right that we're battling a member of the Clearasil set with advanced qualifications in Microsoft Flight Simulator!

"Whistling Sh!tcan of Death"...

I'm still laughing!

GV

 

[Dumbledore]

Hey, hey, HEY!

Nobody's mentioned those girlyman bicycle handlebars you have to fly that $hitcan with.

Be careful there! One flies one's Concorde with flight control grips by Suzuki!