N261as

[The_Russian]

N261AS

All right, give me the dirt on this whore!

Seriously, this plane sux butt.

 

[Nindiri]

Was that one of the Sliders?

 

[Beergut]

If it's a Brasilia it was worn out before ASA dumped it. (Held together by deferrel stickers.)

 

[John Pennekamp]

Is 261 the one with all the electrical problems? I think it is.

I was told by MTC one day that the mechanics in Macon accidentally hooked up the APU backwards, and it blew out the entire electrical system. Every CB popped! The replaced all the CBs, and most of the relays, but it was never the same. Then they did it again with N263AS, I believe.

Aside from that, I remember N505AS, and of course the sliders (N228AS, N230AS) being problem children.

 

[John Pennekamp]

You know, this post really makes me think of something. As I recall, towards the end, most of our Brasilias were complete wrecks, ready to become freighters. They all had multiple deferrals, constant problems, and were patchwork quilts of parts swapped from plane to plane to plane. Apparently parts were in very short supply, and extremely expensive. I was once told by someone big in the -120 program that the planes were worth $2 million each as planes or $5 million as parts.

To think that GIA is flying these things around almost 5 years after we retired them is scary. I can't imagine what shape these things are in now, especially at a company with a reputation for doing things on a shoestring budget.

Good luck to all of you over there, especially those that want to be street captains. And be sure you've memorized the prop overspeed immediate action items.

 

[Huck]

Slider one was put on its belly by an instructor named Jerry, doing multiple failure landings into Charlie Brown one night.

They fixed her up, but you know how when you turn on the battery, Miss Brasilia goes through her aural warnings - "Takeoff!, Trim! Flaps!...."?

When you turn on the battery on Slider One she says, "Is that you, Jerry?"

 

[Flyer1015]

To think that GIA is flying these things around almost 5 years after we retired them is scary. I can't imagine what shape these things are in now, especially at a company with a reputation for doing things on a shoestring budget.

It's okay, don't worry. The pax in the back might only have paid $39/one way for their airfare, but the right seat F/O paid $30k. And, we all know money makes airplanes fly. Gulfstream's got it all figured out.



j/k !!!

 

[ERJFO]

N261AS

All right, give me the dirt on this whore!

Seriously, this plane sux butt.

Can F/O's pay more to not fly that one?