New Cargo Hauler

[CopilotDoug]

Looks a little like a big Dornier. Launch customer is to be MK Airlines with an LOI for 10 and options for 5 more

http://www.freightfeeder.com/FF5000.html

 

[belchfire]

Looks more like a cross between the older and newer Skyvans.

Ain't very pleasing to the eye but the numbers look pretty good.

Wonder if it will get off the drawing board...

 

[Captain Morgan]

"Ain't very pleasing to the eye..."

Haha, that's putting it lightly. They pretty much took a brick and slapped some popsickle sticks on it and two engines. What ever happened to style, like the Metroliner Expediter???

 

[speedbird1974]

I love it! It looks like a giant CASA 212!

 

[Whistlin' Dan]

Interesting. It looks good on paper, but...???

I wonder if they factored acquisition cost into their cost-per-mile calculations? It's hard to make money with a "new" airplane that only flys 4 hours per day and ties up your capital the other 20.

Those engines are awfully far above the ground...15 feet at least. Servicing them with a step ladder will be out of the question, although I'm sure some guys will try it, especially at the out-stations where cherry-pickers and proper maintenance stands are unavailable.

This may turn out to be the first airplane in history to kill more mechanics than it does pilots.

 

[Metro752]

It's what the Chicago Cubs use to fly around their 1000lb fan club members.

 

[goodgig]

At 350 and 230 knots, will it be aluminum
Cholesterol?

 

[CopilotDoug]

Interesting. It looks good on paper, but...???

The one thing it does have going for it is it does not appear to be a retract. Much less mx in that department.

It looks like it was inspired by those LEGGO planes

 

[timeless]

What is up with the fuel capacity?

Why would this plane need to hold 22,500lbs of fuel? I'm not too familiar with the PW150, but wouldn't that be about 8-10 hours of endurance?

If the numbers are correct and this airplane is actually real and not some internet fake, it should be a useful aircraft. I wonder how many feeder aircraft one of these things could eliminate. At night it could make 15-20 minute turns at 3-4 airports on the way to the hub and in the morning do the same thing on the way back.

As a Shorts pilot I'm intrigued, but skeptical.

 

[texarkana]

Holy crap finally a new plane for people like me who have a Shorts fetish. I love fat chicks