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Came back from Chemnitz via Dresden and Düsseldorf with my boss in the early 90s on a Saab 340. At check in he asked his usual question about seats with extra leg room - he was 6’ 7” - to be told all seats were the same. For those who haven’t had the pleasure of a 340 it is 2+1 and only one side has a small overhead locker.
On boarding he tried to sit down and his knees hit the seat in front with his arse still about four inches off the seat. The stewardess came up with a solution….. he flew in her backward facing seat and, as the flight was full, she had the seat beside me.
On boarding he tried to sit down and his knees hit the seat in front with his arse still about four inches off the seat. The stewardess came up with a solution….. he flew in her backward facing seat and, as the flight was full, she had the seat beside me.
Quite a few for me.
As part of my degree course I had to do a flight test course at Cranfield. Back then they had an old HP Jetstream and as we lined up for takeoff on the last day we got a bang and aborted. Tried again, another bang. Third time we got airborne. Upon landing and seeing a quite bent prop it transpired the runway has some loose paving that had got lifted by the props and flung at the fuselage. Quite a talking point after it was immediately grounded.
I was on the acceptance team for an ATP when I worked for BA, that was fun flying circuits around Woodford, touch and go's at Liverpool and generally around the Peak District and Isle of Man. Was a little less fun when we did engine out testing and our CP let me know about a slight problem with the PW126 engine that had a habit of temporary seizing because of differential cooling on the turbine/casing when you shut it off.
Other trips - plenty on Dash 8's, ATR 42/72, Twotter on floats in the Maldives, Fokker F50's, Cessna 404 to Vancouver Island, Dragon Rapide in Cornwall (first ever flight), Islander for parachuting.
Nowt wrong with props, very suited to short tasks.
As part of my degree course I had to do a flight test course at Cranfield. Back then they had an old HP Jetstream and as we lined up for takeoff on the last day we got a bang and aborted. Tried again, another bang. Third time we got airborne. Upon landing and seeing a quite bent prop it transpired the runway has some loose paving that had got lifted by the props and flung at the fuselage. Quite a talking point after it was immediately grounded.
I was on the acceptance team for an ATP when I worked for BA, that was fun flying circuits around Woodford, touch and go's at Liverpool and generally around the Peak District and Isle of Man. Was a little less fun when we did engine out testing and our CP let me know about a slight problem with the PW126 engine that had a habit of temporary seizing because of differential cooling on the turbine/casing when you shut it off.
Other trips - plenty on Dash 8's, ATR 42/72, Twotter on floats in the Maldives, Fokker F50's, Cessna 404 to Vancouver Island, Dragon Rapide in Cornwall (first ever flight), Islander for parachuting.
Nowt wrong with props, very suited to short tasks.
Edited by Speed 3 on Saturday 25th May 22:59
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