Post by planecrazy on Mar 23, 2014 7:42:02 GMT 12
We are facing a dilemma as Qantas are tightening up and have sold off two of their five Dash 8 200s.
This was always gong to happen as we all know aeroplanes run out of time and get scrapped.
Solution what can fly 1,300 klms land on a 1 klm strip and carry a decent load? Lord Howe Island is
only 700klms from Sydney but our alternate is Port Macquarie another 500klms. So whatever comes
here must must be able to take a load of fuel to make the alternate with reserves! Here is some old
pic's of various Dash 8's from my collection of slides.
An Ansett Air New Zealand Dash 8 200, obviously they can land here but not with a load of passengers
and enough fuel to make an alternate.
An Australian Customs Dash 8 with all sorts of gismos hanging off it.
We saw this livery on one machine for around a month from memory, poor shot sorry.
The first livery of Dash 8 100s were operated by a company called Eastern Australia Airlines.
This was always gong to happen as we all know aeroplanes run out of time and get scrapped.
Solution what can fly 1,300 klms land on a 1 klm strip and carry a decent load? Lord Howe Island is
only 700klms from Sydney but our alternate is Port Macquarie another 500klms. So whatever comes
here must must be able to take a load of fuel to make the alternate with reserves! Here is some old
pic's of various Dash 8's from my collection of slides.
An Ansett Air New Zealand Dash 8 200, obviously they can land here but not with a load of passengers
and enough fuel to make an alternate.
An Australian Customs Dash 8 with all sorts of gismos hanging off it.
We saw this livery on one machine for around a month from memory, poor shot sorry.
The first livery of Dash 8 100s were operated by a company called Eastern Australia Airlines.
