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Post by delticman on Aug 20, 2021 23:40:58 GMT 12
I meant the engines  50% quieter than a Herc? You can have a conversation with the person next to your down the back. Also on ZK-CIB there is no overhead luggage lockers, so you also get the feeling your flying in a drainage culvert. Outside they even sound better when they are flying over. |
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Post by harrysone on Aug 21, 2021 16:18:57 GMT 12
About the same noise level as a SAAB Dave , I recon they sound more like an Orion from outside...that same whistle
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 21, 2021 16:31:03 GMT 12
SAAB? I never flew in one of them. Not even sure if I ever saw one tbh.
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Post by harrysone on Aug 21, 2021 18:37:55 GMT 12
Well a Dash-8 100 or 200 if you’ve flown on one of those...guess you’d say average turboprop from 1960s-1980s
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Post by hardyakka on Aug 21, 2021 21:39:52 GMT 12
Seems like they are very noisy inside. Not so much noisy as "full of last-century character". I've done two very enjoyable trips on the Convairs (Auckland-Wanaka-Christchurch-Auckland for WoW airshow and Auckland-Woodbourne-Auckland for Omaka airshow). They roar, smoke, vibrate, and travel at high speed for a big-old turboprop. It's great! I will miss them. Good to see a few familiar faces onboard that last flight. Dee Bond gets around the aviation scene :-) |
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