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by makala
01 Aug 2010, 22:00
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines' fleet renewal
Replies: 5057
Views: 2726959

Re: Replacement of SN's Avro RJ and B737 fleet

Good evening, if I can give a simple personal opinion, a turboprop will always remain a turboprop performance wise. It can never be beated fuel consumption and noise side but from a certain range (+-300nm?) the flight time and passenger confort (altitude,speed ,cabin) is becoming an issue and certai...
by makala
23 Jun 2010, 22:20
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Another overrun accident from Hewa Bora: MD80 written off...
Replies: 10
Views: 1970

Re: Another overrun accident from Hewa Bora: MD80 written of

The runway status is one problem, but there is no statement in my knowledge about the airrcraft tires status, and what was the aircraft take-off speeds ( at certainly max-take-off weights and +- 30°C for a MD82).... I can also comment that the crew did a very nice job to bring the aircraft back with...