January 16, 20215 yr https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/flybe-q400s-to-be-converted-into-firefighters-for-conair/141994.article Kevin Firth - AMD 9800X3D; Asus Prime X670E; 64Gb Cas30 6000 DDR5; RTX5090; AutoFPS
January 16, 20215 yr Flybe may be restarting operations this year. So is it just the old Dash 8's being sold? They may be requiring their aircraft. https://news.sky.com/story/flybe-lands-chance-of-return-flight-as-business-is-bought-12108233 Some of them were pretty ancient. The last one I flew on between Birmingham and Guernsey was a bit of a wreck. They did operate some never Dash 8's though. Currently in Guernsey we're relying on Aurigny ATR 600's which are a nicer aircraft.
January 17, 20215 yr I was at the smoking shelter a couple of years ago at EGCC one evening. A Flybe pilot was there having a quick cig and we were chatting about their Dash 8s. He told me most of them were pretty battered and bruised, one or two were in good nick he said, but most of them were like a demonstration of how many MEL deferments you could have on a commercial aeroplane and still depart. I never worked on FlyBe stuff that much, but I can tell you that many times I saw them sat there on stands at Manchester for days on end with the engine cowlings off. And I do know that on the occasions I did work on them, we almost always had to do an air start on them whilst they were on stand, and since we often had two of them in at the same time, it was often a bit of a mad rush to get them on their way. Conversely, the ATRs I worked on tended to be in good nick with a good despatch rate. Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
January 17, 20215 yr I can believe that Mr Chock. One flight I was on, there was a panel on one of the engine nacelle's peeling off. The windows on that plane were so scratched and befouled you could barely see through them. After that flight though I did fly on a couple that were in good nick.
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