Just installed another Covid special over the weekend and having a great time flying.

This is the Carenado Saab 340 commuter turboprop in a Rex livery, a plane and company I've flown on and with many a times to regional areas of Australia.

And during those times, I've watched a pilot doing his walk around reject a tire, then get a mechanic to jackup the plane and replace said tire, then give all the watching passengers the thumbs up with a big smile.

Had a really rough landing approch in a storm where pasengers were screaming, I'll readily admit it was scary at the time.

And once coming into land at a regional in heavy fog I saw the tree tops right there at the wing level, then in an instant heard the engines power up, we entered a steep climb and the gear came up, pilot then spoke on the intercom and explained they were doing a go around for another attempt which they nailed just fine.

I've found the Carenado Saab 340 an enjoyable plane to fly and easy to get started in. It also installs as a normal and lite version, though I'm not sure what the lite version entails .

It has a pretty good model including a cabin where the cockpit door can be opened and you can see through both ways.

Also includes support for the F1/RPX GTN which I've installed (a little exe does the install).

Here we are on flights from Narrabri YNBR to Inverell YIVL

 

Cockpit and cabin.

And on the ground @ Inverell

Cheers

Edited June 3, 20215 yr by Rogen

Nice...flew up to Roxby Downs in one of these....great flight except a drunk miner coming back from leave hurled and the flight smelled like vom......the trip back was more pleasant!! Perfect model for flying around Australia.

On 6/4/2021 at 10:25 AM, ozcanuck55 said:

Nice...flew up to Roxby Downs in one of these....great flight except a drunk miner coming back from leave hurled and the flight smelled like vom......the trip back was more pleasant!! Perfect model for flying around Australia.

Yeah the Saab 340s are way better than their previous cigar tube Farchild Metroliner, pretty nosy though.

On a trip back from Norminton the plane I was meant to catch was out of action and instead we were piled onto a chartered mining flight chock full of FIFO workers some of whom I'd swear don't shower at all until they get back home.

Cheers R