Plasmech

The only downside turboprops have is their perceived poor safety record. The uneducated flying public seems to think that the planes with the propellor thingies crash all the time while the jets do not. I guess they see the prop as like more moving parts, or maybe the prop makes the aircraft look like something from the 50's to them.

I have had several people in the industry tell me, for what it's worth, that regional jets are on their way out, to be replaced by turboprops. The problem with regional jets is they they come at the high purchase cost of a jet, they have the high maintenance cost of a jet, the high fuel consumption of a jet, and with the low seating capacity of a turboprop, so it's like you get the worst of both worlds...you get all the bad things and nothing good.

Sad to hear this. Any idea what happened yet?

I remember the Rhode Island fire. I was in that area for work right after it happened. Very sad.

Just curious, how is AOPA waging was against Sporty's? I wasn't aware of that...

Those flight crews will *never* sit in the front of a commercial aircraft again. So sad...

As much as I am against any form of Federal regulation in the US, I have to agree with the FAA in this particular case: the 787 is not airworthy at this point in time. a battery fire in the middle of the Pacific will lead to a VERY bad day...

Makes sense. I switched over to 64 bit CAD software at work a few years ago and never looked back. I lot of people don't realize that a 32 bit program can only actually use 3.1 GB of RAM.

It doesn't get any better than DCS as far as combat flight 'simming goes...

AWESOME video! Dang...

What is the advantage of 64 bit in X-Plane? I imagine the memory management is much better? I had no idea that was in the works, very cool!