IFL Jumpseating
#11
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I seem to remember a CV440 over there. Winair would actually be pretty neat to ride to St. Baarths or Canefield in Dominica. I think there are some Fed Ex feeders that fly from the to nearby places too. The planes are less interesting, but the destinations from SXM are still pretty cool. Is there a C-208 or BN-2 that still runs to Saba?
#12
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I seem to remember a CV440 over there. Winair would actually be pretty neat to ride to St. Baarths or Canefield in Dominica. I think there are some Fed Ex feeders that fly from the to nearby places too. The planes are less interesting, but the destinations from SXM are still pretty cool. Is there a C-208 or BN-2 that still runs to Saba?
I've got a few hundred landings in each of them, but the more challenging airports are St Barth, Nevis and Saba. None of them are worth jumpseating for a geek day out. I do like the idea though and I might copycat it.
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CV580??? Good question. Possibility of a waiver. B727... Dry leasing a FFS simulator from a Part 142 provider.
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#16
It's not required. If you can fly a 727 you know how to safely fly your airplane when the autopilot kicks off. It's called airmanship. The autopilot on any 727 that I ever flew was only good for climbs, descents and holding headings. Thus we hand flew a lot and learned our airplane.
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It's not required. If you can fly a 727 you know how to safely fly your airplane when the autopilot kicks off. It's called airmanship. The autopilot on any 727 that I ever flew was only good for climbs, descents and holding headings. Thus we hand flew a lot and learned our airplane.
Nice job patting yourself on the back for flying a 72, though... but I bet there's more than a few of us who've done that.
#18
Apparently you don't have a sarcasm filter for the first part. As far as the second, if you have flown a 727, DC-9, DC-8 or any other first generation transport jet you too probably have decent hand flying skills. That was all that was implied.
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