CRJ1000 Sighting in ICT...
02-03-2009, 12:46 PM
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CRJ1000 Sighting in ICT...
Buzzing around ICT today was the CRJ1000NG...We got a few good looks at it as they were taxiing around with that plethora of probes and what-not indicative of flight-testing. Why is ICT so popular for flight-tests, by the way?
Anyway...it didn't look much larger than a -900, and it was pretty damn sharp, but I saw the rest of my career sitting in that glorified RJ
I'm in the wrong business! Each and every day, island-hopping or bush-flying looks more and more appealing...
Anyway...it didn't look much larger than a -900, and it was pretty damn sharp, but I saw the rest of my career sitting in that glorified RJ
I'm in the wrong business! Each and every day, island-hopping or bush-flying looks more and more appealing...
02-03-2009, 12:51 PM
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Yet...ugh. Let's hope we've all learned that lesson by now! Wasn't there a large order placed for it overseas not too long ago? Actually, I don't really see that thing flying under an N-number for quite some time. Oh, and happened to have a GoJet Pilot NRSA on-board. Guess he knows better than to ask for the Jumpseat 
02-03-2009, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
I don't know of too many majors whose scope would allow that thing at a regional. Hopefully it stays that way.
Originally Posted by yb23
I believe Bombardier/Lear have a base there and flat Kansas would be a good place to test airplanes, would it not?
02-03-2009, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by yb23
I believe Bombardier/Lear have a base there and flat Kansas would be a good place to test airplanes, would it not?
02-03-2009, 05:27 PM
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Yeah those crosswinds are wicked...Here I am today, thinking that I'll start my base to final turn to 1R just a little early with the winds out of the NE, and they damn near change direction in the matter of a few hundred feet...so what was supposed to be a smooth, squared-transition to short-final was really nothing more than an awkward dog-leg semi-final haha. Always a suprise with the winds down there -- and it sounded like they were testing for tailwind takeoffs, blasting off 19L. How do I get that job?! LoL
02-03-2009, 05:51 PM
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What is US Airways' seat scope limit? They could get those things (Mesa would fly them) and throw a few rows of first class seats in order to meet the scope requirements. Isn't that what Delta did with the CRJ-900? Lets hope I am terribly wrong!
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