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Imapilot2 12-23-2012 05:26 AM
Old Mesaba?
 
Lakeshore Express

I wonder if this is an old XJ Saab and how long before they fly as a new DCI?

Fly782 12-23-2012 05:47 AM
They have one of 9Ls old Saabs.

chi05 12-23-2012 06:12 AM
I know Colgan ended up leasing most (maybe all?) of the former Chicago Express Saabs. I wonder if Lakeshore Express has any of those planes. It'd be kind of neat to see them flying out of Midway again.

Reading through their FAQs it looks like this will be a 135 charter flown by Pentastar Aviation. This was also in their FAQs:

Are your pilots certified?
Pentastar Aviation Charter, Inc. pilots are professionally trained and certificated in accordance with all FAA regulations and requirements. Training is conducted 2 times a year and the pilots are given rigorous evaluations at the end of the training sessions.

It's good to know that I'm being flown by pilots that are actually certified. What a bonus!

Laxrox43 12-23-2012 08:27 AM
It's N9CJ. Colgan's first Saab ever!

lolwut 12-23-2012 08:48 AM
Originally Posted by Laxrox43 (Post 1317586)
It's N9CJ. Colgan's first Saab ever!
I heard it was the original aircraft the Wright Brothers built before they decided to tweak it into to the more modern Wright Flyer.

belliott 12-23-2012 12:27 PM
Originally Posted by lolwut (Post 1317598)
I heard it was the original aircraft the Wright Brothers built before they decided to tweak it into to the more modern Wright Flyer.
And it flew like a Wright flyer predecessor should... Like a pile of poop... I've never had an aircraft give me as many problems as 9CJ did. Good riddance and good luck to whoever is flying it now.

Saabs 12-23-2012 01:33 PM
Haha I miss A models

Cruise 12-23-2012 05:20 PM
Originally Posted by Saabs (Post 1317739)
Haha I miss A models
That may be all well and good....but 9CJ isn't an A-model Saab. Nevertheless, it was (is) a giant pile of crap.

The Juice 12-23-2012 09:14 PM
Originally Posted by Saabs (Post 1317739)
Haha I miss A models
That may be all well and good....but 9CJ isn't an A-model Saab. Nevertheless, it was (is) a giant pile of crap.
Speaking of A models, remember Shaka Zulu (SZ). Biggest POS ever!!

FlyJSH 12-23-2012 11:18 PM
Don't bad mouth the old girls too much. I mean, what kind of shape do you think you'll be in when you have 50,000 cycles?

Laxrox43 12-24-2012 12:41 AM
Speaking of A models, remember Shaka Zulu (SZ). Biggest POS ever!!
Ahhh...yes...Shaka Zulu! How about 121CQ (UAX bird). Now THAT tenement-on-wheels was a hunk of junk!

Cruise 12-24-2012 04:59 AM
Originally Posted by The Juice (Post 1317930)
Speaking of A models, remember Shaka Zulu (SZ). Biggest POS ever!!
35SZ.....yeah, another **cough, cough** fine piece of equipment.....along with 118SD and 121CQ. Compressor stalls and overtemp takeoffs were the norm with those hunks of junk.

freeze3192 12-24-2012 08:39 AM
I miss the old Mesaba.

PCLCREW 12-24-2012 04:19 PM
Lakeshore Express with legroom like first class... What first class is that?
Maybe compared to Delta


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