B757-200 -vs- Tu-214
01-27-2010 | 01:30 PM
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01-27-2010 | 01:51 PM
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Point of Order !
Do they make good products ? Yes. Are they the "best"...that depends on whom you talk to. As for Russian built products, let's not get into the latest offering from the Sukhoi Design Bureau, the S-27PU, or the planned "stealth fighter" SU-37,which is undergoing testing as we speak.
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01-28-2010 | 10:16 AM
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I also got to fly a -134 sim and a very little time on the stick of a Yak42 from St Petersburg to Ulyanovsk. No stick time on the IL-62 over (JFK-Moscow). Long time ago.
01-28-2010 | 10:34 AM
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Fascinating,the only TU154 I have ever seen was an old Air Guyana Tu154 ,out of JFk round '86 or so,Air Guyana also boasted the last scheduled 707 pax service to JFk,same timeframe. I know ,I'm a geek.
01-28-2010 | 04:36 PM
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I have had the privilege of flying a lot of different stuff from a lot of diff manufacturers and each approach the 'proposal' with their own philosophies and ideas. Quite simply there is NO BEST airplane. ALL are compromises which is not to say all machines are a delight to fly. They are NOT. But the idea that one manufacturer or one country builds the BEST airplanes is to show a limited exposure IMHO. Not bragging.. just noting I have been very fortunate and am very grateful for being allowed to fly many diff concepts.
01-28-2010 | 04:49 PM
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This from a guy whose icon suggests he flies a Chinese*-built 747 hauling Japanese and Italian parts to the US...
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01-28-2010 | 06:36 PM
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This thread is for discussing the 757 verses the TU-214. If you want to talk about the 787 further than start a new thread.
01-28-2010 | 06:41 PM
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[quote=III Corps;753125]Aeroflot's at Ulyanovsk. Just a few patterns and no landings. The IP spoke no English, I spoke essentially no Russian and we worked (if it can be called that) through an interpreter on the jumpseat. Very interesting time. Ulyanovsk was a big Aeroflot training base and museum.
Your lucky. If I had a chance to fly a Ruskie just to see how they compare, you bet I'd do it. Must have been interesting with the gauges all in Russian.
Your lucky. If I had a chance to fly a Ruskie just to see how they compare, you bet I'd do it. Must have been interesting with the gauges all in Russian.
01-29-2010 | 06:22 AM
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Vertical velocity was meters per second. 10 meters/second... hmmm 30ft/second.. times 60... jez... 1800fpm?
And they use an outside/in attitude indicator where the background is fixed and the airplane symbol moves. Again, different.
This is a sim reproduction but is fairly accurate as I remember. This is reportedly out of a Bear, a TU-95 but... it works.
Set up is not bad. Just different. (the not bad relates to the set-up, not the puke blue/green background also seen in old DC-9s <G>)
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