Key Lime Airlines Dornier 328-300
10-11-2012, 04:46 PM
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These are cool looking airplanes. I had a professor in college tell me not to design passenger jets in a high wing configuration though, because the turbines are so close to the windows the cabin becomes noisy. Has anyone flown these airplanes? Perhaps it works ok with twin engines only, not so much with 4. There certainly is a lot of turbine noise at the rear of an MD-88 cabin.
10-11-2012, 06:07 PM
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Apparently the 328-300 is the jet adaptation of the turboprop 328-1xx series, intended to cut down on prop noise. I can believe the prop version might be pretty noisy. High wing turboprops are noisy, I was told the Q400 uses active noise cancellation in the cabin. I used to know an engineer who worked on Q400 development. The connection with Key Lime and 328-300s appears to be via M7 Aerospace, who supplies the company with the Metros it loves. The wiki spec sheet shows 405 TAS at FL350 for the 328 jet, which works out to M .7, pretty fast for a commuter airplane.
10-11-2012, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Cubdriver
I was told the Q400 uses active noise cancellation in the cabin.
That being said I jumpseated on Piedmont one time, in an old -100 (no NVS). Seemed a lot quieter than any of our Q's at C5. Amazing the difference it makes when it doesn't sound like your overhead bins are about to rattle off.
10-11-2012, 10:58 PM
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Can't speak from personal experience, but I was talking to a former CA I used to fly with that had flown both the prop and jet versions of the airplane. He preferred the prop because of it short field and hot and high performance, and more economical, but he said the jet version can climb out like the space shuttle.
The lime green accents are interesting. When was this taken?
The lime green accents are interesting. When was this taken?
10-12-2012, 06:00 AM
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Taken yesterday at Centennial. I did not now it was a Key Lime airplane until I looked at Flightaware and saw the registration. Seems to be the first one in this livery scheme. Maybe I should try and get it on A dot net, huh? They have easier submission standards for changes of livery scheme changes. This would go under Denver Air Connection operated by Key Lime Air, I guess.
They do have a similar sister ship-
A dot net KLA 328
They do have a similar sister ship-
A dot net KLA 328
10-12-2012, 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Cubdriver
The wiki spec sheet shows 405 TAS at FL350 for the 328 jet, which works out to M .7, pretty fast for a commuter airplane.
Friends don't let friends build straight-wing jets. Awesome T/O & climb performance I guess, but at the expense of the cruise performance where jets spend a vast majority of their time.
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