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Post by tyrednexited on Oct 27, 2016 19:51:13 GMT
Humph!! Embraer is exactly what was flying all over Brazil when you were there. Well, that and secondhand 737s and Fokkers which were no longer allowed in Europe. ....Brazilian.....only needs a narrow landing strip.......  |
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Post by Humph on Oct 27, 2016 19:55:49 GMT
The internal flight I'd have used the most would've been Varig from Rio to Porto Allegre. Can't remember being on anything that size on that route but of course I could be wrong. It's getting to be quite a long time ago. '92 was the last time I was there I think.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2016 20:05:54 GMT
varig-y. Now there's an airline. You know that Embraer *is* Brazilian, right?
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Post by Rob on Oct 27, 2016 21:05:42 GMT
The Embraer I refer to was one of the smaller ones. So a narrow fuselage and luggage in the back.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2016 22:14:00 GMT
Unfortunately I will be in Crewe tomorrow. Well the outskirts. I should come away £300 'richer' with some vouchers for long service. That's not why I'm going but I'll probably get the vouchers tomorrow. Just be thankful that you get vouchers. I chose a gift six weeks ago for a company award and I'm still waiting for delivery. Apparently the April earthquakes in Kumamoto have disrupted component supplies to Japanese camera manufacturers. |
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Post by tyrednexited on Oct 28, 2016 6:50:43 GMT
The Embraer I refer to was one of the smaller ones. So a narrow fuselage and luggage in the back. The flight I was describing would have been on one of the small ERJ series. Not much more than 40 passengers in a 2+1 configuration. A bit like flying in a cigar tube. My memory might be going a bit ('cos I'm now convinced the flight was in the other direction, JFK to Raleigh/Durham), but the (non-cabin) luggage definitely went into small holds underneath. |
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Post by sooty on Oct 28, 2016 7:17:40 GMT
The Embraer I refer to was one of the smaller ones. So a narrow fuselage and luggage in the back. Must have been small, only aircraft I've been on with the luggage in a rear compartment was a dakota. |
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Post by Hofmeister on Oct 28, 2016 7:38:24 GMT
The Embraer I refer to was one of the smaller ones. So a narrow fuselage and luggage in the back. Must have been small, only aircraft I've been on with the luggage in a rear compartment was a dakota. I remember when we flew from Perth to Shark Bay, in a Focker of some type, passengers were weighed and placed in seats around the plane to maintain trim. |
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Post by sooty on Oct 28, 2016 7:44:20 GMT
Must have been small, only aircraft I've been on with the luggage in a rear compartment was a dakota. I remember when we flew from Perth to Shark Bay, in a Focker of some type, passengers were weighed and placed in seats around the plane to maintain trim. I remember having to do that on a tristar (well not the weighing) going somewhere dusty. Lots of cargo and not many people, after getting and sitting down we all then had to move about. |
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Post by WDB on Oct 28, 2016 13:00:25 GMT
I've sat behind the luggage hold on a Continental Express flight from Philadelphia to Newark, an ATR-something, I suspect. Not a problem, except that I was in row 1 and there was a small dog in the hold that yapped and whimpered all the way through - although that only amounted to 40 minutes or so.
One of the nicest flights I've made was in a Flybe Embraer 145 from Frankfurt to Birmingham. It was a clear July day and we tracked the sparkling Rhine all the way to the North Sea, low enough to see the huge river freighters and the locks where the Mosel joins at Koblenz. Sitting on the one-seat side meant I had both aisle and window, nobody reclined into my lap and I could just enjoy the experience of being in the air rather than longing for it to be over. Small planes good.
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Post by sooty on Oct 28, 2016 14:09:53 GMT
Empty flights are a rare treat, I remember a 3 hour flight on a A330, there was about 15 of us on. As there was quite a lot of crew onboard, they outnumbered us the passengers.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2016 17:20:40 GMT
ERJ-145 is still used between Düsseldorf and Newcastle, quite a pleasant way to fly.
I took a flight from Glasgow to Islay a few years ago for a family wedding, not sure what the plane was. Prop of some sort with a 5 seater bench seat at the back and a big boot where they threw the luggage.
Double skinned where the propellers were just outside not sure how effective that would haven been if a blade became detached.
We only got up to 9000 feet, with so much cloud and a howling gale coming in off the Atlantic it felt like we were flying into the Land That Time Forgot or the start of Jurassic Park.
Landing pretty much on the beach at Islay was an experience as was the take-off on the return leg with a full load and a short runway.
I remember working in Amsterdam getting on for two decades ago now. Used to fly out of East Midlands on Monday back Friday night. One evening into East Midlands we landed sideways. One wheel down then the nose swung around, other back wheel down then the nose down. I was sat in a second row window seat looking down the runway we were landing on out of the side window. Amazing skills by the pilot. Just another day at the office for them no doubt.
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Post by Rob on Oct 28, 2016 18:05:37 GMT
I thought so too... my wife didn't like it at all. Too small maybe. I liked the take off - climbed faster than a larger plane would (normally anyway).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2016 21:48:03 GMT
First small jet I flew on was an HS125 from Lanseria, just north of Jo'burg, to a private landing strip in South West Africa. It was a company plane and Mrs. K and I were the only passengers. It was the first time we'd been to Africa and the pilot flew very low to give us a good view of the veld. About half an hour after take-off we were bumping along on the thermals when Mrs. K looked absolutely horrified - the (only) pilot had left the controls to come back and serve us drinks.  |
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