Guest Chainsaw Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Arrived in Sydney this morning for Gate and crew testing. Landed and rolled to Gate 19. http://www.theaussieaviator.net/album_p ... pic_id=197 Cheers, Chainy :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glenn Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Thanks for the exclusive :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chainsaw Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 But wait there is more... see other posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WillMikoyan Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 What is it with hte aircraft makers and making fugly aircraft, first the A380 now this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glenn Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 No such thing as an ugly plane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chainsaw Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Only chainsaw's are ugly :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glenn Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 and noisy :twisted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WillMikoyan Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Are you sure you've t seen the A380? Marcel Dassault once said something along the lines of "If an airplane is not good-looking it will not fly well". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glenn Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Yes I have and I think it's beautiful A wise man once said "Those who think aeroplanes are ugly needs to look in mirror first" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WillMikoyan Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess... But it really isnt that nice looking, i suppose it will get the job done though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd M Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 I reckon the -Q400 looks pretty good (Like a 'Stick Insect'), the A380 though looks un appealing is quite a noticable aircraft, and too be honest, I quite like the look of the thing. That new 747 Freighter, looks ugly at first but I am sure it will grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chainsaw Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Time: 1:20pm Monday 4 September I was just sitting out the back when I head a Dash 8 heading out of YSSY. It didnt sound quite right. I looked up and there it was the Dash 8-400!! leaving Sydney. Talk about timing... 8) From your Sydney correspondant Chainy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cat on a PC© Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Marcel Dassault once said something along the lines of "If an airplane is not good-looking it will not fly well". The Short Bros weren't listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Chop Chop Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Yeah I seen it come in to the Gate at Sydney while I was sitting at the end of the Virgin Blue Terminal, while I was waiting for Chainy to pick me up last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chainsaw Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Just read this on another forum...WOW...passed a 737 NO WAY!! I was talking to one of my mates at Eastern's this morning and he told me of the first Q400 flight to Canberra yesterday. Apparently the departure clearance required it make a right turn at 4000' after take off; it duly trundled out to the threshold with 69 pax (I don't know which runway), took off and made the turn well before reaching the upwind end of the runway. It then climbed and settled into the cruise, in the process overtaking the 737 that had departed before it. Six minutes after reaching cruising altitude top of descent was called, with the F/As having served only half the cabin with refreshments.I wonder if the Captain or F/O had time to make a PA announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cat on a PC© Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 . . . Apparently the departure clearance required it make a right turn at 4000' after take off; it duly trundled out to the threshold with 69 pax (I don't know which runway), took off and made the turn well before reaching the upwind end of the runway. What the . . ???? Was the turn to be executed at four thousand feet or four hundred feet? What'd they do? Strap afterburners on the Q400? 4000 feet before reaching the opposite threshold??!! What was mixed in this writer's beer? Jet A1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chainsaw Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Cat, I just drove past the airport and I saw this red and white blurrr. I can confirm that it turned with a massive afterburner flame out each engine. I sure it must have been doing over Mach 2 by the time it reached 4,000 ft. So at what height did it turn, 400 or 4,000, the answer given the above is YES...from 400 to 4,000!!...didnt take long. That thing is a rocket mate. If......all or any of the above is true :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WillMikoyan Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I think someone's taking the mickey... :P Heheh, imagine that, a mach 2 Q400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chainsaw Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Maybe so Will :D, but this thing really does move for a prop, a 6 bladed one at that. Im sure I did see it take off a while ago and it climbed rather quick, and looked like it turned at 400ft off Runway 16 Right (YSSY). Its ugly, but quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Chop Chop Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 [smilie=wos_armee_128.gif] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WillMikoyan Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Its ugly, but quick. I'm starting to come around on this one, the more i see it the more i think it looks interesting, rather than staight out ugly like the A380. I would have thought take off performeance would be slightly less given the size, but I suppos ethe engines would be bigger than on the smaller dashs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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