Classic British Flight Sim

3 of the Stobart/ Aer Lingus ATR72s were ferried this morning from Dublin to Monchengladbach ; the first has just landed

Nigel : it is over 30 years since I flew a Cherokee of any type , but from recollection some of them had an rpm range which it was important to avoid in the cruise to avoid resonance and possible crankshaft fracture - the range is only very vaguely remembered but was something like 2250 - 2350 rpm ....

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Utterly fascinating. I have just dipped into the Aeroflot ones from both pre WW2 and from the 50s, when my Father, who was in the timber trade, used Aeroflot quite a lot - with mixed results ! Did you know that they operated from Urumchi to Alma Ata !!?? - or that may have been CAAC but it is in the...

IIRC Airwork / British United Airways had a fleet of them in the 1950s/60s which were used on African Routes and trooping contracts to Aden and the like

Dave f and Dale : fascinating stuff - it was plainly the pitch change during or perhaps more accurately after startup that caused the ATP noise rather than supersonic tips, but the noise was very distinctive. Also fascinating about the Gannet - I did have a lovely colleague called Clare Pollard who ...

Dave f : interesting to hear from someone who actually flew the ATP . When I was Liverpool based we had the Manx ATP around daily, and later IIRC one that went to the ill-fated Emerald . If we were standing side on to the props during startup we certainly got the ripping calico as the speed rose,and...

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With ungeared engines, you only need a prop of about 8 feet 5 inches diameter to start getting into the transonic region at high rpm. It became a notorious problem with aircraft such as the ATP which, like the Harvard, made a noise like ripping calico !

This is astounding ( and the other a/c - yet again a Cirrus - also survived after deploying the parachute)

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