Quote:
Originally Posted by Sternjaeger
uuuuh I LOVE the Dash 8, that's aviation porn! Lucky man!!  |
It definitely has its own look. It always looks like a giant insect when coming in to land from a head on perspective. I have aprox. 8000 hours in the Dash 8 100 (37 passenger seats) and the -300 (50 passenger seats) and still can't consitantly make good landings in it. I'll get 5 or 6 good ones and think "I have this thing figured out", but the next 10 get pounded onto the ground. Some of the more senior guys say the same thing. They have 15,000 hours in Dash 8's and can still slam it on a few times a day. Toughest thing to land I have ever flown, but it is a fun plane to fly. There's not too many planes that weigh 34,000 pounds and still land in under 1000 feet and take off in about 1200 feet. Even shorter if no passergers on board and we don't mind using full reverse thrust and max braking
. I've seen in stop in 300 feet once.
