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Second try. ATR 42 in Cancun (Read 242 times)

Feb 27^th, 2004 at 9:34am

francsal Offline
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My second try. First, I want to thank those who commented on my first set of shots.

Now for these shots, I started at TIKAL in Guatemala, at noon, a bit of wind and some rain, heading to Cancun on the reliable ATR-42. The only problem with this ac is that the landings are kinda hard. It bounces like hell, just like if you had about 60psi in your car tires. Nevertheless, I like that particular plane and flight, for it was the same one (albeit in TACA) that took me ther on my first visit to Cancun.... Noisy cabin, but nice views from the windows.

Hope you like them, and please, any comments, are welcome.

P.S. Still with the damn SiS chipset.... Thinking about an upgrade...

Ready to go at rwy 10.

Climbing and turning to hdg 002 to cancun.

Leveled at FL110, Speed 240 knots, autopilot set, and having a little chat with my favorite flight attendant about the nice landscape and some tanning on the Cancun beaches 8)

Missed the aproach and the coast view, but here´s the landing. Blowing a lot of smoke for so small a plane, but, besides some screams, everything was ok.

Hope you like them. The trip ended at the Camio Real club, having some "Tamarindo" margaritas, the in house special. Grin

&&&&Wasnt she beautiful???

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Reply #1 - Feb 27^th, 2004 at 9:48am

Omag 2.0 Offline
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Thats new, i always tought it was the pilot who made the landings hard! Grin

Nice work.

&&&&&&Check my aviation-photo's at www.airliners.be&&&&Or go straight to Omag's Album

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Reply #2 - Feb 27^th, 2004 at 10:00am

francsal Offline
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Posted by: omag Posted on: Today at 9:48am
Thats new, i always tought it was the pilot who made the landings hard!

Grin

I know.... but the passangers where really pissing me off. A bunch of spring breakers, you know, and I decided to scare them a bit.... Wink

No, really, what I mean is that this aircraft bounces a lot when landing, never had that problem on any other plane. No matter how slow is my vertical speed, it almost always bounces a lot. In fact, when I first started flying this bloody thing, I crashed it plenty of times. (Still remember the first time in Las Vegas). I finally managed to make a "decent" landing about 10 or more crashes later. Still bounces a lot, but at least I don´t crash it anymore (well, "not so often" would be more honest!) Grin

&&&&Wasnt she beautiful???

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Reply #3 - Feb 27^th, 2004 at 10:26am