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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: schizer on February 22, 2005, 08:17:18 PM
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Going on honeymoon in June LIAT airlines in the Carribbean has the flight from San Juan to Tortola that best suits my Delta Itinerary. Just wondering how reliable/safe they are. The plane would be a De Havilland Dash 8 Turboprop.
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I have taken that trip about 6 times.
But I was on American airlines usually a 767 and then a American
Oh I forget the full name but it's the American that uses the twin engine turbo props planes to take the 30min 60mile flight from SanJaun to Tortola's Beef Island airport.
I would check for any crash reports and or the airlines safety record.
They should both be public knowledge.
Have a good time and please go to Pusser's and get a #4 pain killer LOL.
But only after you are done with your day.
If you dive I will recomend Dive BVI.
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don't be a *****! jump at the chance of flying on a different aircraft!
well, that's how I see it :)
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Only DeHavilland I've ever been in, I was the copilot ....a Vampire! Envision a P-38 with a jet engine down the middle. Not the prettiest of fighters, but nifty
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Turbo-props are loud but don't fly very high so if you crash you won't fall very far.
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mrb is thinking of Atr 42's and 72's. The Dash 8 is about the size of the 42, and safe as you'd expect. If it helps they have P&W engines, which are widely used and reliable. Well, if you put the fuel nozzles in right, they won't catch on fire over Lake Michigan. If they are not, it makes for a interesting and very short flight as I recall. They pry have someone like Animals cousin doing contract mtx on them so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Plus, if it does start on fire there is alot of water around there so if it burns through the flight controls and forces a ditch, it should go out quickly.
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Yeah, I've ridden in a few Dash 8s when flying between Portland and Spokane. They're fun for a short ride.
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Never been on a Dash 8, but I've shared the pattern with several. Things look bloody ginormous from a Cessna 152 when you're taxiing.
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I hear they explode now and than but for the rest they are ok.
:lol
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LIAT = Leave Island at Any Time
Carribean and timetables do not mix :)
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flew on a dash 8 , miami to tampa, small, noisy, but not bad for a short flight, we flew low enough so you get to see more than from a big jet.
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Used to be based in San Juan with American eagle. Flew to tortola many times in ATR 42's. Have also ridden on dash 8 several times. Should be a great flight. Dash 8 is a high wing aircraft to you get a good view of what your flying over. Dash 8 also has real good short field takeoff and landing capabilities, requires very little runway which is good since tortola's runway is only 3600 feet long.
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They use quite a few in NZ, theres only been one crash that I remember :D
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Originally posted by talliven
Used to be based in San Juan with American eagle. Flew to tortola many times in ATR 42's. Have also ridden on dash 8 several times. Should be a great flight. Dash 8 is a high wing aircraft to you get a good view of what your flying over. Dash 8 also has real good short field takeoff and landing capabilities, requires very little runway which is good since tortola's runway is only 3600 feet long.
Who knows you might have flown me a couple of times LOL.
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100 PIC LIAT's down in Santo Domingo - solid frame. Very much true when it comes to the time tables.
Wouldn't worry too much.
Wolf
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Originally posted by Pei
LIAT = Leave Island at Any Time
Carribean and timetables do not mix :)
LOL ain't that the truth.
I remember the first time I sat down at a bar/ restaurant.
It took them 20 Min's to get me a menu ~~
It's called Island time and you will adjust to it in a couple of days.
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Dash-8... French plane. Death trap.
Plus I pooped in some of the stabilizer trim actuators at my old job. I might have done some other stuff, but was too drunk to remember.
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Originally posted by FUNKED1
I might have done some other stuff, but was too drunk to remember.
Was this what you said after your FDB initiation ceremony?
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Originally posted by FUNKED1
Dash-8... French plane. Death trap.
Plus I pooped in some of the stabilizer trim actuators at my old job. I might have done some other stuff, but was too drunk to remember.
I knew that I felt some sort of kinship with funked. Now I know why.
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DH-8 is a great aircraft.
Only accident i ever witnessed was when a service truck hit the side of a Dash 8 300.
They are noisy as hell though.
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Originally posted by FUNKED1
Dash-8... French plane. Death trap.
Plus I pooped in some of the stabilizer trim actuators at my old job. I might have done some other stuff, but was too drunk to remember.
I thought the Dash 8 was Canadian, and the ATR was French?
The guy that wrote "Unheaded Warning" sure didn't like that government deal. " Fredrick details strong evidence that some experts, in the FAA, knew the plane would be dangerous in icing conditions, but they were overruled by higher officials because the French might have been offended if certification was denied by the FAA.
Not sure, but just in case, I'd not compare the 2, or at least clarify if yer right funkypants.
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Wasn't the ATR the deathtrap? Where one wing would ice up, lock an aileron and flip the plane into a noob dive?
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Originally posted by LePaul
Only DeHavilland I've ever been in, I was the copilot ....a Vampire!
NO ****ING WAY! :eek:
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Originally posted by Creamo
Not sure, but just in case, I'd not compare the 2, or at least clarify if yer right funkypants.
"de havilland" <--------- FROG NUFF SAID
Canada is part of France anyways non?