ShyFlyer wrote:It's always amazing to me that we think we know how big these things are...then we actually see them "face to face." An E175 seems "small" until you have to park one. Felt similar about the Praetor too.
At the opposite end of the scale is the likes of the VisionJet or the Eclipse. You wonder just how it's possible for people to fit in those things.
Agreed. My memories on the ramp in that vein are of fueling an MD80 while just standing on the ground, no ladder needed. Moving to a 737-900 and having to use a regular ladder, later to an ATR42 and having to use a stand ladder to attach the fueling hose on the bottom of the wing (the designer should be flogged), to last plane of the evening, a 747 where I needed to use the lift truck to reach the fueling panel.
Pushing back a 757-300 and really having to think my turns due to the length of the plane. Being under the nose of a 747 while pushing it back vs an EMB145 where I was always in eye contact with the crew.
miamiair wrote:DXing wrote:Now there's an idea! For giggles, wonder what a -400 inlet from a boneyard would cost?
The -400s have three engine types, RB.211, GE CF6-80C and PW4062, which are also interchangeable with the same powerplants on the 767s. In as removed condition, you can get one for about $5-6K. I have two unserviceable units you can have, but you gotta come and get them.
Could it be stood up on end and make it under most highway bridges? The hard part isn't the price, it's convincing the wife.....I wonder if this isn't a case of better to ask forgiveness rather than permission....?
What's the point of an open door policy if inside the open door sits a closed mind?
