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General Chat / Have your say, What year do we start in?

« on: October 10, 2007, 03:03:45 am »

was only using the 707 as the example because its more popular....

Comet
Avro Canada Jetliner
Tu-104
B707
DC-8
CV880

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General Chat / Have your say, What year do we start in?

« on: October 10, 2007, 02:54:07 am »

besides, if we were to start in 1955 as i sugested, the DC-3 would be small...the 707 and most other 1st gen. jets will be out (as well as the much larger prop-liners like the Connies and B377), efectively dwarfing the DC-3 in the way that a 767 dwarfs the ATR-72....

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General Chat / Have your say, What year do we start in?

« on: October 10, 2007, 02:33:34 am »

well, then if the DC-3 wont be the starter, what will it be? a Lockheed Lodestar or Electra?

the DC-3 really is the best choice. it is the plane that sooooo many real airlines started with in that time period...it just makes sense.

from wiki:

After the war, thousands of surplus C-47s were converted to civil service and became the standard equipment of almost all the world's airlines, remaining in front-line service for many years...

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General Chat / Have your say, What year do we start in?

« on: October 10, 2007, 02:28:14 am »

Do328 = 30-33 seats....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_328

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General Chat / Have your say, What year do we start in?

« on: October 10, 2007, 02:17:18 am »

look to the signature of FWA2500, this plane isn't above average

and a ATR-72-500 is very much bigger than the ATR-42, and he was the default plane, what's the problem with the DC-3?  

well, the 3m... 1,5m is fine, can buy 3 planes and still having some cash :wink:

indeed.....its normal operating configuration was about 25 seats +/-....thats barely more than the B1900D and a bit less than the Do 328's in modern terms....

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General Chat / Have your say, What year do we start in?

« on: October 10, 2007, 01:42:13 am »

DC-3 is very small and 3m isn't so much, we will need some money to buy some planes      

DC-3 is "above average" in 1950. The planes are dirt cheap then. You could buy like 5 planes and still have $$ for gates with 3 mil.

the connies and 377's were bigger, faster, more capable and are from the mid 40s....yes, the DC-3 was large when it was new, but post war, it was just "average" with the introduction of these larger military transport-based propliners...

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General Chat / Have your say, What year do we start in?

« on: October 10, 2007, 01:36:24 am »

DC-3 and 3m?

sounds good to me ....also glad everyone seems to like the idea of starting mid-decade (1955 vs. 1950/1960)......that should not be too hard to code into the game, its just a date that would pass anyway....

Too big; too much $$.
(At least in my opinion)

a DC-3 too big??? it was THE plane that almost EVERYONE flew....IMO i think it would be the ideal starter acf...


Fly Douglas Planes!

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General Chat / Have your say, What year do we start in?

« on: October 09, 2007, 10:01:26 pm »

why not start mid-decade in 1955? will have the best of both....jets AND the majestic propliners.....

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General Chat / Discussion: Next Round of AM

« on: October 09, 2007, 02:19:42 am »

what data do you need for the -8's and for which varients?

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General Chat / Have your say, What year do we start in?

« on: October 08, 2007, 04:44:48 pm »

1950 sounds good to me

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General Chat / 1 More Day

« on: October 08, 2007, 03:58:09 am »

"This is the end...beautiful friend,the end..."

finished up not too bad for as short of a time as ive been playing.....definatly looking forward to the 60's!

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General Chat / Aircraft for d1-3508 to add

« on: October 07, 2007, 09:48:09 pm »

even your little pony wont fit in a C90, so no worries there

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General Chat / About the next round.

« on: October 07, 2007, 08:16:35 pm »

ill just post to say i hope the DC-3 is the starting acf.....nearly every airline at that time had either previously or currently flew it......

and im ready

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General Chat / Aircraft for d1-3508 to add

« on: October 07, 2007, 08:13:27 pm »

must have the DC-8.......your going to have to put me on suicide watch if not, haha.....seriously though.....cant have the 60s without the DC-8.......its like missing the 777 in the current round.....you just cant

DC-8 will be added, trust me. looking at this list there's probably around 60 aircraft left to add, and me and dktc (and others) seem to keep finding more to add.  DC-8 was temporarily skipped, as was the Cessna Citation series, to be returned to later and/or added by rick while dktc recovers from his amazing service. Dktc stopped today at LET's 3 models so he hasn't hit Tu yet.

Have no fear, my friends. have no fear.

I'm particularly most impressed so far with the Israeli Air Industries (IAI) additions. who saw that one coming?

sounds good...

oh, while looking at some of the new acf, i notice the King Air C90GT is listed as having 11 seats....i work line service at the local airport and we have a C90....at most you can seat 6 pax (with one sitting on the toilet), 11 is a physical imposibility unless 5 are sitting on the other's laps lol...it is not that big of a plane, even without the 'luxury seats', the cabin is just not big enough for 11 people....and if you did manage to cram 11 in, they would not be able to take anything with them...

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General Chat / Aircraft for d1-3508 to add

« on: October 07, 2007, 06:40:06 am »

must have the DC-8.......your going to have to put me on suicide watch if not, haha.....seriously though.....cant have the 60s without the DC-8.......its like missing the 777 in the current round.....you just cant