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![]() I've read this newsgroup for 4 months with great Aero interest..... Today in GBay, WI an unusually large single prop, turbo engine plane flew quite low overhead... It reminded me of a fat, long Bell XP-59. Plane had a single nose Prop, sound of a jet engine, tall T tail, and both a fat & long fuselage with straight wings.... What Plane was this ?? Minutes before a DC-10/KC-10 appeared at medium altitude.... |
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In a previous article, Dennis Mayer said:
Plane had a single nose Prop, sound of a jet engine, tall T tail, and both a fat & long fuselage with straight wings.... What Plane was this ?? Possibly a Pilatus PC-12? http://www.airliners.net/search/phot...nct_entry=true -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ Alright. Talk. Don't make me reach over there and pull your still-pumping heart out from the gaping hole you used to call a chest whilst breaking your sternum and playing air guitar with your ribcage. -- Tai |
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![]() Paul Tomblin wrote: In a previous article, Dennis Mayer said: Plane had a single nose Prop, sound of a jet engine, tall T tail, and both a fat & long fuselage with straight wings.... What Plane was this ?? Possibly a Pilatus PC-12? Thanks Paul... The PC-12 pictures I just visited matches the plane to a 'T'.. The Give a way was the aft fuselage, bottom notched 'port'... I know my Military plane ID's well, but never saw nor heard of this one. Thanks Again !! http://www.airliners.net/search/phot...nct_entry=true -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ Alright. Talk. Don't make me reach over there and pull your still-pumping heart out from the gaping hole you used to call a chest whilst breaking your sternum and playing air guitar with your ribcage. -- Tai |
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In a previous article, Dennis Mayer said:
Paul Tomblin wrote: Possibly a Pilatus PC-12? Thanks Paul... The PC-12 pictures I just visited matches the plane to a 'T'.. The Give a way was the aft fuselage, bottom notched 'port'... I know my Military plane ID's well, but never saw nor heard of this one. I'm not in that league, but from what I've read it's one of the best combinations of single-engine simplicity and turbo-prop performance. It's certainly on my list of "what planes to buy when I win the lottery", right after a deHavilland Beaver on floats. -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ "It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty will be charged to dangers, real or imagined, from abroad." - James Madison |
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says... I'm not in that league, but from what I've read it's one of the best combinations of single-engine simplicity and turbo-prop performance. It's certainly on my list of "what planes to buy when I win the lottery", right after a deHavilland Beaver on floats. A lot of operators consider it to be "the one I don't need to win the lottery to own. . ." The single-engined turboprop is doing a lot of damage to KingAir sales. The cost efficiency is not so much in the purchase price, or in the fuel costs, which are both in the same order of magnitude to twin turboprops, but in maintenance, you have only one PT6-A to overhaul, instead of two, which is a substantial savings in operating cost. Ironically, two of the hottest contenders in this market, Pilatus (Switzerland) and Socata (France) are in places where there are significant restrictions on single-engine IFR operations. GF |
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![]() "Dennis Mayer" wrote in message ... I've read this newsgroup for 4 months with great Aero interest..... Today in GBay, WI an unusually large single prop, turbo engine plane flew quite low overhead... It reminded me of a fat, long Bell XP-59. Plane had a single nose Prop, sound of a jet engine, tall T tail, and both a fat & long fuselage with straight wings.... What Plane was this ?? It was a Pilatus PC12. Where were you when you saw it? |
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![]() "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: "Dennis Mayer" wrote in message ... I've read this newsgroup for 4 months with great Aero interest..... Today in GBay, WI an unusually large single prop, turbo engine plane flew quite low overhead... It reminded me of a fat, long Bell XP-59. Plane had a single nose Prop, sound of a jet engine, tall T tail, and both a fat & long fuselage with straight wings.... What Plane was this ?? It was a Pilatus PC12. Where were you when you saw it? It was about 11 AM in the morning..... Doing garden trimming... Plane was flying somewhat low (heard jet engine) from East to West... I was in backyard... about 2 miles SE of Lambeau Field (Packer Country). I'm located just East of the FOX River in GBay. |
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![]() "Dennis Mayer" wrote in message ... It was about 11 AM in the morning..... Doing garden trimming... Plane was flying somewhat low (heard jet engine) from East to West... I was in backyard... about 2 miles SE of Lambeau Field (Packer Country). I'm located just East of the FOX River in GBay. Thanks. It was "somewhat low" because it was landing at Austin Straubel. |
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![]() Dennis Mayer wrote: It was about 11 AM in the morning..... Doing garden trimming... Plane was flying somewhat low (heard jet engine) from East to West... I was in backyard... about 2 miles SE of Lambeau Field (Packer Country). I'm located just East of the FOX River in GBay. It was probably a few minutes shy of 11:50am CDT: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N335WH Chip |
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