Cool. Do you know what kind of a plane you were in? Probably an old high wing Cessna?
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slobake
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The Tropic Air website says this is a Cessna 208 Caravan. We had a different plane than this on our first flight. I don't see that one listed on their website. It was smaller than this and had an engine over each wing. It was a very noisy ride. That flight was 90 minutes late. Maybe that plane is a back up or something.
Once we got into the air things were great but the customer service for this company is awful. We had four flight with them and every one was late. I got used to it, hey it's Belize things are more relaxed there.
I was worried about our flight to the international airport on the way home. That flight was 30 minutes late and I was afraid we were going to miss our connection back to the states. We had two hours between scheduled flights so we made it. But not without Southwest Air walking us past the long lines for international departures.
The Cessna 208 is an excellent short haul airplane with an excellent safety record. The chances are high the the twin engine plane that you flew on was a Piper Navajo Chieftain like pictured below. Yep, small planes are noisily if you are not wearing headphones.The Tropic Air website says this is a Cessna 208 Caravan. We had a different plane than this on our first flight. I don't see that one listed on their website. It was smaller than this and had an engine over each wing. It was a very noisy ride. That flight was 90 minutes late. Maybe that plane is a back up or something.
Once we got into the air things were great but the customer service for this company is awful. We had four flight with them and every one was late. I got used to it, hey it's Belize things are more relaxed there.
I was worried about our flight to the international airport on the way home. That flight was 30 minutes late and I was afraid we were going to miss our connection back to the states. We had two hours between scheduled flights so we made it. But not without Southwest Air walking us past the long lines for international departures.
slobake
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The Cessna 208 is an excellent short haul airplane with an excellent safety record. The chances are high the the twin engine plane that you flew on was a Piper Navajo Chieftain like pictured below. Yep, small planes are noisily if you are not wearing headphones.
No, it wasn't that plane, my mistake I should have given a better description. The wings were on top of the cabin and there were struts running off the bottom of the wings and connecting them to the cabin.
That pretty much brings it down to a Canadian built De Havilland Twin Otter. As you can see I am an aviation nut and like to play, Guess that airplane.
slobake
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That pretty much brings it down to a Canadian built De Havilland Twin Otter. As you can see I am an aviation nut and like to play, Guess that airplane.
Yes, I think that is the one. My memory is that it was smaller but that may be faulty. It was my first ride in a long time a small aircraft and everything seemed small. I trust your expertise more than my memory.
Funny thing about small aircraft. I am comfortable in the small planes and my wife is not. She is comfortable in the large airliners but I am less so. Been flying a lot in the last few years so I am getting better.
In my mind I reason that large passenger jets are just really flying bricks. They only fly because of the power coming from the jet engines. If those engines fail that aircraft is going down in a hurry.
On the other hand I reason that smaller aircraft can glide and maneuver even without power. If something happens to the engines the pilot can look for a safe place to land.
These are all assumptions and I don't know if they are true or not. When I did an image search for Tropic Air did see several photos like this:
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Actually you are exactly right on. Most aircraft have an engine out glide ratio of around ten to one, plus or minus depending, on head wind or tail wind. S o for every thousand feet of altitude, you can glide almost a two mile distance. In a small aircraft your touchdown speed is around 70 to 80mph and requires about 1200 feet or less of runway roll out. This makes an emergency off airport landing very survivable. With a jet airliner not so much. The touch down speed is around 140+ mph and the minimum roll out is about 4500 feet. Also, you have no engine reverse thrusters to help stop the plane if you have no power. An off field landing for an airliner usually does not end well for those aboard plus there is high likelihood of a post incident fire. With that said, Captain Sully's water landing on the Hudson was truly a miracle.
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Here's a couple from a recent trip to Paris:
From Taylor Mt just south of Santa Rosa.
The girls chillin'
From my RV window last year
Bella celebrating Mardi Gras
From my RV window last year
Bella celebrating Mardi Gras
Here's some snaps of the near full moon over Seattle last night >
Always have loved the B-25. I think the B-25 and the P-38 are still two of the coolest planes ever made.
No! I don't wash my car anywhere ... the last 2 times i washed it (years ago), there was some sort of strangely coincidental mechanical failure immediately after both attempts, so other than occasionally cleaning the windshield or interior ... i just let nature take its course
Dusk...looking out over Lake Lanier, GA...
Aaannnd... The moon is up...
Aaannnd... The moon is up...
Banff, Alberta--same trip as some of my other pictures--including the one I identified as being in Canmore...
