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    BOEING 767F crash near Houston in the bay Atlas cargo

    Sorry, Mods, please merge thread
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    BOEING 767F crash near Houston in the bay Atlas cargo

    3 on board, last return -29,000FPM https://www.click2houston.com/news/boeing-767-cargo-jet-crashes-into-trinity-bay-3-people-aboard-faa-says
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    What is your hundred dollar hamburger?

    Food... I do get my 1,000,000 USD Burger...:cool: Seriously, they have plenty food choices. try these links; http://southjersey.com/articles/?articleID=774 http://www.flyingwairport.com/
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    What is your hundred dollar hamburger?

    In the NE, NJ-PA-DE-NY Area, one of my favorite Burger joint is Flying W , (N14) it has a swimming pool shaped like an aircraft, a motel Heh heh heh.. a flight school and a few miles away a small aircraft museum ( at South jersey Regional VAY). Cool place !
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    Smaller turbine engines

    If it was as simple as you think it is, it would be already operational. There is a reason why it's non existent (large scale operation). By the way why don't you ask the BOEING guys about Battery systems, they can be very tricky...:D:D
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    Smaller turbine engines

    The more components in a system, the more failure points... that's a very simple equation. your potential failure rate may be way below the overall system failure rate because of it's added complexity.
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    Smaller turbine engines

    I'm not sure what kind of engine it is, but some modern turbine have FADEC with auto start and protection against hot start etc... pretty smart system.
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    Smaller turbine engines

    Too complicated, more things to go wrong, inefficient energy transfer etc.... certification process very costly....
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    Smaller turbine engines

    The OP post refers to GA certified turboprop engine, nothing out there is cheapo.... Mucho $$$
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    FAA PPL Valid in Europe

    You can obtain a EASA license in the US, in florida try naples-air-center dot com . there are many other outfits offering the same programs, just do a web search
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    Smaller turbine engines

    Initial cost is probably the main reason. about 200K for a "western made" engine. you can get a cheaper one such as the walter but it will still set you back 180K with all the accessories. so... They do have a higher TBO but after the various inspections HSI etc.. you're still looking at a much...
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    What do you think about the DA62?

    Is that all it costs? I thought it would be north of 1.5M They are about 1 to 1.2 M USD... Diamond DA62 EASA-certified April 30, 2015 By Jim Moore Austria’s Diamond Aircraft celebrated European certification of the new flagship of the company fleet, displaying the diesel piston twin DA62...
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    PPL Training and Deer Strike - Read your Insurance Policy

    Eye opener I must say, Thanks for the post, I will from now on dissect my insurance policy...
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    "Hall Monitor" CFI's

    As long as what you're doing is legal and professional, tell them to f.. off. you shouldn't have to interact with retards..
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    What do you think about the DA62?

    Nice aircraft, but way too much $$$ for 1M~1.2M I can think of many turbo prop or even small used jets .....
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    Mighty Super Mouse ..

    Mouse stops Air France flight taking off for three days By RFI Issued on 29-08-2016 Modified 29-08-2016 to 11:46 A mouse, not in an airplane CC0 Public Domain Passengers on an Air France from Mali's capital Bamako to Paris arrived three days late ... thanks to a mouse in the cabin. The...
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