I had a memorable flight from Cape Cod to Laguardia in one of those many
years ago. VERY turbulent flight that was more like a roller coaster ride.
Lots of shrieks from the passengers and maybe even the crew. My four year
old was saying Wheeeeee the whole way. No thanks.
Charlie
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I received a couple of comments on a partial image of this airplane
> > yesterday. I thought it deserved a more complete image. The Metro is a
> > very efficient people hauler.
>
> The Metro is a fascinating airplane. It's not very comfortable for the
> passengers, and fully loaded it's a dog. But when you are the ONLY
> passenger on the airplane and the pilots ask you if it's OK if they
> try to get home a little quicker, you don't turn that opportunity
> down.
>
> With one passenger and light fuel, that thing climbs like a homesick
> angel. My Cessna 172 would have stalled out and fallen out of the sky
> if I tried a climb angle like that. Ditto for the MD80 which had me
> and only one other passenger. If I was leaned back any more I'd expect
> to have a dentist cleaning my teeth.
>
> I learned not to put my bags in the overhead bin under these
> circumstances. The flight angles are so aggressive when the planes are
> empty that your bags will go sailing in them. I had a tripod actually
> punch through the end of a bin on landing.
>
> Still, the Metro is an amazing airplane. They are almost perfect for
> hauling saugages, cheese wheels and round hay bales.
>
> AG
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