From: "archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Diesel in the sky
> The Skyhawk TD was selected by Ethiopian Airlines to replace its
> current training fleet of 10 Cessna 172XPs.
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Cheaper and more efficient, but less reliable and probably heavier than a
turboprop engine. IIRC from reading about the engines last year, they will
also burn regular diesel which is cheaper than Jet-A. I'm curious about the
origin of the engine. Is it a modified Mercedes auto engine I wonde
Is a diesel engine burning Jet-A more
reliable/efficient/cheaper/lighter than a turboprop? What's the
advantage?
"archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The Skyhawk TD was selected by Ethiopian Airlines to replace its
> current training fleet of 10 Cessna 172XPs.
>
> Ethiopian Airlines lauded the
The Skyhawk TD was selected by Ethiopian Airlines to replace its
current training fleet of 10 Cessna 172XPs.
Ethiopian Airlines lauded the Skyhawk TD as a more economical
aircraft that, along with the standard Garmin G1000 avionics suite,
made it the logical choice for the modernization of its fle
Training for what?
On Nov 14, 2007 2:50 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> < actually appear in production planes. Now, why is an "airline" is buying four
> seat airplanes?>>
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> Training.
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> RLE
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Training.
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