Re: When might prop be better than jet?

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On Sep 8, 5:36 pm, "Keith Willshaw" <keithnos...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On Sep 8, 2:51 pm, Dudley Henriques <dhenriq...@xxxxxxx> wrote:





Keith Willshaw wrote:
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LIBERATOR wrote:
What case might a prop airplane be better than a jet driven
airplane?
In particular, pilots operating out of and into extremely short
and/or unprepared fields will appreciate the lower landing speeds
and lessor takeoff distances for propeller driven airplanes.

Unless of course they are Harrier pilots. I saw one land on a
grass strip last year and it needed less runway than the Tiger Moth
that landed just before it :)

Keith

Yes, but was there any grass LEFT after the Harrier landed? :-)))

Hey this is England , the grass was so wet you could have landed
a PB2-Y on it :)

What's a wet field got to do with what I'm assuming you're
designating (no dash) a Privateer?

Nothing - since a PB2Y was a Coronado, Consolidated's 4 engine
big brother to the PBY.

Wet grass can provide a sufficiently low friction surface for a
light seaplane or flying boat to take off from or land on.
The implication is that Britain is wet beyond the point of saturation.

--
Pete Stickney
Any plan where you lose you hat is a bad plan
.

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