Cool - I had wondered whether those German aviation turbo Diesels would
actually appear in production planes. Now, why is an airline is buying four
seat airplanes?
Training.
RLE
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Training for what?
On Nov 14, 2007 2:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cool - I had wondered whether those German aviation turbo Diesels would
actually appear in production planes. Now, why is an airline is buying four
seat airplanes?
Training.
RLE
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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
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
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
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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.
Ethiopian Airlines lauded the Skyhawk TD as a more
