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ATR Formally Launches ATR 42-600S (Short Take-Off and Landing)
On Wednesday 9 October, at a press conference held at the ERA General Assembly, ATR’s CEO Stefano Bortoli has officially announced that the company will soon be welcoming a new member in its aircraft family. The ATR Board of Directors has approved the launch of the ATR 42-600S (for STOL – Short Take-Off and Landing). (www.atraircraft.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Thanks very much for the infor, and welcome the ATR 600 STOL aircraft. Lets hope it will offer improved efficiency for regional airlines operating the 42 and 72, like ours here. It has bad, and the airline had to rely on leased and chartered planes.
Very nice... I think this plane should do well...
The Buffalo or DH5 has been flying since 1965 and has greater STOL performance than advertised here. It was capable of carrying 44 passenger. Until one experiences the STOL capability of this aircraft one cannot believe the data. I became a believer in a snow storm in Northern New Brunswick where we traveled to pick up a baby in an isollete. The weather sucked so badly the ambulance barely made it the few yards to the aircraft on the ramp of this tiny airport with only one plow.
The crew chief secured the baby and over the roar of both engines running pointed to seats for the nurse and I to strap in. We moved forward for a short distance, turned as he wound full power and suddenly we we rolling but not for long as his lifted the nose, cleared the snowplow and we were airborne for the trip to Halifax where the weather was much better.
The weather at their home base Summerside on PEI was essentially as they had just left so a warm night of naval hospitality for our Air Force colleagues was in order in the YAW wardroom. Baby did well and fortunately I had a spare pair of underwear in my office in the base hospital.
The crew chief secured the baby and over the roar of both engines running pointed to seats for the nurse and I to strap in. We moved forward for a short distance, turned as he wound full power and suddenly we we rolling but not for long as his lifted the nose, cleared the snowplow and we were airborne for the trip to Halifax where the weather was much better.
The weather at their home base Summerside on PEI was essentially as they had just left so a warm night of naval hospitality for our Air Force colleagues was in order in the YAW wardroom. Baby did well and fortunately I had a spare pair of underwear in my office in the base hospital.
Great story, Canuck. I would not be surprised if Viking's ears didn't "perk up" when ATR made this noise. Their "new" DHC-6 Twin Otter is selling well, they have plans for the Dash-8, and I'm thinking a "new" DHC-5 Buffalo may come to fruition. They already had plans for it back in 2006-2007
The Buffalo is also for unimproved strips, which I think the ATR will never be able to do, nor do they claim that they can do.
ATR is quality/rugedness wise never a match for the Buffalo, fullstop
Right you are! Buffalo - that´s STOL! Flew the Dash7 several thousand hours from high Alpine 17% slope runways to 450m gravel strips in the Agean islands down to Antarctica operating off airfield ice runways. All done fully loaded.
--and they are talking 800m as STOL ;-)
--and they are talking 800m as STOL ;-)
Umm..I've seen Air North's ATR-42 land/takeoff, many times, on a gravel runway up in Dawson Yukon. That runway just got paved in May. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUJIXPVXZo0