DCA airplanes

BLUESKY · May 31st, 2003, 02:23

I was wondering if someone at DCA could give me some personal insight on the planes at the acadmey....I hear they look old or are old? If they are old planes does the acadmey have any plans to buy new ones?

flyboy04 · May 31st, 2003, 07:51

All of the single engine cessnas are pretty old, but are in good shape, if there is any question whatsoever for safety then it goes up for maintenance. I think some of our arrows are newer but im not really sure how new they are. To my knowledge the newest of our planes is the seminoles, which i cant wait to fly!

Cleared_ILS_RWY_9L · June 4th, 2003, 08:38

I flew them when I went through their program, and I later worked on them as a mechanic, before I got hired into the 727 freighter as a flight engineer. The planes are maintained well, I have no problems with taking my family up in them.

Wannabe2 · June 4th, 2003, 20:48

Many of the planes are older, but I completely agree with Cleared_ILS, the aircraft are safe, and the maintenance guys are true pros. All of them are top notch and they are also very willing to spend time with the students going over systems etc. Prior to my multi stagecheck, I spent about three hours in maitenance the other day while they were doing a 100 hour progressive inspection on a seminole and pestered them with a ton of questions. They all seemed to have a good time explaining how it worked and what they do over there.

May 31st, 2003, 02:23	#1
BLUESKY Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: St. Louis, Mo Posts: 47	DCA airplanes I was wondering if someone at DCA could give me some personal insight on the planes at the acadmey....I hear they look old or are old? If they are old planes does the acadmey have any plans to buy new ones?

May 31st, 2003, 07:51	#2
flyboy04 Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 290	Re: DCA airplanes All of the single engine cessnas are pretty old, but are in good shape, if there is any question whatsoever for safety then it goes up for maintenance. I think some of our arrows are newer but im not really sure how new they are. To my knowledge the newest of our planes is the seminoles, which i cant wait to fly!

June 4th, 2003, 08:38	#3
Cleared_ILS_RWY_9L Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Titusville, FL Posts: 201	Re: DCA airplanes I flew them when I went through their program, and I later worked on them as a mechanic, before I got hired into the 727 freighter as a flight engineer. The planes are maintained well, I have no problems with taking my family up in them.

June 4th, 2003, 20:48	#4
Wannabe2 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 224	Re: DCA airplanes Many of the planes are older, but I completely agree with Cleared_ILS, the aircraft are safe, and the maintenance guys are true pros. All of them are top notch and they are also very willing to spend time with the students going over systems etc. Prior to my multi stagecheck, I spent about three hours in maitenance the other day while they were doing a 100 hour progressive inspection on a seminole and pestered them with a ton of questions. They all seemed to have a good time explaining how it worked and what they do over there.

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