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June 6th, 2005, 11:35
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 869
   |  Any Beech 18 pilots out there? I heard some good stories about the Beech 18, just wondering if many cargo operators still use them. |
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June 6th, 2005, 15:09
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On your TCAS
Posts: 539
| Re: Any Beech 18 pilots out there? I can think of two operators offhand that either went out of business or stopped using the Twin Beech in the last couple years. I think their time has pretty much passed as working airplanes, except for a few smalltime companies scattered few and far between... |
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June 6th, 2005, 15:24
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Phoenix
Posts: 99
| Re: Any Beech 18 pilots out there? I fly a Beach 1800 in SOCAL, dropping sterile fruit flies out of them. Our operation uses 3 Beach 1800's (they were all converted with turbine engines), but my company is gradually phasing them out. Fun plane to fly, remarkably stable in the air, but it keeps you honest as a pilot. Every takeoff and landing is a challenge, even with a little bit of crosswind. But there aren't many pilots who can log turbine/tailwheel time these days. |
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June 6th, 2005, 19:07
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ft. Lauderdale
Posts: 2,090
 | Re: Any Beech 18 pilots out there? North Star, out of TLH flies them to PNS, JAX,MOB,etc. |
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June 7th, 2005, 01:18
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Belleville, MI
Posts: 235
| Re: Any Beech 18 pilots out there? Northstar (Skybox) flys the SkyVan.... Jim Hankins Air Service flys the Beech 18's.... |
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June 7th, 2005, 20:37
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| Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ft. Lauderdale
Posts: 2,090
| Re: Any Beech 18 pilots out there? GUess I was mislead by the line guys....I know Star flies the Box and the Van, but I saw the B-18 guys getting their freight from the same dudes as North Star...Guess it was a coincidence. |
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June 7th, 2005, 20:50
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| Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Belleville, MI
Posts: 235
| Re: Any Beech 18 pilots out there? [ QUOTE ] GUess I was mislead by the line guys....I know Star flies the Box and the Van, but I saw the B-18 guys getting their freight from the same dudes as North Star...Guess it was a coincidence. [/ QUOTE ] Close yet again, Northstar just flys the SC-7 Shorts Skyvan. |
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June 7th, 2005, 20:52
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 608
| Re: Any Beech 18 pilots out there? The FBO at my local airport, Midd Aviation, has a couple Beech 18's they use for cargo. |
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June 7th, 2005, 21:45
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| Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ft. Lauderdale
Posts: 2,090
| Re: Any Beech 18 pilots out there? Nah, definitely not, maybe they contracted out, but I see it here all the time, sometimes with the Van. I may be wrong for who they work for, but when it parks in the same spot as North Star (no one else parks there) then I figured they must be working for them. |
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June 10th, 2005, 01:35
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas TX
Posts: 1,607
| Re: Any Beech 18 pilots out there? There is a trike Twin Beech that flys from SAT to Laredo every day, but I have no idea who it is. |
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June 10th, 2005, 21:26
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Wasilla, AK
Posts: 976
| Re: Any Beech 18 pilots out there? [ QUOTE ] But there aren't many pilots who can log turbine/tailwheel time these days. [/ QUOTE ] I've got about 975 hours twin-turbine-tailwheel time!! ...betchya can't guess where? |
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June 10th, 2005, 23:13
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| Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Phoenix
Posts: 99
| Re: Any Beech 18 pilots out there? [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] But there aren't many pilots who can log turbine/tailwheel time these days. [/ QUOTE ] I've got about 975 hours twin-turbine-tailwheel time!! ...betchya can't guess where? [/ QUOTE ] It comes with a price though: "So what do you want to do, clean the bugs or fuel?"  |
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