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June 8th, 2005, 17:37
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Jul 2003
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|  Caravan 208 With Retractable Gear Check This out: Look right above the prop lever. Looks like someone wishes they made a retractable gear version.  -Brian  |
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June 8th, 2005, 17:44
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ??
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| Re: Caravan 208 With Retractable Gear Heh...wierd. But what I really want to know is, why is the radar on??? Some poor line guy is going to get his berries nuked.  |
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June 8th, 2005, 18:01
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| Moderator  Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Socal
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| Re: Caravan 208 With Retractable Gear It is just a training aid - so when people fly something with gear they do not forget it. |
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June 8th, 2005, 18:02
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Fresno, CA
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| Re: Caravan 208 With Retractable Gear I think it's in test mode, I can just make out "TEST" in the lower left of the screen. |
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June 8th, 2005, 18:04
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Fresno, CA
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| Re: Caravan 208 With Retractable Gear [ QUOTE ] It is just a training aid - so when people fly something with gear they do not forget it. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, it trains you to know that the gear handle doesn't do anything and the indicators don't mean anything. Just learn to fly the airplane, don't make it something it isn't. |
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June 8th, 2005, 18:04
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ??
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| Re: Caravan 208 With Retractable Gear Oh yeah, I see that now. Ours all paint even lines of each different level precip in test mode. Looks like that one has vertical profiling. |
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June 8th, 2005, 18:06
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Low Earth Orbit
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| Re: Caravan 208 With Retractable Gear Ahhh, young grasshopper. One Caravan IS a retractable.........A Caravan with amphibious floats. Notice he is also exactly at Sea level. The radar is on test mode. |
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June 8th, 2005, 18:12
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ??
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| Re: Caravan 208 With Retractable Gear Ha, didn't even think of that!  |
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June 8th, 2005, 19:30
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June 8th, 2005, 23:35
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2004
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| Re: Caravan 208 With Retractable Gear I flew an amphib caravan when interning with a corp. flight department in Racine, WI. Lots of fun!!!!! J. |
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June 8th, 2005, 23:39
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC
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| Re: Caravan 208 With Retractable Gear [ QUOTE ] Ahhh, young grasshopper. One Caravan IS a retractable.........A Caravan with amphibious floats. Notice he is also exactly at Sea level. The radar is on test mode. [/ QUOTE ] Smart man. Especially noticing the altimeter at sea level. We're not worthy man!  |
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June 9th, 2005, 00:08
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2003
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| Re: Caravan 208 With Retractable Gear [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Ahhh, young grasshopper. One Caravan IS a retractable.........A Caravan with amphibious floats. Notice he is also exactly at Sea level. The radar is on test mode. [/ QUOTE ] Smart man. Especially noticing the altimeter at sea level. We're not worthy man! [/ QUOTE ] Ahh, but they're in Puerto Rico (and not exactly sea level), and if you look at this photo of the same aircraft (by the same photographer/company)), you will notice that it has no floats...  http://photos.airliners.net/middle/7/1/0/402017.jpgHowever, I suppose it is possible that it was converted, but I don't know whether or not that is common. |
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June 9th, 2005, 07:44
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Charlottesville, VA
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| Re: Caravan 208 With Retractable Gear Plus, if you look at the instrument panel picture, there are only 3 green wheels down lights. The amphib would have 4! Interesting! |
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June 9th, 2005, 08:05
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: BHB - Maine
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| Re: Caravan 208 With Retractable Gear That particular shot has a device Sporty’s used to sell that was some weird landing gear training device. It was probably put there as a joke. |
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