Viscount in Hawaii
Posted: 21 Sep 2012, 03:51
I dug around into the deepest regions of my hard drive and found this beautiful repaint by Garry Russell. Thank you Garry! Works just fine with the new issue Viscount
Aloha purchased two from Austrian AL in 1963 (and later leased a third) and operated them thru 1971 along side the F-27. Pilots liked the soft landing gear but hated the lack of cockpit AC (two small eyeball vents- total!). The panel left much to be desired as well, "designed by shotgun - load up a gun with all of the switches and gauges, pull the trigger and that's where they go!"
Competitor Hawaiian Air Lines also flew a leased Viscount in 1963/4, but to my knowledge no one has done a repaint.
Would also love to see a 1-11 in Aloha colors. They flew them from 1966-1969. They were replaced by B 737s to compete with Hawaiian's DC-9s, primarily because they were load limited at the old airport at Kona which was only 4600 ft long.
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Aloha purchased two from Austrian AL in 1963 (and later leased a third) and operated them thru 1971 along side the F-27. Pilots liked the soft landing gear but hated the lack of cockpit AC (two small eyeball vents- total!). The panel left much to be desired as well, "designed by shotgun - load up a gun with all of the switches and gauges, pull the trigger and that's where they go!"
Competitor Hawaiian Air Lines also flew a leased Viscount in 1963/4, but to my knowledge no one has done a repaint.
Would also love to see a 1-11 in Aloha colors. They flew them from 1966-1969. They were replaced by B 737s to compete with Hawaiian's DC-9s, primarily because they were load limited at the old airport at Kona which was only 4600 ft long.
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