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2006-10-11 Africa Subsaharan

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Posted by Pappy 2006-10-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Parts is parts.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-11 01:25|| 2006-10-11 01:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Who would be suicidal enough to fly AirZim? You would be safer tying a few dozen ballons filled with helium to a lawn chair and float your way to your destination.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-10-11 02:21|| 2006-10-11 02:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Got screwed doing a deal with a Chinese supplier? Say it isn't so!

Posted by gromky 2006-10-11 03:01|| 2006-10-11 03:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Here at Hangar Queen FBO, we maintian a large inventory of new, used, really used, and used up parts.

Posted by Mike 2006-10-11 08:03|| 2006-10-11 08:03|| Front Page Top

#5 is that really the plane they got from China? what is that like an ealy 60's model

Posted by sinse 2006-10-11 08:58|| 2006-10-11 08:58|| Front Page Top

#6 No, that is a DC-3. I've never heard of a "Modern Ark" before, and I would certainly never fly on an airplane that wasn't made by Westerners.

Posted by gromky 2006-10-11 09:39|| 2006-10-11 09:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Jeebus, I thought this article would be about them "cutting" back in-flight foodstuffs. Good to hear its only about spare airplane parts, I guess.

Posted by BA 2006-10-11 09:41|| 2006-10-11 09:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Duct tape futures nudge higher in early morning trading.

Posted by wxjames 2006-10-11 09:58|| 2006-10-11 09:58|| Front Page Top

#9 lmao wxjames

Posted by sinse 2006-10-11 13:37|| 2006-10-11 13:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Gromky, the Modern Ark is an upgraded Y-7 outfitted with western turboprops and avionics so it can receive worldwide certification. Smart move by the Chinese. Bet it pisses off the Brazilians.

Posted by ed 2006-10-11 13:53|| 2006-10-11 13:53|| Front Page Top

#11 Spare parts? Oh.
We need them?

Posted by Dealin B. Hard 2006-10-11 14:23|| 2006-10-11 14:23|| Front Page Top

#12 Speaking as a Mechanic here, that only works very short time, if the original (Say A Starter) failed, the cannabalized part will have the same flaw as the failed part, and will not only fail sooner (It's lifespan has already been partly used up) but there's no third replacement part once the second part goes bad.
Now you have two planes down for the exact same thing.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-10-11 19:56|| 2006-10-11 19:56|| Front Page Top

#13 And this is different from the general Mugabe economic model in what way, Jim? Bobby and his gang have been cannibalising the whole country from day one.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-10-11 20:16|| 2006-10-11 20:16|| Front Page Top

#14 This is a (the?) classic example of the end-game of civilization in Africa.

Posted by .com 2006-10-11 20:26|| 2006-10-11 20:26|| Front Page Top

#15 You want the African end-game? Try this. In areas where there are still functioning trains, railways officials desperately try to convince the local natives not to remove rail spikes or rail tie plates for forming into spear points or other household metal objects.

These morons are allowing rails to part because they want a cheap source of scrap iron. This is like using fine furniture for firewood. Africa is doomed.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-11 21:53|| 2006-10-11 21:53|| Front Page Top

#16 Now that's what I call bad airline food.

Posted by Glaving Whatle1651 2006-10-11 22:10|| 2006-10-11 22:10|| Front Page Top

#17 Just googled the MA60. It looks like an AN-24 converted for civilian use - another copy, not a local design. Their home page is here.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-10-11 22:51|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-10-11 22:51|| Front Page Top

#18 That's because the Y-7 is a license built version of the An-24. When Soviet production stops, tooling gets bought by China.

Posted by ed 2006-10-11 23:06|| 2006-10-11 23:06|| Front Page Top

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