gi7omy Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 For pity's sake - they ground the thing for 'health and safety' reasons "Coventry-based Air Atlantique, has reluctantly decided it would be too expensive to fit the required emergency escape slides and weather radar systems required by new European rules" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-51...-workhorse.html "Brussels regulation have demanded that all air passenger planes are fitted with oxygen masks but the Dakota does not fly high enough to use them. They also insist that all exits are fitted with escape slides, but the doors of the Dakota are only 4 ft from the ground and slides would not be financially practical, even if they did exist." http://more-to-life-than-shoes.blogspot.co...-of-dakota.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 It's about time they got rid of those old "Gooney Birds" Frank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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