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Paintrain

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 04:38:48 pm


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Indy

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 05:33:01 pm

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400 tickets sold on planes that seat 9 is very promising.

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Boofer

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:34:45 pm

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I thought the same thing, but of course that's 45 seats per day per direction, north or south. I suspect this service will be cut to 3 or 4 daily flights between SBN/IND/EVV and other cities added quickly to better utilitze the planes. MDW, FTW, and maybe GRR are my bets.

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ATAIndy

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 05:10:57 pm

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Wish-TV reported that number was up to 2200 through December. Great news, huh?

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7E72004

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:41:07 pm


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Hello all...i just got back from my day trip to South Bend in which i flew on the first flight on Cape Air up there. I am not sure how the rest of the day went, but from what i saw, everything was running very smoothly. I checked in without any trouble and got to the gate--the wait at security was not long--all metal detectors were open. The one interesting thing was that my Cape Air boarding pass was just a printout that would be set up as a boarding pass but was simply on the smooth computer paper. The guy at security was asking what it was and i mentioned that it is from Cape Air; he went to the other security agent and she had told him that the boarding passes are like that and that there were three of us coming through the checkpoint. (Does Cape Air have their own "boarding passes?"

Once it was time to Board, (they had us waiting at gate C3 at IND but when we boarded we were led down the escalator at gate C2 and out the door on ground level. There were only two passengers on my flight and one pilot. I boarded and the pilot asked if i wanted to sit in the right front seat...he indicated that it was a passenger seat, but i guess it also is used for a second pilot. The controls were right in front of me and i had to watch where i put my feet because the rudder controls were right there It was the first time i was able to get a bird's eye view...i mean literally. The flight was a little bumpy upon take off but was smooth the rest of the way. I got great video of the takeoff, some in flight, and then video of landing at SBN.

Once i got off, there was a gate agent for Cape Air that handed out "goodie bags" that had some stuff with "South Bend Regional Airport" on it but also a digital clock with world time, etc. that had a small plq type thing at the bottome that was blue in color and engraved with "South Bend, Indianapolis, Evansville-November 13, 2007."

It was definitely worth it. I have to say that the employees at Cape Air were probably the most courteous, outgoing, and a good group of employees. I think some of the other airlines can take a couple of lessons from Cape Air

Indy

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:47:41 pm

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You got to sit in the right front seat? OH... if you didn't get any good pictures there will be a good butt kicking coming Very Happy

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ATAIndy

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:01:31 pm

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Awesome man! I'm going have to fly on Cape Air soon just for the hell of it. I'm freaking pumped now. You had better get those videos up soon. Mr. Green

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7E72004

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:05:17 pm


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I am currently transferring the video to my computer and will try to have it up soon...probably tomorrow since i am dead tired right now. The landing in SOuth Bend was great...it's amazing how small those planes are compared to the overall size of the runway *lol*

7E72004

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 01:01:15 pm


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Ok...here is a short video of the take off from IND yesterday. I did not upload the entire video because it takes too long and ends up not uploading. But until i figure out the issue, here is the small video Smile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga1sdYqcIXA

7E72004

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 01:03:07 pm


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Here is a small video of the landing Smile





Indy

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 03:49:20 pm

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I added our new youtube tags to your video url. If you use standard reply versus quick reply you'll get a whole bunch of other goodies Smile. I put in a new editor.

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ATAIndy

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 04:07:33 pm

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Super cool vids you have there. If I didn't know better, I'd assume you were the copilot. I have a couple of questions for you: how was the noise? And at what altitude did you cruise at?

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Indy

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 04:54:32 pm

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Did he let you play with the controls? Very Happy

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7E72004

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 05:38:20 pm


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THe noise was not bad at all. Obviously during the take off, you can hear it as the engines were throttled. In the air, it sounded just like a regular commuter prop like a SAAB 340 or J31.

THe altitude according to the altemeter was about 6000 feet.

Nope...was not able to try any stunts...i asked if we can do a roll over but couldn't do it Very Happy

7E72004

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 05:40:05 pm


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I honestly have to say that the people at Cape Air were amazing. How often is it when you ask about asking videos, you are told most certainly?!? Smile

ATAIndy

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 08:41:54 pm

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It certainly is a rare event these days. I told my father about the intrastate service and how you can sit in the right seat, and he was incredulous that a passenger could sit in the "cockpit."

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7E72004

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 09:20:14 pm


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Those planes are pretty small...it is hard to say that the cockpit and "rest" are separated *lol* Btw...i am in the middle of posting the entire video...i have to put it up in parts because for some reason it will not let me upload the entire thing at once.

7E72004

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:37:59 pm


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There has to be a quicker way to upload these videos Confused

Indy

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:51:25 pm

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Get yourself the Riva flash video encoder and convert the files to .flv before uploading. Experiment with it a bit and find the best file size and image quality. Flash video is what youtube uses.

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7E72004

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:54:01 pm


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Ok..i finally got the entire video up onto You Tube...i had to break it up into 8 different parts because of the limit that the videos can be in terms of length and also beause i would be here until next week waiting for the upload. One thing i forgot to mention is that the first video has footage of the first Cape Air flight that landed and did not "know" where he was going. He was actually doing the right thing because i assume that they told him gate C3 so he pulled to just the end of the concourse on the left hand side looking west. I don't think they told the pilot that the boarding areas were outside of C2 Smile

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