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Post by 747sp on Mar 24, 2012 0:36:54 GMT -5
Working on PSA 1988 (alongside my Canadian 1987 project). Trouble is, the timetables contain no aircraft type information... I know they had DC9-30s (4x), BAe 146s (25x) and MD-80s (35x) but can anybody tell me which routes were flown by which type? Or were all A/C rotated throughout the system? And are there any repaints out for these? Thanks for any help  |
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Post by peterliddell on Mar 24, 2012 18:19:38 GMT -5
Welcome to the pain-in-my-ass these days.
I've got several timetables I could do but no equipment is listed for them.
Your options are basically:
1) If you are lucky at least some of the routes may be specific to one type (most likely the 146 for PSA) and you can fudge from there. Some cities were served only by 146s I know for PSA, though they did serve almost every other city as well...
2) Find another timetable that gives equipment...
3) Write everything as one type and then fudge it. This is a bad idea IMHO...
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Post by eduardo85 on Mar 24, 2012 19:07:32 GMT -5
What about 4-digit flights??? Usually they are related to small aircraft....well that would be my guess
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Post by 747sp on Mar 25, 2012 6:44:07 GMT -5
Well unfortunately every single flight no is 4-digit Seems my best bet will be to use one type and then just fudge it... even though its the worst option. At least this will make it easier to iron out the inconsistencies |
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Post by 747sp on Mar 25, 2012 6:45:43 GMT -5
And to put the cherry on top: PSA was supposed to be a nice little interlude from the Canadian, which is simply atrocious  |
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Post by sunking on Mar 25, 2012 9:19:07 GMT -5
KRNO was served through Electra´s only as was KSNA which was served through 146´s only, due to noise regulations. Check out a.net as it might also help. Read the first pages on the timetable and look out for stars or such things as they indicate a certain aircraft type.
Regards.
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Post by klm617 on Mar 25, 2012 10:28:03 GMT -5
Some airlines like this are best to do with an old OAG. Check out departedflights.com you might be able to obtain some information there as there are many OAG pages published.
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Post by 747sp on Mar 25, 2012 10:49:05 GMT -5
Whats the turnaround time you usually use? 15mins is the MRAI default, but that seems unrealistic... and playing with it also made me realize it substantially influences the fleet size, but at the same time, a FP does not compile "smoothly" at all settings. I think I will rather go for a good working FP rather than exact fleet counts. Your thoughts?
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Post by 747sp on Mar 25, 2012 10:50:26 GMT -5
Read the first pages on the timetable and look out for stars or such things as they indicate a certain aircraft type. Believe me, the TT contains nothing at all on types  |
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Post by klm617 on Mar 25, 2012 11:12:48 GMT -5
Because of the way MRAI calculates I use one minute to keep the fleet the correct size the more turnoaround time the more planes it alocates. Usally with a lot of work I can get the fleet size correct for the time period. Nothing I hate more than a bunch of planes sitting on the ground that fly very little.
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Post by 747sp on Mar 25, 2012 12:18:27 GMT -5
But with 1 min don't you get planes that arrive and then depart again straight away?
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Post by garko on Mar 25, 2012 14:12:11 GMT -5
This 1985 OAG data has PSA aircraft types which you could use as a rough guide for your 1988 ones.
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Post by 747sp on Mar 25, 2012 15:40:57 GMT -5
Pardon my ignorance, but what is OAG data?
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Post by garko on Mar 25, 2012 16:10:14 GMT -5
oops, i forgot the link www.departedflights.com/85intro.htmlWhen you load the page click on the city you want, eg Los Angeles. Then at the bottom of the LAX intro page, click on "Detailed Los Angles Flight Schedules" to view the OAG timetable data . |
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Post by 747sp on Mar 25, 2012 17:42:37 GMT -5
Oh wow, this is perfect. Thanks!
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