simming news » MA60 http://pacific.simmingnews.com News, reviews, links and goings on in the flight simulator world - with a Pacific twist. Focusing on aircraft, airlines and information relevant to kiwi, aussie and pacific rim simmers Thu, 02 Oct 2014 08:03:53 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Real Tonga leasing Chathams Convairs while MA60s out of action http://pacific.simmingnews.com/2014/06/27/real-tonga-leasing-chathams-convairs-while-ma60s-out-of-action/ http://pacific.simmingnews.com/2014/06/27/real-tonga-leasing-chathams-convairs-while-ma60s-out-of-action/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2014 00:33:09 +0000 http://pacific.simmingnews.com/?p=44 Another real world item via the 3rdLevelNZ blog, this time relating to the dreaded MA60 in Tonga and an interim solution in the form of Chathams aircraft. Might be time to break out Greg Peppers CV580 for some Pacific simming :)

Real Tonga confirmed that the 50-seater Convair arrived in Tongatapu yesterday afternoon from New Zealand, and made its first flight to Vava‘u, where it remained overnight. Real Tonga’s Chief Executive, Tevita Palu said, “we are bringing in the aircraft to provide immediate back-up for our MA60 services between Tongatapu and Vava‘u.

source: http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2014/06/whats-air-chathams-convair-doing-in.html

There is a flyable MA60 AI model out there for the Sim but looks a decent payware model is unlikely given how much real world bad press these are getting lately.

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