Talk:Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101

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quote: "In addition, the sort of aircraft used for Chalk's operations, a flying boat, is of a type no longer manufactured by aircraft companies, so the option of replacing the ageing Mallard fleet with newer designs was not available."

The options WERE:

Canadair CL-215 - almost new and much newer than old Grumman in any case (if convert to passenger)

Bombardier 415 (if convert to passenger)

ShinMaywa US-2

Beriev Be-200

2011-08-28 Sergei Tsvetkov kroleks@yandex.ru — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.138.233.44 (talk) 11:05, 28 August 2011 (UTC)


 * All of these aircraft you mention were specialised for purposes other than passenger carrying, and so would have needed expensive design alterations and conversion to this purpose. The Mallard was at least designed as a passenger plane, as were the same company's Goose and Gosling.


 * Chalk's was a small regional airline that would never have had the necessary funds to pay for any of the mentioned aircraft to be converted (and then re-type tested and certificated) for carrying passengers. This would have cost big money, way beyond the budget of a small airline like Chalk's. The only way for this to have been possible would have been if Chalk's had been able to get other similar airlines interested as possible customers for the converted aircraft and get them to help pay for the development costs. In short, there are probably not enough potential customers worldwide for a manufacturer to develop a new specialised passenger-carrying flying boat, unlike in the 1930s and 1940s when this type of aircraft was popular.


 * So, Chalk's carried on using their ageing Mallard fleet simply because they had no viable alternative. Buying an aeroplane that is already suited for your purpose is a lot less costly then having to pay for one to be developed. Only the big airlines can afford to do that. And a manufacturer is only going to go to the trouble and cost of developing one if he thinks there are enough potential customers to make it worthwhile. That's business. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.4.57.101 (talk) 13:36, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

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