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Aaaa, this is bugging me, the little pixel-art "Tu-104" is actually the later, shorter-haul Tu-134, the real life Tu-104 had two engines in the wing roots. 
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Feb 21, 2014 00:22
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A_Raving_Loon posted:Was it fueled with pine tar and recycled cigarettes? In theory, a jet engine can be made to burn almost anything. The Tu-104 was basically a Tu-16 medium/long range bomber with a passenger cabin, though.
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Feb 21, 2014 01:52
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Echoing the above, I would hold off on crossing oceans, build up the Rome hub.
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Feb 21, 2014 03:29
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Did ConAir set up a hub in Tehran? Or just someplace nearby? Regardless, we must make them pay for their impudence. Take the DC-6s out of Europe that aren't being filled, and move them to Hong Kong. It would be great if we could get in on some jets, but historically the 707-120 was superseded pretty quickly by the 707-320, DC-8, and so on - what's the schedule for the next jets to become available?
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Feb 25, 2014 02:05
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The DC-6 and L-1049 weren't turboprops - they were piston-props! Lots and lots of spark plugs. Same with the IL-14, actually. Buy Caravelles as IL-14 replacement, buy DC-8s sparingly. I suspect the Caravelle will stay viable longer. How long can you fly out-of-production airplanes? StandardVC10 fucked around with this message at 07:05 on Feb 27, 2014 |
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Feb 27, 2014 07:03
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In light of what everyone else has said, I'm changing my vote. Don't buy the Caravelle just yet, get a handful of DC-8s but not many because better stuff may become available, invest in existing airports and routes like that Tehran commuter airline, and as a stretch goal aim for reaching Oceania.
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Feb 28, 2014 16:21
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Does the game allow you to use more than one type of airplane on a route? Or if you were to take the plunge and upgauge the mighty THROM to a big jet, you'd have to do it all in one go?
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Mar 2, 2014 15:52
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Buying up new planes and businesses requires some cash standing around, so I vote 50/50 Flex/Bank.
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Mar 3, 2014 03:31
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The Casualty posted:We can make it to Chicago, right? That's a pretty nice hub competitor to New York. Los Angeles would also be good, if we can reach it from Hong Kong. LAX-HKG is pretty long. If I remember right, it only started getting regular nonstop flights in the 1980s.
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Mar 4, 2014 21:16
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I vote for a split between planes and bank.
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Mar 8, 2014 17:04
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Budget for Planes. Use them to open up Hong Kong - Tokyo and Hong Kong - Sydney. Once we're ready to go to the USA, make our hub Chicago, but that could be some time from now.
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Mar 11, 2014 01:02
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Yes to an unconditional 25% flex allowance.
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Mar 11, 2014 01:39
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Planes and crack open the bank for a DC-8-50. We've laid all the groundwork now.
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Mar 16, 2014 05:29
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Budget planes, the DC-8-50 is going to be handy in other places but we need its range for CHIROM. Consider the 727 later too.
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Mar 20, 2014 04:07
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Buy Planes until we can satiate THROM with jet service to match 'Murica. edit: oh and flex a little cash too.
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Mar 25, 2014 04:21
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Jonny Nox posted:I don't even know this year. I'm gonna say flex and agitate for DC-8 to sate THROM. The Douglas DC-9 should be a couple years off, but I would get some 727s first, as the DC-9 may not arrive soon enough to make a big difference in this scenario, and also is a bit smaller.
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Mar 25, 2014 19:12
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Anti-Boat, buy a 727 or two instead.
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Mar 27, 2014 23:05
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Planes, planes, planes. I still want a 727, but you'd probably be better served either by buying more DC-8-50 to free up the DC-6s on THROM or THR-HKG, or by buying the DC-9 instead.
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Mar 30, 2014 19:03
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Planes. If we're filling up 3x DC-6 on a profitable route, we can use fewer of a bigger, shinier plane and put the older Dougs someplace else. …right?
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Apr 5, 2014 03:46
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Plan B. This game doesn't seem to have a Vickers VC-10, so the Ilyushin Il-62 will have to suffice as the closest thing. Plus, hell the rest of you voted for a pleasure boat so I'm going to vote for something silly too.
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Apr 10, 2014 19:40
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Buy Ilyushins, comrade, so we can tap into our existing inter-regionals. Then use the Dougs that are displaced by that to fill out the rest of our network or open new routes. 
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Apr 16, 2014 00:53
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What does the DC-8-50 cost right now? It would still be a substantial increase in capacity over a lot of the propeller planes as well, but if the upgrade cost to the -60 is small you may as well go with that.
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Apr 17, 2014 00:59
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Put a spare DC-6 or buy a 727 for HKG-Tokyo. Can we open Sydney with Comrade Ilyushin?
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May 5, 2014 00:03
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You must create Pam Ann flying out of Los Angeles in Blue.
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Jul 13, 2014 03:23
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Voting for Voltair as well. Let's make it blue.
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Jul 28, 2014 17:46
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Do not buy any boats.
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It's pretty surreal to have a USSR airline offering a New York - Havana service in 1971. Incidentally the other new airplane that was offered in this update, the L-1011 TriStar, could have been sold and manufactured in the Soviet Union if the US government hadn't sunk the deal.
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