Colonel Panic wrote:What are the (tube) things towards the underside of the rear?
That will be part of the DAS (Defensive Aids Suite) which will protect the aircraft against threats such as heat seeking missiles etc.
Thanks for posting this, Pete. Many memories of flying the old 146-100. The largest aircraft that I have flown on my PPL! This was due to G-OFOA being owned by Bernie Ecclestone privately and not on an AOC. Although they did get stick for being powered by 4 smaller engines (not APUs) these did give it good engine out performance and when we did ski charters into Chambery for example in the RJ100, we could depart into wind towards the high mountainous bowl of the ground ahead and turn tightly away, safe in the knowledge that on three engines we could make it out, whereas the other tour operators with B737s or similar twin jets would have to divert to Lyon if the wind got into double figures, as although they could land into wind, they would not be able to take off with the tailwind in the opposite direction out of the valley. We could also operate up in Scandinavia on snowy runways when they put hot sand down on it.
One of my most memorable trips was landing at Saanen in the Swiss Alps after a low level route through the various alpine valleys, it really was a very capable aircraft. I also remember seeing it operated by Druk Air into and out of Paro airport in Bhutan, which was very impressive surrounded by 18000 feet mountains! Yes, I definitely think that 146-100 deserves its place there at Duxford!
Cheers
AF