X PLANE 10 FORUM SERIES
So here is from JustFlight and Thranda their second type of X-Plane aircraft release after the Arrow lll/lV series with the TB10 Tobago and the TB20 Trinidad. This resulted in the TB series or as they have become known the "Caribbean Planes" as all the aircraft were named after Caribbean Islands, TB by the way is designated by the city of Tarbes, the French city as where the aircraft is manufactured.Īs with the Rallye the TB Series was just as successful with over 2,150 aircraft built, the last aircraft produced was in the early 2000's as sales dropped off after the 9/11 event, but many are still flying and the aircraft are immensely popular. The current Rallye could actually squeeze in four people, but it was in reality only a two seater and its performance and the range was small. One is French in SOCATA ( Societe de Construction d'Avions de Tourisme et d'Affaires) with their Rallye family (3,300 sold!) and in the early 70's they wanted a bigger aircraft than the Ralle for the very lucrative four-seater market, or in other words to "Take on the Yanks". In general aviation the American aircraft have totally dominated the genre for decades, but a few European designs have also done very well. I think so, the Airbus A320 is very different from the Boeing 737 and yet they do exactly the same thing. It is a French thing, a sort of "je ne sais quoi" as you can't really put your finger on it, but it's just different and not of the everything else. I can't sell it, because what would I replace it with. It was and I have had it now for 13 Years. So when I bought my current Peugeot 406 I pulled it apart in front of its previous owner to make sure it was solid. So with the next few cars in my life I missed the quirkiness and they all felt ordinary (i.e. But there was something wonderful about it (when it ran correctly which wasn't very often) that I connected with, it was quirky, but had features that were very clever and it handled like nothing else. My first French car was a Peugeot 505 and I didn't keep it very long because it was riddled with electrical issues that were the sort that if you left the battery connected it could simply go on fire. Aircraft Review : TB10 Tobago & TB20 Trinidad by JustFlight/Thranda for X-Plane11