That sounds familiar. Was he ex-ASA? We trained at the old FSI building that's now under the fifth runway.

Off topic but did anyone ever make a private/corporate transport out of a SAAB 340?

EDIT: Thanks for the answers below and please forgive the thread drift.

Not that I have ever seen... GM did use the Saab 2000 for corporate transport between the plants/subsidiaries.

Not to knock the SF340 too hard but without an APU it would be a hard sell to corporate/private entities. There were several attempts to STC an APU onto the Saab but I don't believe that any of them worked out/sold. The 340s were so popular with the regional ALs that I don't think you could pry one away from them at the time. Don't see many of them around anymore. Wonder if they have just about reached their cycle time/life limits?

The Saab 2000 has an APU and they are still in active service in Europe.

While not terribly popular stateside, the 340 is still in service around the world. Notably, REX in Australia runs a booming business with them in airline service.

https://www.controller.com/listings/air ... -saab-340a

Used to be based in Norfolk, then I saw it in Newport News.

340A

I'm pretty sure that's the Kelly-Springfield, a Goodyear subsidiary, shuttle.

I wouldn't recommend a Brasilia to anyone. The plane suffers from poor support, limited parts availablity and there's only one flight simulator left worldwide. These guys are the go to folks for maintenance http://worldwide-aircraft.com/services/ ... er-emb-120

Last time I was in Springfield (last summer) there were about 30 120s on their ramp.

Only one Sim ? Is it at ATL Flight Safety, or is that one gone...?