Having flown this beauty for 22 years, I have followed the development of this aircraft from the 42-300, via the -500 variants, to the -600. It has been a wonderful journey, and I'm pleased to see that ATR doesn't rest on its laurels. The future is bright!
Thank you for the insight into the production of ATR. For me, the ATR is the most beautiful turboprop airplane and I always enjoy seeing this aircraft in all its versions. That's why I bought the ATR for the MSFS and enjoy every free minute!
Hello ! I work with ATR in Brazil and I thought the video was fantastic. I'm a Mechanic Jr. and I'm in love with this machine. My first flight was on an ATR 42-200. I hope one day I can visit ATR's facilities and see this dream factory up close
Wow, this was a very professional and interesting tour! Thank you very much! I like the ATR planes a lot. If it looks right, it flies right! That is the case with the ATR.
An absolutely fantastic presentation. Clearly presented and full of information without being too technical. I thoroughly enjoyed spending the 20 minutes watching this professional and well produced documentary. Well done to all involved in producing it.
As a New Zealander that regularly flies these planes via Air New Zealand, it was interesting to follow this tour. I enjoy the ride on these planes moreso than the jets. Thank you for the excellent video.
The best aspect about these ATRs' are that one can board and disembark in very short time compared to a conventional large Aircrafts, wherein one needs to await 200+passengers to board and disembark. The ATRs' also delightfully have a small turning radius and are pretty swift on ground movements.
O*U*T*S*T*A*N*D*I*N*G Excellent presentation. Very well paced, excellent photography, Excellent presenter, clear, concise and detailed. 10 out of 10. Exemplary. A standard for others to aspire to. Well done.
I was a pilot for American Eagle Executive Airlines in Puerto Rico when we flew the ATR. Passengers absolutely loved the plane. Great airplane. Looking forward to the -600 aircraft. Great video. Cheers.
Back in the 90's I was in the air as much as some pilots. I would travel from one state to the next checking on the progress of machines being made for my company. I would fly from Indy to Detroit, Detroit to Rockford, Rockford to Nashville, Nashville to Charlotte, Charlotte back to Indy in 4 days. This was the plane I spent the most time in. Never let me down once!
I love this plane, the ATR in itself, I currently work with the SILVER AIRWAYS airline, which I love my job as an airline mechanic and to work again with this magnificent plane, the ATR 42-600 and ATR72-600.
Hats-off to the Team behind this documentary and the Presenter, ofcourse, for bringing this fantastic episode. I am not as much connected to the Aviation Industry but am super super impressed by the simple yet pertinent way the entire Assembly line and the Science & Technology behind Aircraft Assembly, has been presented. A big big thankyou. I have become your fan!
Thankyou for guiding us through this intricate assembly of the ATR, you think you know most, but this just shows how the various manufacturers work together to deliver a very fuel efficient plane, that DOES the job, and very reliable as well. With the new engines from Pratt and Whitney coming in now, itll be even more efficient. ONce again thanks for taking the time to explain it.
Turkey. I used to fly DeHavilland Dash-8 100/300 turboprops at my first airline job at Atlantic Coast Airlines. We used to take off 10 minutes behind an ATR in Manuwark [EWR] and still wind up ahead of it going into Dulles. AND....The ATR pilots were always asking for different altitudes due to icing in the northeast; Our Dash-8 just chugged right through icing without any problem. It was built in Canada; Hello hoser? -When the Dash-8's I flew were produced the company was owned partially by Boeing. The ATR might as well be labelled "Airbus", since that company owns most of the Franco-Italian airframer. We had a nasty nickname for the ATR: We called it the "Advanced Terrain Reamer" after the Indiana accident. That airplane had strange de-ice boots that were vertical instead of horizontal along the wing leading edge. And it was utterly underpowered compared to the Dash-8~
Be nice..worked the ramp at Dulles when Presidential airways got thier dash 8 back in 1989ishy . . Kiad to kswf.. packed with bags strapped to the landing gear.. at that time the ATR de-ice system just could not handle the weather events in the north east corridor.. the dash 8 .. would taxi in just covered in ice .. quick blast with the heat juice and off she went.
@@thomasburke7995 Absolutely correct Thomas Burke! I flew those things up to the northeast from summer '93 to fall '94, and other than one incident when we iced up over Virginia on a 90 degree day and the captain STALLED the airplane and I had to take the controls and break the stall, we used to beat the ATR's to Newark and JFK, and they would get over Maryland or Nuh Jair-Say and constantly be asking for other altitudes, while our Canadian plane just chugged right through it without even thinking about it....
J'adore l'ATR-72, il est très esthétique et ses moteurs ont une jolie "musique". Déjà emprunter en tant que passager en Polynésie Française (Air Tahiti), il est parfait pour les pistes courtes. Un vrai bijou ! 😍
It was a great, very detailed and interesting video. Thank you for this. Do you organize public visits of the line assembly from time to time? It would be amazing for the avgeek I am. Once again thank you
If it has a purple tail.. no. That company is so fuel conscious anything to save a gram of fuel will be deleted. Its almost disgusting how far they take it...
I have flown the ATR72-500 and it is very small airplane. I knock several times on the head and I am small size of the height of 5 feet 8 inches. I don't know how 6 footers and above fit in. I wish it is slightly fatter, wider cabin . Overall it is ok.
Dont have alot of these airframes in the states.. when they were first introduced it became quite apparent they were not designed for the massive weather events that occur on the east coast. The airframe is well designed for the European union and other more predictable weather climates. Paired with the absolutely bullet proof PW engine and HS prop it's a money maker ..the ATR got somewhat of a bad rap on this side of the pond and they never really recovered.. was the Dash-8 a better airframe .. no..THE DASH 8 it just excelled at handling what ever you threw at.. as for the PURPLE cargo tails.. be ready .. that company hires people that can break anvils. ..just ask AIRBUS.
ATR 600 TransAsia crashed because one prop auto feathered and the pilots shut down the wrong engine and in fact both engines. Bad soldering on a circuit board caused an auto feather. Pilots were clueless. Nice plane in the right hands. They retrained all of TransAsias pilots after the investigation. The automatic takeoff power control push button light did not light on take off roll. Takeoff should have been rejected. Plane did its job. TransAsia shutdown in 2016.
Have flown this plane for many hours and I must say I didnt like the Cockpit, its weird and not logic! This has to do that the French just think different. The flying capabilitys were ok.
