![]() ![]() Today's commercial airplanes will probably never have the ability to operate on a gravel and planes like the new L100J and perhaps a civilian version of the KC-390, have much higher max payload (approximately 44,500 lbs / 20 ton on the L100J and 52,000 lbs / 26 ton on the KC-390) but smaller planes may be too small like the C-295 that have a max payload of approximately 18,500 lbs / 9.25 tons and the AN-178 (ignoring the fact that perhaps it would never be certified to fly in North America ) that have approximately 36,000 lbs / 18 ton of max payload. Ignoring the comercial grade turboprops (ATR and Dash 8) on the market today that clearly do not have the same load capacity as a 737-200C, I personally don't see any realistic alternative in the 30,000 lbs / 13 ton payload segment that can operate on unpaved runways. I was watching Sam Chui's video on Nolinor's 737-200C video operating on gravel and I was curious to know what type of planes could be used in the future to replace those classic birds in the not too distant future, but I didn't get to see many options.
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