Metal airplanes with fabric controls are quite common, there's dozens of types built this way and many are still in service. Often came down to cost, weight, technology and material availability of the day, or some combination there of. Potential for damage is there, but smart planning and flying ge...
Jump to postHaving a quick look I think physically speaking it would probably work, however the issues I see are 1: the structure required to hold up that upper middle section during a crash would add a lot of weight to the airframe to the point of probably not worth it for only one or two more seats per row; 2...
Jump to postA little late to the party but this is actually a really good explanation of how the 707's wing evolved during the production run, I would think the 135 and such probably have some commonality with this?
https://airlinercafe.com/aviation-articles/ultimate-boeing-707-guide-84957/
Depends on location but often ground support vehicles are driven in at start of the season and driven home at the end of the season and will be filled up with supplies to start and leftover stock at the end, and also first flight in and last flight out will usually bring a load of company supplies a...
Jump to postThis would all be FAA/TSB certified ahead of time so that the flip is as quick as possible. Im assuming agency certification CAN be done ahead of time? We operate C registered aircraft so not sure about the FAA/TSB end. In the case of TC it's as above get it all formally approved on the first round...
Jump to postShouldn't be too bad, realistically a couple mechanics should be able to do in a shift once it's all set up. Most airliners the seats and many other cabin parts are mounted on rails most of which have locking points in 1" intervals so not that hard to customize the cabin configuration for diffe...
Jump to postUSA might be different but for Canadian operators a quick look through the regulations mentions in several places the pilot in command must communicate when to put seatbelts on however I can't find anything specifically saying it has to be by way of the typical seatbelt signs. I don't have a copy of...
Jump to postSad day to see the 747 era coming to an end. However, as others have mentioned, in fairness a 50+ year production run is certainly an achievement worth celebrating. It was a huge risk for the Boeing company at the time, but the 747 really did turn out to be a world beater. Bean counters were involve...
Jump to postSad news indeed. At least some got out, looking forward to hearing what the causes were.
zkncj wrote:Which is interesting, as doesn’t the ATR’s have an roof escape hatch in the cockpit?
Any airplane with propellers out on the wing that I've worked on does have an extra layer added on to the fuselage in the vicinity of the props so any ice, gravel, etc. that gets thrown by the prop will damage that extra replaceable layer instead of the actual fuselage. If a blade let go it might sl...
Jump to post- Largo Cargo door - 50", 88" and 110". Not sure about the exact sizes but I know that although the standard size cargo door is by far the most common ATR does offer new build freighters with a large door from factory and there are also a few STCs out there to convert older airframes...
Jump to postElectric baggage tugs, belt loaders and forklifts are getting common here, seems most operators are buying mostly the electric options to replace older stuff as it wears out.
Jump to postOn the 737 opening a pit door should illuminate the associated "FWD CARGO" or "AFT CARGO" light on the door warnings section of the overhead panel and also trigger a MASTER CAUTION - DOORS light on the dash. Where I work it's on the checklist to confirm all the door warning light...
Jump to postAir Canada directly serves two of the three Territorial capitals, Yellowknife has daily flights operated by Jazz and Whitehorse has daily flights also with Jazz but has been flip flop between Jazz and mainline over the years. I believe they also were serving Iqaluit for a while but it looks like the...
Jump to postI've only flown aircraft with a regular yoke, but exactly as mentioned by other members the vast majority of the flight I will have my outboard hand on the flight controls and my inboard hand will be operating engine controls, radios, lights, etc. After flying the same aircraft from left and right s...
Jump to postCards do come up every few weeks for mechanics to go up and have a look around at the top of the fuselage, but as mentioned there's usually not much to see up there. There might be a small crack starting or minor corrosion under an antenna or something found every now and then, but these are usually...
Jump to postNot sure why, but the 737s here are similar. -400 and -500 they run the same wheels and tires, with the main tire pressure the same all around but the nose tire pressure slightly less on the -400 than on the -500s.
Jump to postNo problem, it's nice to see the north get some attention! As for market share yes, in the Whitehorse-south market there is a healthy competition going between Air Canada and Air North, with Air Canada having the upper hand in traffic coming/going from onward destinations connecting to the Whitehors...
Jump to postI’m 99% certain that all 737s back to the -100 had Kreugers. Upon further reading it looks like all 737s do have basically the same leading edge flap system. The original -100/200 had on each wing two kruegers inboard and three slats outboard, all normally powered by A system hydraulics. The Advanc...
Jump to postGood explanation of the 737 leading edges is here: http://www.b737.org.uk/flightcontrols.htm#Leading_Edge_Devices Basically on the 737 up as far as the -500 (I've never worked on anything newer) there are krueger flaps inboard of the engines and slats outboard. Kruegers are two position, retracted o...
Jump to postMy understanding is it's largely based off of pretty much a home made reservations system that's been somewhat linked into one or two of the world's mainline systems. As for the viability it seems like a stretch, but it must work pretty well for the routes Air North flies as when the internet or ser...
Jump to postBeen seeing a shortage in several airline departments up here in Canada too, not just pilots but also mechanics, rampies, etc. too. From my experience probably 3 out of 4 times it is not a shortage of people willing to work, but instead a shortage of people willing to work the schedule proposed for ...
Jump to postProbably could be done with enough cash thrown at it, but I doubt there would be much point since ATR combi is already available and in service using the standard forward freight and aft passenger setup, First Air now Canadian North and Air North both use them, and I'm sure there are others around a...
Jump to postWestjet does, pretty sure Air Transat does, don't know about Rouge but I can't see why they wouldn't take some Air Canada cargo with them if they had room for it.
Jump to postNo idea if these airplanes were chocked or not, but I have seen a 737 parked on an icy surface with both main gear chocked slide sideways out of the chocks when an abnormally strong gusting crosswind came up, so it is technically possible. In my case we were luckier though and were able to repositio...
Jump to postYVR makes more sense on a map, but I've heard they've been having issues with their supply of JET-A lately. The rumor I've heard is fuel there is available, but they're having issues with transporting it to the airport, so the supply on hand is not as much as usual and thus it's being priced accordi...
Jump to postIn Canada night restrictions and noise restrictions are seperate things, and where they exist they will be indicated on the charts for that airport. Normally an airport with night and/or noise restrictions will have specific things they want pilots to do or not do based on local terrain and such.
Jump to postI just replaced a no good tire on a 737 on a turn this week. Took two of us probably 40 minutes from when the phone rang until the logbook was signed and we were driving away. The catch is though we are a base that has spare tires and associated jacks and tools here and ready. Away from base it take...
Jump to postI have a license to drive truck, don't use it much, and a big reason is although driving truck is kinda fun to do sometimes as a full time career the pay to b******t ratio just isn't really worth it. If I can make as much or more money for the same or less effort while getting as many or more days o...
Jump to postNever seen it a problem in maintenance. In some ways it's better than a office job in town because our work schedules avoid most of the traffic rushes and result in more days off over the course of the year than a standard 8-5 monday to friday would. Day shifts usually start before the morning rush ...
Jump to postGood question in theory, but in reality there is a few points here. - Not all new build freighters have lower deck cargo space. Various Cessna products, ATRs, most military based transports, etc. all are being built without. - Of the ones that do offer lower deck cargo, most are either based on or p...
Jump to postI've found them fine to operate on, never had an issue, though to be fair they've always been quite a bit bigger than I actually needed so there was lots of room to act if things started sliding. The POH for my airplane mentions grass runways, but the only mention I know of is in the takeoff and lan...
Jump to postLots of reasons to switch engines around... - Keep the airplane flying while an engine is out for repair or overhaul, sometimes operators will have a spare engine ready and if an engine in service needs to visit the repair shop that spare engine will be installed in its place, and then when that eng...
Jump to postNot sure about the big jets going paved runway to paved runway, but keeping the nose up is a very common technique when taxiing, taking off and landing on unpaved surfaces to keep the props/engines away from the gravel. Higher nose results in more ground clearance for the engines and also once the n...
Jump to postMany pressurized aircraft have, mostly, plug style doors. A plug door is basically in the closed position the door is bigger than the hole, so the cabin pressure will hold it firmly in place. Not all pressurized aircraft have that though, HS-748, ATR, and others. Usually in these types of doors ther...
Jump to postJust a quick add-on question. Depends on the airplane, but most airliners seem to follow a similar theme... HS748: The battery power and ground power are selected on and off from the cockpit, and they can each be selected on and off independently. The only catch was the battery and ground power swi...
Jump to postWe often power up most of the airplane's systems in the hangar using the ground power units (GPUs). They are the same units you'd find at the terminal, just mounted to a roll around cart instead of to a bridge. The only things we can't really power up on most aircraft are the engines and APU systems...
Jump to postIn Canada as far as I know when you bring an aircraft onto the Canadian register or change a current Canadian registration Transport Canada will assign you a registration, but there is an option to request a specific one and as long as it's not already taken there's not really any reason for them to...
Jump to posthttps://www.seatpack.net/ The airline here has been using these all the time in the 737s and ATRs with passengers on board for years. A 737 with 40 or 60 passengers on board and a dozen or so of these seat packs full of mail and such in the back few rows is pretty common on the northbound legs. The...
Jump to postThey are proposing to close the tower in Whitehorse as well. There's currently a number of local companies and groups that are pretty strongly and vocally trying to keep it open. Meetings, petitions, etc. all going around now. Up until the pandemic the traffic did justify it and was growing for a nu...
Jump to postIt likely depends on the airport. Slightly off topic but related, here we have bridges in the big city and every other airport in the Territory is just stairs only. With the bridges the airport prefers them to be used over ground boarding because it reduces the number of customers out on the ramp, a...
Jump to postPicture a $16,000 seat, and then multiply by 6 to put it in an airplane. $84K in wages and benefits per seat installation? I don't think so. UA spending 20 man-years (of its own, not contract labor) for a single 767 Polaris retrofit? From what I've seen of airplane parts it's pretty normal for a ne...
Jump to postFGITD wrote:Might explain why aviation can have so many family ties. Parents pass it on to their kids who get the memories of flying all over with mom or dad when they were little and loved it.
As long as he wasn't doing anything to bother other passengers and your time with him wasn't affecting the service of customers then I don't see anything wrong with it. At this point I am fully convinced that some people get up in the morning and purposely look for things to get offended by or upset...
Jump to postAround here the most common trainer aircraft is, by far, the 172. The local flight school here has one Seneca that they use for multi-engine training and the rest of their fleet is various models of 172. The school also has the option to bring your own airplane to do the lessons with, in which case ...
Jump to postLots of pilots have side gigs. From what I've read and seen there's nothing wrong with it, as long as #1 you still meet all the requirements for duty day limits, rest periods, etc. and #2 your second job is not in any way in competition with the first job. If you are a pilot at one airline and you s...
Jump to postAround here it depends on the airline and station as well. At our airline main bases with several airplanes coming and going we have dedicated ramp agents, cargo agents, cabin servicing agents, and passenger service agents, and at outstations where we often only have one or two flights pass through ...
Jump to postAlso would it be true to say there were never any factory new MD80s delivered in Canada ? I'm open to corrections of course, but the only C- registered MD-80s I can think of are the MD-83s that Jetsgo flew, which were all previously-enjoyed airframes. The only factory order I can name is the MD-88s...
Jump to postGood question, and I'm not sure the answer. My amateur opinion though is I don't think the typical human brain can really tell enough of a difference, considering the lack of being able to tell the difference without matching clues from other senses is what causes a lot of disorientation problems in...
Jump to postI rather asked about the financial/occupation demographics but thanks for the input. Of the ones I know some common themes are several aircraft mechanics and a few other airline employees doing some bush flying on their days off, a couple of small business owners using that to justify their toy, an...
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