From that report it seems that the airplane was on roll-out after touching down with the propeller in reverse pitch. Probably still at a fairly high RPM all the same. The crew reported significant vibration which I would expect to be the case in this instance.
Jump to postThe replies above that reference "ice shields" are correct, they are in fact that, designed to protect the fuselage from ice shedding off the prop blades. They do routinely get removed to inspect the fuselage underneath them for dents. I've worked on turboprop airplanes for almost 20 years...
Jump to postWe're talking very small amounts of magnetism here, and remember, most of the structure of an aircraft is aluminum, it won't magnetize. The only ferrous metal (other than landing gear) would be the engine mounting structure which doesn't extend that far beyond the engine. Also, there aren't a lot of...
Jump to postIf it hits a prop, then you have to check if the engine has been magnetized, if it has, then an overhaul or degaussing is in order. Could you explain to me, an educated laypeson who has taken Physics (twice) why it matters if an engine is magnetized? Is it because the movement of parts will cause h...
Jump to postI don't know how often airplanes get hit by lightning, but I know I've done many lightning strike inspections, both on turboprops and jets. Usually, very little damage is found, the odd time a static wick will have to be replaced, or a few rivets that will show a small black burn mark. The worst I'v...
Jump to postMaybe the 321 has less weight on the NLG than the 320 does? You'll really see those differences when you carry out a re-weigh on the airplanes. Some are nose heavy and some are nose light. For example, when jacking an Embraer 175, there is no nose jack, we use one on the tail instead.
Jump to postFinal day of DH3 ops at Jazz (AC Express) today. Quick look at the schedule it appears on the final day they operated London, Sault Ste Marie, Timmins and Windsor (YYZ) and Bagotville (YUL). As of now the final operation appears to be AC8436 YTS-YYZ operated by C-GKTA (the oldest frame in the fleet...
Jump to postThe Dash 8 has no gear bay overheat detection system. There are fire detection loops within the nacelles but they are not for gear bay overheat. Also, the Dash does not have temperature sensors in the brake units, just in case anyone was wondering.
Jump to postThose dark areas forward of that panel would concern me the most. Kind of looks like it's worn through the paint, primer and a couple of layers of Composite material in the FWD L/H damaged area.
Jump to postNever worked on a Douglas airplane fr8mech, but I've worked my share of hydraulic leaks. Never met a mechanic yet that had anything good to say about LD4.
Jump to postCRJ-100: Air Canada Jazz, Air Georgian
CRJ-200: Air Canada Jazz and United Airlines (most likely SkyWest)
CRJ-700: Delta (GoJet Airlines)
CRJ-705: Air Canada Jazz
CRJ-900: Air Canada Jazz
-100 (Model 102)
Air Canada Jazz
-300 (Models 301 and 311)
Air Canada Jazz
Q400
Air Canada Jazz
CrewBunk wrote:Any pilot that has to fly to/from St. John’s Newfoundland. CYYT
I'd say the hardest airplane I have worked on is the Piaggio Avanti, just plain difficult to work on, and those pusher engines came with their own problems, had to clean the prop blades every day with jet fuel, and the inside of the spinners looked like the inside of a woodstove from all of the soot...
Jump to postIf it's edge wear, on one side of the tire (the "shoulder" tread if you will), I'm thinking it's a torque-link shimming problem. This would put the tire out of alignment making it wear with an uneven pattern. An imbalance will usually result in a shimmy of some sort.
Jump to postI just watched that Colombia video, I laughed when I saw the guy just pouring avgas into the wing from 5 gal. buckets without so much as a funnel.
Jump to postAccording to my Q400 maintenance training manuals, the lower (FWD) floor has a load rating of 125lbs/sq.ft., or a total of 3500 lbs while the upper (AFT) floor has a load rating of 75 lbs/sq.ft., for a total of 1000 lbs in that section. However, it does say that the max for the entire compartment is...
Jump to postSorry, not directly contributing to the "sales campaign" part of this thread, but does anybody know what happened to https://www.abcdlist.nl/cseries/cseries.html ? I used to look there all the time to see how deliveries were going, but there's been no update since the 25th of May.
Jump to postAnother generalization on can make is Rad Alt. antennas are always on the bottom of the fuselage (Flat, square antennas with Direction of flight usually printed on them) and GPS antennas are always on top. Not sure a PA-28 would have either of these, but good for future reference. Oh, and welcome to...
Jump to postWell, I don't know if this is selfish or not, but I'm ready to take the vaccine as soon as it is offered to me. I've lived in this covid world long enough, I'm ready for my life back. It's done enough bad to me now that I'm ready to help with getting things back to normal, But, I guess if you are so...
Jump to postI forgot to mention that the PD-14 turbofan for the upcoming Irkut MC-21 aircraft is so named because the engine has a nominal thrust of 14 metric tons of force (14,000 kgf or 31,000 pounds). The PD-35 turbofan for the planned Russian-Chinese C929 widebody is similar in that it will have a thrust o...
Jump to postWhat engines are on the CRJ you are flying? I seem to remember seeing some American operated CRJ 200's that had been modified to use the older 3A1 engines. The CRJ 100 used the CF34-3A1 engines while the 200's used the CF34-3B1 engines. The 3B1 produced a few hundred pounds more thrust (I don't reme...
Jump to postI work on mainly Canadian built aircraft and I've never seen a metric fastener on any of them (Dash 8 and CRJ's). In my tool box is all standard size wrenches and sockets 1/4", 1/2", 3/4", etc. I've worked on Cessna and Piper in the past, all standard bolts/nuts, that sort of thing. ...
Jump to postI work on mainly Canadian built aircraft and I've never seen a metric fastener on any of them (Dash 8 and CRJ's). In my tool box is all standard size wrenches and sockets 1/4", 1/2", 3/4", etc. I've worked on Cessna and Piper in the past, all standard bolts/nuts, that sort of thing. I...
Jump to post"As far as I know PAL is operating these routes still." Actually, I believe you are correct, I meant no disrespect to PAL. In fact, they have just recently began to operate some Q400's. I wouldn't hesitate to fly on a PAL airplane either, they just slipped my mind when I typed that last re...
Jump to postWell if that's right, we will have a lot of small communities on the east cost without air service. Routes like YQX - YYR, YYR - YWK, YQX - YYT, and the list goes on.
Jump to postThat's a good question, although Jazz never operated any B1900 routes, at least not in the last 15 years. On the east coast, they were all operated (the Air Canada branded ones) by EVAS. They flew only 1900's for Air Canada. I'm hoping the routes will come back when things in the world improve.
Jump to postI remember seeing a picture of a JAL 767 cargo plane that was at least part polished aluminum, not sure how much of it. Speaking of the AC 762 that they "polished" a few years ago, the best description I've ever seen was a photo comment on here and I quote "looks like a soup can with ...
Jump to postI've seen people start APU's inside a hangar, usually it's a mistake, but it can happen. Lucky enough the hangar we worked in then had no such sophisticated fire detection systems. As for powering up the aircraft in the hangar, some airplanes can be sufficiently powered by a DC cart (such as the Das...
Jump to postI remember something about Air Canada doing a sale/leaseback on a 777 to raise cash. I did some research and found this https://www.wingsmagazine.com/air-canada-concludes-financing-for-80-million-us-dollars-2252/ Not sure if this is related, but the time-frame works, it's now approx. 12 years after ...
Jump to postThank you guys, I learned something today. How many bottles would be there and approx. how big would they be?
Jump to postAre you sure that the 747 uses oxygen bottles for passenger oxygen? While I've never worked on large aircraft, I've never seen anything but oxygen generators on passenger aircraft (well, jet aircraft anyway). I'm not saying you are wrong, I'm just trying to imagine the size of the bottles that would...
Jump to postAs a mechanic, I've been lucky enough never to have to deal with any kind of urine. I have dealt with bird strikes though, that stinks as well, especially a seagull, or any bird that eats fish.
Jump to postPeople who work in aviation don't seem to realise... that the rest of society really isn't that interested in paying higher taxes to support aviation "I work in aviation and I'm not really interested in that either. That said, aviation is too big to fail. For example in the US, 1 in 13 jobs ar...
Jump to postWell, if this were here in Canada, the cat would be in trouble for not having provided proof of a negative Covid-19 test before boarding...sorry, I just had to lol. Now that he/she is out of the airplane, there's the required three day hotel stay while awaiting another negative test, hopefully the f...
Jump to posthttps://www.airliners.net/photo/Cavok-Air/Antonov-An-12BP/5656649?qsp=eJwtjE0KwkAMRq8iWbsruOhOL1AXXiAkH22xOkMS0LH07s6U7t73w1tJ0jvwjUfJoJ4cbDLRmTIbv5z6lZ4on2RamYRtTKdSfvXgyeJWaqkcuIogB/ToB1NYm%2BCyu8bm7hrC7ke61Kiz54V3C4LnhbbtD1eSMHk%3D Not sure how rare this is, but it sure looks rare in YYZ. I belie...
Jump to postWell, Zach, after flying many trips from YYT to YQX on the 1900, some of what you have heard here is true. If it's cold outside, the airplane will be cold before start-up, but even before take off, it will start to warm up and by 5 minutes into the flight, it'll be toasty warm in there. After take o...
Jump to postSame here regarding searching. I've been trying for years (Ok, maybe more like wondering) to find out which Air Transat 757 flew the YQX to YYZ route on 04/May/1998. I believe the flight # was TS415. Still, would be interesting to know.
Jump to postWell, one advantage they have these days is an availability of pilots and engineers, well, any staff really. Should be lots of people out there willing to work at this point. "Lived under the approaches to YUL as a kid and remember seeing Connies, DC-3/4/6/7s, C-46s, Viscounts, Vanguards, Brita...
Jump to postI know on a Dash 8-100, we were averaging (approx) a main tire every 3 months (6-7 cycles per day so around 600 cycles) and nose wheels every 2 months, or approx. 400 cycles. We always changed the nose wheels in pairs. Someone mentioned retreads and in my experience, retreads on the nose of the Dash...
Jump to postI'm not sure what to think of all this. I understand the "large airport, blend in" scenario, but you would think people who work that airport on a daily basis would notice him there and realize that he isn't ever working. I'll give him credit for one thing, he sure has patience. I've spend...
Jump to postI'm thinking it would be the same on the 300 as it has the same engines as the 200. Are you thinking longerons rather than frames? I've seen the longerons replaced on the 300 and it's easily done during a "C" check. It's a bit of surgery and a lot of rivets, I'll give you that.
Jump to post"If you win the lottery and buy an aircraft, just recall the cost to own it and maintain, insure, and store it is about 30% of the purchase price per year." While I wasn't aware of the exact numbers, I know maintaining an airplane isn't cheap, but being able to do the work myself (I have a...
Jump to postI've always said if I could afford an airplane of my own (ie won the lottery), it would be a turbo Beaver on amphib floats. As an AME I could still do my own maintenance, just have to get someone to teach me to fly the thing!
Jump to postI still find it amazing that the Beaver is in such a high demand, still the same way it was built in 1947. I'm sure there were minor changes over the years, but I think, largely, the design of the Beaver was mostly the same for all of it's production run (the biggest exception being the turbo beaver...
Jump to postI hope you guys are right about life returning to normal....I'm getting tired of life being this way.
Jump to postLooks like the news is right then, I was hoping they were wrong. Thank you for the update.
Jump to post"There are definitely mixed signals... CBC continues to report that St. John's Toronto direct flights are ending, even while AC shows 1 daily through February. Does anybody out there know which is correct?" I agree. I tried a mock booking on AC website and you can book flights from Gander ...
Jump to postI don't know how often their site is updated, but https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/home/book/travel-news-and-updates/2020/route-updates.html#/na-1 shows Halifax to Gander being reduced to 4 flights per week and St. John's to Toronto being reduced to one per day. It also shows Halifax to Goose Bay...
Jump to post"Forgive me if this has been discussed elsewhere, but will Boeing continue producing parts or are there enough in existence for the foreseeable future?" I would think there is a legal requirement for Boeing to support their fleet for a certain timeframe. There is a warranty period (probabl...
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