Thats funny, a buddy of mine took that video at work on friday. I'm still scratching my head trying to figure out how it ended up on that website. Well thats the internet for you. I only wish I was there to see it in person but I got shipped out of town the day before it happened. <TABLE BORDER=0 AL...
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Jump to postWell its technically not on a real aircraft, but every year we have recurrent training in our simulator. At the end of the session we spend about 15-20mins each taxiing around the airport to practice since we dont get to do it for real very often. The last time I was doing my training I was doing my...
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Jump to postI guess that means everyone will be using 06/24 for the next while, should make life interesting for all the 27's arriving if theres bad weather.
Jump to postWhen I got my 727 Course last spring I had to sign a One Year Bond, with the amount owing reducing every month. We don't have a choice here, if you want the course sign the bond, if you dont want to sign the bond they will find someone else willing to. Didn't bother me at all to sign since I'm not p...
Jump to postAccroding to Westjets website, the last revenue flight for a -200 was last week. <i>NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED <acronym title="Britannia Airlines (United Kingdom)">BY</acronym> CCNMatthews <acronym title="Fortaleza - Pinto Martins (FOR / SBFZ), Brazil">FOR</acronym>: WESTJET TSX SYMBOL: WJA - | View Q...
Jump to postThanks for the info everyone. The right of way situation in Kelowna is kinda goofy because the a/c crosses both a road and the railway. There is a scheduled bus service that runs along the road and it has priorty over any a/c wanting to cross, but the aircraft has priority over and trains coming alo...
Jump to postIn Kelowna there is now a tugway to bring a/c over to Kelowna Flightcraft's New Hangar. The tugway crosses over the road and a set of railway tracks. I was wondering does anyone know of any other airports where a/c would cross over a set of railway tracks??? <br> <center> <font color="#EEEEEE" size=...
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Jump to postWe had one apprentice that wouldn't buy a roll cabinet for his tools, He would just leave his carry around toolbox anywhere he felt like on the hangar floor and guys were constantly tripping over it. So one day after he went home, he never locked his toolbox, we emptied out the contents, taped over ...
Jump to postI can't wait to see a 57 with winglets installed, which will be very soon, as the company I work for will be installing the winglets for Icelandair starting on January 2....
Jump to postAlmost all of EAS and ADC's fleet of 732's have been C-checked in Canada over the last couple years. I can't say what condition they are flying in now, but when they left Canada they were in the same if not better condition than most a/c flying in north america today.
Jump to postMaybe they should fly around in a Convair 580 like the BC Liberals did during their campaign earlier this year.....
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Jump to postThe Winglets on the 757's are the exact same winglets that are installed on the 737NGs. To mount the winglets on the 757 they actually cut off the outer part of the 757 wing and tranform the outer section into the 737NG wing and then add on the winglet.
Jump to postLooks like it is the storage unit on Dash-8's. It sits right behind the pedestal in the cockpit floor.
Skydrolboy
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Jump to postWell no matter how hard they try Kamloops will never be able to compete with Kelowna. Just look at the expansion to the airport in <acronym title="Kelowna (YLW / CYLW), Canada - British Columbia">YLW</acronym> and what the city has done to accommodate new carriers. They are adding a Third Jetway and...
Jump to postFlair Airlines is owned by Jim Rogers, who used to be a co-owner in Kelowna Flightcraft. They will be flying a 727-200 passenger airplane. They may have more but their first aircraft is sitting in <acronym title="Kelowna (YLW / CYLW), Canada - British Columbia">YLW</acronym> right now on the KFC ram...
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You seem to know alot about the CV-580, have you got lots of experience working on them???
Skydrolboy
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Jump to postI dont mind going in to the Boeings to fix fuel leaks, but what I really hate is fixing fuel leaks on Convair 580's. Those damn things always leak, and it take about 3-4 days of picking <acronym title="Prescott - Ernest A. Love Field (PRC / KPRC), USA - Arizona">PRC</acronym>, to get through the 40 ...
Jump to postHAWK21M,
My usage is probally about 1 hour minimum per shift. Some times more somethimes less, but on average about 7hours a week
I replace the batteries about once every two weeks, but I really dont have to. I'm sure they could last longer but since the company supplies the batteries it doesnt hurt to change them early.
Jump to postHAWK21M,
The supersabrelite comes with belt clip which makes it portable, but also you can use maglite holders as they are almost the same size.
I used to use the trusty old maglite, but for the last couple years I've been using a Pelican SuperSabre Light. The light is pretty much indestructable, I dropped it from the Horizontal stab on a 727, and all I had to replace was the batteries, the bulb and case were still good. The flashlight is gu...
Jump to postThat thing hanging from the center of the windscreen is a GPS. What it is plugged into I have no clue, but it looks like it is an auxilary display panel for the GPS.
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That link you sent is the company we are getting the UV Packs from, we will be installing them on 757's.
Hey Everyone, Does anyone here have any experience with <acronym title="Universal Airways (USA)">UV</acronym> Light Water Disinfection Systems. The company I work for is going to be installing this system on a couple a/c, and I was wondering If anyone knows how well it works or how it is from a main...
Jump to postBio15, Yes it is pretty dangerous to be that close, if your not paying attention you could be injested. At my work we dont tie ourselves down, we would either have to tie ourselves to the engine (which you couldn't pay me to do) or have to use a manlift with safetybelt attachments, but there is too ...
Jump to postI really hate passengers and flight attendants who ignore the signs above toliets and throw whatever they feel like in there, so you've got to rest your chin on the bowl to reach down and unclog the drain valve. I also really hate those stupid <acronym title="Moscow - Domodedovo (DME / UUDD), Russia...
Jump to postAt my work the only place we can do engine runs is on our company ramp outside our hangars. It sure makes the inside of the hangar loud when you've got a 727 at takeoff power outside. I love doing trim runs on the 727 and standing underneath all three engines at rated-power and feeling the power of ...
Jump to postI use "Stop, No red port left" to help me remember....
Jump to postDFORCE1, The Harmony Video we speak of is just Harmony's new 757 taking off from <acronym title="Kelowna (YLW / CYLW), Canada - British Columbia">YLW</acronym> back in July. As far as I know it was the first 757 to ever visit <acronym title="Kelowna (YLW / CYLW), Canada - British Columbia">YLW</acro...
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought YLW got an ILS last year....
Also glad you enjoyed the Harmony 757 video.
Cheers,
Craig
I have no clue where Zoom wants to fly, all I heard was that they are looking into flying in <acronym title="Kelowna (YLW / CYLW), Canada - British Columbia">YLW</acronym>, most likely it would be a stop on a <acronym title="Vancouver - International (YVR / CYVR), Canada - British Columbia">YVR</acr...
Jump to postWell, I guess it's a good thing <acronym title="Kelowna (YLW / CYLW), Canada - British Columbia">YLW</acronym> put a second jetway in this year. It sure is gonna get alot of use this winter with all the new flights/airlines announced so far. I've also being hearing rumors that Zoom is going to start...
Jump to postIf you look in the Historical Marks Section on the Transpot Canada Section That registraion comes up Mark C-GPOT Serial No 5088 Common Name Canadair Model <acronym title="Lufthansa Cityline (Germany)">CL</acronym>-600-2B16 Base Of Op. - Country CANADA Base Of Op. - Province Saskatchewan Base Of Op. ...
Jump to postTo bad ACDC8 you didnt get to see it either, but a friend from work took some pictures, "Leaving on a Jet Plane" was in <acronym title="Kelowna (YLW / CYLW), Canada - British Columbia">YLW</acronym> for a quick engine change and "The Big Yellow Taxi" was in to pick up some <acronym title="Brymon Air...
Jump to postWell I hope you got a chance to see it earlier today ACDC8 as it jsut landed in YVR, I was hoping to get out to the airport to see it leave, oh well next time.
Cheers,
Skydrolboy
ACDC8, I'm pretty sure this is the first time a 757 has landed in Kelowna, Well at least the first time in the last 5 years I've worked out at the airport. I can't wait till winter when Harmony will be flying into <acronym title="Kelowna (YLW / CYLW), Canada - British Columbia">YLW</acronym> once a ...
Jump to postHarmony Airways new A/C C-GMYE (ex N513AT) Landed in <acronym title="Kelowna (YLW / CYLW), Canada - British Columbia">YLW</acronym> just after midnight tonight, It will be parked on the Kelowna Flightcraft ramp for a few mods before it goes online with Harmony, not sure how long it will be in <acron...
Jump to postTwin Commander, Thats a 690 in the background, To do the Fan Lube on the RB211 the fastest I've done it was just 4hrs including a lunch break, but we were doing it outside on the ramp in the middle of the summer, so the graphite spray was drying as soon as it hit the fan blades, but a normal fan lub...
Jump to postHeres some pics from a RB211 Fan Lube I Did on a 757-200 <a href="http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a152/skydrolboy/DSC00222.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a152/skydrolboy/DSC00222.jpg" width=650 height=488 alt="http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a152/skydrolboy/DSC002...
Jump to postSpeaking of 757's in YHM, Did you get any pics of Harmonys 757 at Kelowna Flightcraft Andy???
Cheers,
Craig
There is a total of 4 complete conversions, 3 are flying with Contract Air Cargo and the 4th is with Air Freight <acronym title="Air New Zealand">NZ</acronym>. There is a 5th conversion under way in the hangars at Kelowna Flightcraft but no word on when it will be done or who its going to fly for. I...
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