Some manufacturers allow applying tape over fresh sealant when the windshield replacement doesn't allow enough time for the sealant to cure completely before the next flight. Usually vaseline or something similar is applied on top of the sealant and then tape applied. Otherwise, the sealant would st...
Jump to postThe 737 program is older than the 757/767, but the 737 is still being built in large quantities, the other two are winding down, or have ended altogether, I think that is what PC12Fan meant.
Jump to postI grew up in a very small town where Merry Christmas was always the greeting at this time of the year. Never heard of "Happy Holidays" until I grew up. Having said that, I don't get offended by whatever is wished, be it Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings, etc. I smile and wish them ...
Jump to postI would be tempted to say that it's purely for aesthetics, but the CRJ 200 <acronym title="Easter Island - Mataveri (IPC / SCIP), Chile">IPC</acronym> seems to say otherwise. It states that polished and non-polished leading edges cannot be mixed on the same wing. (There are three leading edge segmen...
Jump to postThis one doesn't look too bad. I've seen such situations where the whole goose makes it into the radome. It took a team of structures guys a couple of days to repair the damage to the bulkhead inside. Of course the radome itself had to be replaced. In the photo, it looks as though the radome is dama...
Jump to postI'm not a pilot, but I'll offer my explanation. Pilots please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. It's all about the center of gravity (C of G) of the aircraft. They need to have the weight distributed to make the C of G within the limits of the airplane. Sometimes to ferry an empty plane ballast ...
Jump to postIt could be on the tail end of a C check. Often, airplanes are taken out of the hangar as the check is nearing completion to fuel them up and check for leaks, do APU/engine runs, that sort of thing. It's not uncommon to see an aircraft outside a heavy check hangar with engines running, but missing s...
Jump to postFeather is designed primarily for engine failures in flight. I'll use the Dash 8 for my explanation. The prop on a Dash 8 (Hamilton Sunstrand 14SF-7) has a 13' diameter and creates a lot of drag when windmilling. It's designed to be feathered in flight if an engine fails, this is usually done automa...
Jump to postI was driving in the London, <acronym title="Air Nauru">ON</acronym> area today and saw what appeared to be a CRJ fuselage on a flatbed. It was traveling East on highway 401. It looked complete from nose to the Rear Pressure Bulkhead. It was blue and white with some darker blue stripes on it. Anyone...
Jump to postSure does look good. The Dash 8 is a good old workhorse. They'll be around for a long time yet. They sometimes look a little rough around the edges (especially nacelles), but they're like a dump truck with wings-maybe a little bumpy and not all that fast, but it'll get there.
Jump to postThanks, Longhauler. I tried that and got the same result on flightaware. I was on the earlier flight that day but that one doesn't show up. I was wondering if maybe they use a flight number with a prefix in flightaware such as Air Canada with <acronym title="Acapulco - General Juan N. Alvarez Intern...
Jump to postToday, I went for a flight on the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's DC-3. It was a great experience, one that I would recommend to any aviation enthusiast. I have a question about the flights though. I was trying to look it up on flightaware, but can't seem to find it. I was wondering if anyone on...
Jump to postJust saw a report on 680 news (Toronto) that there was a "near miss" in <acronym title="Winnipeg - James Armstrong Richardson International (Stevenson) (YWG / CYWG), Canada - Manitoba">YWG</acronym> involving a Westjet 737 and an Encore Q400. They are reporting that it happened on 9:00 am on Monday....
Jump to postHi Loran, you've just past 1,000,000 statute miles, quite an achievement. Congratulations.
I am at 546,466 Km, or 339577 statute miles over the span of 428 flights.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/hufftheweevil" class="quote" target="_blank">hufftheweevil</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>I'm curious to see some numbers ...
Jump to postWill the 777X have cockpit commonality with the other 777's they have in their fleet? I'm assuming they would, but not sure. On another note, when are the 744's to be retired? I saw one in <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym> in February and tho...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flyhigh%40tom" class="quote" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>Shallow rotation (not safe) and ...
Jump to postThere are a lot of aircraft I would like to get a flight on, but a couple stand out in my mind. Boeing 747-8 Super Constellation - Anyone here know where a person might be able to fly such an aircraft? <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Hel...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/B6JFKH81" class="quote" target="_blank">B6JFKH81</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>Add <acronym title="JetBlue Airways (USA)"...
Jump to postI don't think he meant engine or APU exhaust fumes. This would only be a problem on the ground when the aircraft has no forward speed. I'm thinking he meant from oil leaks, or other contamination. I'm not sure how the packs run on the 787, but I'm assuming they still have an ACM being driven by the ...
Jump to postThe added weight over the life of an airplane comes from many sources. Some of it will be dirt that gets inside belly fairings and around the landing gear wells, in areas where it's really not possible to remove it. Some of it is dust that gets literally everywhere inside the cabin. Much of this wil...
Jump to postSome theories suggest it's possible that the aircraft landed intact on the water and sunk intact leaving no floating debris. While this is possible, wouldn't the rafts have been deployed if the aircraft had landed intact? Looking at the video of Asiana at <acronym title="San Francisco - Internationa...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/StarAC17" class="quote" target="_blank">StarAC17</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>What are the airlines you will be flying o...
Jump to postGood point, the flight arrives from Canada, but from <acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</acronym> which has pre-clearance, so that makes it equivalent to a domestic arrival. I'm traveling non-rev, so not sure if I can check a bag fr...
Jump to postI am looking at the traveling through <acronym title="OLD: Denver - Stapleton International (DEN / KDEN) (closed), USA - Colorado AND CURRENT: Denver - International (DEN / KDEN), USA - Colorado">DEN</acronym> to get to <acronym title="Tucson - International (Municipal No.2) (TUS / KTUS), USA - Ariz...
Jump to postI'm not sure if this one fits the topic, but it does appear on a ticket bought in Canada, not sure about elsewhere. It's called "Airport Improvement Fee" and it differs from airport to airport. It's usually somewhere around $20-25 CDN. Never liked seeing that one when you walk into an airport that h...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/N14AZ" class="quote" target="_blank">N14AZ</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>All of them</i></font></td></tr></table> Gotta l...
Jump to postHi folks, I'm planning to travel to the United States in February and was wondering if anyone can suggest a good place to do a tour of an aircraft "bone yard"?
I'm thinking Phoenix as I haven't been to Arizona, but suggestions are welcome.
Thanks
Here's what I have so far. Airbus: A319-100: Air Canada, United Airlines A320-200: Air Canada A321-100: Air Canada, US Airways A330-300: Air Canada A340-300: Air Canada A340-500: Emirates A380-800: Emirates Beechcraft: 1900D: Air Labrador, Air Georgian, EVAS Boeing: B717-200: Hawaiian B737-200: West...
Jump to postI'm not a pilot, but from a maintenance standpoint, I'd rather see a King Air 200 than a P180 any day. When flown a comparable number of hours, the maintenance requirements on the P180 far outweigh the King Air. Having said that, the P180 is a cool airplane and it does offer comfort and speed that t...
Jump to postIn the Air Canada press release it says the E190's exiting the fleet will be replaced with "larger narrowbody leased aircraft" until the 737 MAX arrives. Any idea what these might be?
Jump to postI agree with this ban as well. I can't imagine having to sit next to "that" guy who walks around the boarding lounge making business calls that he feels everyone else around him should hear about. Also, living in a very multicultured society it would be awful to have a middle seat listening to a dif...
Jump to postMy condolences go out to the families involved and everyone at Bearskin Airlines.
Jump to postI would agree with Sinlock regarding depleting the oleo of nitrogen. The CRJ maintenance manual procedure is to use jacks under the wings when removing an engine to prevent an imbalance. A CRJ engine weighs somewhere around 2500 lbs. Of course, it could just be bad seals and the thing could have lea...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jreuschl" class="quote" target="_blank">jreuschl</a> (<a href="#171" class="quote">Reply 171</a>):<br/><i>Ok, so if all power was off.. what cou...
Jump to postI can't speak for large airplanes, but a good frame of reference for the Dash 8 is the Ground range lights. If you keep them on the center line, then you'll most likely be in the right place. As others have said, it comes with practise and different people have different ways of doing it to achieve ...
Jump to postHi TurkishWings, I don't know a lot about ground transportation to London, <acronym title="Air Nauru">ON</acronym> because I always fly to/from <acronym title="London (YXU / CYXU), Canada - Ontario">YXU</acronym>. I can tell you about flights to here though. Sadly, the only airports from which you c...
Jump to postI can't get flightradar24 to work for me. How far does it go back? I was looking for a <acronym title="Air Transat (Canada)">TS</acronym> flight from 1998. I know I can probably get that info. from Flightaware if I buy it, I just haven't looked up the subscription rates to see if it's worth it to fi...
Jump to post"Really? Give me a CRJ200/ERJ145 over a A32x/737 series any day. No middle seats, much quicker boarding/deboarding times." I tend to agree. Sure, the seats might not be the biggest and the windows may be a bit low on the fuselage, but the CRJ does what it was meant to do. Shuttle people relatively s...
Jump to postI don't think the 50 seat are going away either. According to Bombardier, they were designed to have an "economical" live of 60000 hours. Not sure if cycles were mentioned but I do remember the hours.
I've flown on Skywest a couple of times and it appears as they take good care of their aircraft.
It would have to be a very bad leak for something like that to occur. Usually, a small leak will produce a very fine mist (at 3000 psi). The Skydrol can get very hot in the system though, so it is possible. As an example, the overtemperature caution message for the CRJ comes on when the fluid reache...
Jump to postHi Grisee08, skydrol will make latex or nitrile gloves weaken to the point that you can't use them after about 30 minutes of use in the fluid. It doesn't "dissolve" them completely, but will make them about twice their normal size in 24 hours if you leave them soaking in Skydrol. I was just trying t...
Jump to postThe answer for me would be math. Is it worth more as an "airplane" or more as the sum of the value of it's parts? To airline execs an airplane is a man made machine designed to make them money. If it stops making money as an airplane, then it becomes highly valued aircraft parts. That's just my take...
Jump to postAll I've ever seen at my work is Skydrol LD4, but I'm pretty sure that Hyjet is compatible as it says so on some of the reservoirs I've seen in systems. The seals used in Phosphate Ester systems are made from ethylene propylene. Not sure what exactly that is, but it works well with Skydrol. Myself, ...
Jump to postAssuming this hasn't been asked before as I didn't see it, what about weight penalties for flying from an "extended" runway at <acronym title="Toronto - Billy Bishop City (City Centre / Toronto Island) (YTZ / CYTZ), Canada - Ontario">YTZ</acronym> to the west coast? That's assuming they get the appr...
Jump to postThere is a time-lapsed video online of an <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> 777 having an engine change. It shows the tug first towing the aircraft into the hangar and then being positioned as shown in this picture to push it further into the hangar. Sorry, I don't have a link to...
Jump to postQ-tip props are still used on the Piper Cheyenne III. Well, at least they were 8 years ago when I last worked on one, I'd imagine it's still the same. On the Cheyenne III, they were "bent" toward the rear of the aircraft. I often thought it looked odd, kinda like a "pilot addition" like someone joki...
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