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Jump to postQuoting YULYMX (Reply 1): A319 test for the up coming <acronym title="St. John's - International (YYT / CYYT), Canada - Newfoundland">YYT</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>... Well that wouldent make much sense, to pull a plane out of service that...
Jump to postAvro C-102 Jetliner ? (most unfortunately, too)
Jump to postAC is now flying CRJ705s <acronym title="Calgary - International (YYC / CYYC), Canada - Alberta">YYC</acronym>-<acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas">IAH</acronym> 3x daily. Don't know the mileage but I'd guess in the 1600 miles range. Also <acronym title="...
Jump to postAs far as I am aware, the YVR-SYD service would remain.
Jump to postFor those who want a very good recasting of the whole Arrow saga, I recommend "Arrow Scrapbook" by Petert Zuuring (1999, Arrow Alliance Press,ISBN 1-55056-690-3). IIn fact, it appears as though the recommendation to kill the Arrow came form the Chief of Defense Staff at the time, Gen. George Pearkes...
Jump to postNot to stir the pot on this too much, but: My father was a licensed AME for <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> and certified to sign out the DC8. His theory on the Arrow Air accident was inadvertent deployment of the #4 t.r. just after take off. Looking at the aircraft ground track from the ru...
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Thanks for the correction ! My memory sometimes plays tricks on me.
It's an Ilyushin Il-18 (NATO reporting name "CANDID"), manufactured in the former US<acronym title="Swissair">SR</acronym> from the late 1950s to (I think) early 1970s. Basically a medium-range turboprop airliner. Also used as the basis for a maritime patrol a/c, whose reporting name escapes me exac...
Jump to postNot sure about the thrust setting limit, but several times on <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> DC-8-40s I experienced in-flight use of the thrust reversers. Captain would always come on and advise people that there will be some noise and bumpy flight for a couple of minutes -- and there was!...
Jump to postThere's a great Bristol 170 Freighter story, allegedly true, that goes like this: In the 50's, Trans-Canada were trying to boost their freight service across Canada and to New York. They had 1 North Star converted to freight at the time, but added 3 Bristol Freighters. So, one day they start cargo s...
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Jump to postMilesrich: great post on some good US airline history, esp. re Viscount ops. My dad was a licensed AME for (then) Trans-Canada Airlines and he had a ton of experience on (and respect for) the Viscount, which was maintained and overhauled in <acronym title="Winnipeg - International (YWG / CYWG), Cana...
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Jump to postMy own experience: Have done several <acronym title="Ottawa - Macdonald-Cartier International / Uplands (YOW / CYOW / CUUP), Canada - Ontario">YOW</acronym>-<acronym title="Winnipeg - International (YWG / CYWG), Canada - Manitoba">YWG</acronym> trips to see my girlfriend. Almost always on the CRJ. S...
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Jump to postCarpethead wrote: US-Hawaii is an obvious market where the A320-class maybe used but any other places in the world where ETOPS180 would be useful for this aircraft? I am kind of surprised that it wasn't certified to ETOPS180 already. ~~~~~~~~~~~ It's possible that <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acr...
Jump to postGiven their track record, this would normally be about the time the Canadian (i.e., my) government would decide to _buy_ a few StarLifters ! Always late and never enough. Hopefully they can get off their collective *sses and make the decision to purchase 4-5 C-17s. The CAF needs these beasts. Not to...
Jump to postLonghauler wrote: Quoting Bmacleod (Reply 27): My earlier question was when did the <acronym title="St. John's - International (YYT / CYYT), Canada - Newfoundland">YYT</acronym> stopover begin? Trans-Canada Airlines and Air Canada have been stopping in Newfoundland on the way to the UK without a bre...
Jump to postQuoting Von Richtofen: Neither Zoom nor Skyservice have slots at <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>. Ooops. My bad. I meant either <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym> or <acronym title="London - Stansted (STN / EGSS)...
Jump to postDespite Mr French's comment in the CBC article, <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> has to determine how best to utilise its' long-range lift, and if <acronym title="St. John's - International (YYT / CYYT), Canada - Newfoundland">YYT</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), Uni...
Jump to postYYZ717 and Sebring:
Can you call it off? This is like jangling your manhood in public.
Obviously you guys have seperate agendas. Lets then agree
to disagree. BTW, I still love AC and fly them by choice.
Heathrow wrote: Quoting Boeingfanyyz (Thread starter): therefore saving fuel costs amid the rising costs of jet fuel. Quess they're cutting the "scrap to paint" idea then? Quoting Boeingfanyyz (Thread starter): an airline of a somewhat good reputation maybe for you, but I've never had a good experie...
Jump to postWell, seems to me that, based on simple numbers, with 2-5-2 you have a 1 in 9 chance of having to step over 2 people, and with 3-3-3 you have a 2 in 9 chance. I agree if you're on your own the middle of 5 is not necessarily a happy place. On the whole, though, I'll take my chances on the 2-5-2. But ...
Jump to postQuoting FLYACYYZ (Reply 15): 777 PLANNED SEATING CONFIGURATION: J/C 1-2-1 Equipped with Air Canada Executive First Suites and a stand-up bar by door 2. Y/C 3-3-3 Equipped with Thales AVOD. ============================= The Y config is disappointing - why not 2-5-2 ? That way there's only 1 pax per r...
Jump to postMy dad worked in <acronym title="Mexicana Airlines (Mexico)">MX</acronym> for <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> at the time, knew Pete Hamilton pretty well, so the accident was pretty personal for him. That said, clean up the place as well as is _practical_ , declare it greenfield, and redeve...
Jump to postAhhh...my all-time favourite airliner. I have many fond memories of TCA flight 541 <acronym title="Winnipeg - International (YWG / CYWG), Canada - Manitoba">YWG</acronym>-<acronym title="Vancouver - International (YVR / CYVR), Canada - British Columbia">YVR</acronym> early in the morning. Hot breakf...
Jump to postFor a truly 'lost' airliner, how about the East German Baade Bd.152, circa 1958. I believe two prototypes were built. High wing with anhedral, 4 underslung turbojets, I believe bicycle landing gear with outriggers (memory not 100% there - please correct if you can). I believe 1st proto crashed early...
Jump to postHello Argonaut ! Nice contribution...re your comment about the windows. The RCAF models, DC4M1 (unpressurized) had _round_ windows. Only the DC4M2 model (pressurized) had the near rectangular windows similar to those on the DC6. TCA in fact operated 6 DC4M1s prior to accepting there fleet of M2s. Ca...
Jump to postChecked in my library re: Canadair North Star (a.k.a. DC4M1/M2) "The Canadair North Star" Larry Milberry, Canav Books, 1982 ppg.25-26 Many wing components were built to DC-6 standards inc. skin sections, spar caps, etc. due to higher than DC-4 standard loads caused by higher speeds from the Merlin 6...
Jump to postGood Day All - My 1st posting on A.net although I've lurked for quite some time. Regarding Olympus69s comments about the North Star: I too flow on this a/c many times as a child, usually <acronym title="Winnipeg - International (YWG / CYWG), Canada - Manitoba">YWG</acronym>-<acronym title="Montreal ...
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