Does anyone know what the big flap was about at yvr on Tuesday? Around 17:00 local it looked like about every emerg truck on the field was awaiting an arriving emergency. From what I heard it was a spaz -8 with maybe a hydraulic problem. Around the same time an ac embraer and flair 37 were lined up ...

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I am wondering if anyone has a link to a site with the pages of the cap gen. Am looking for info on app bans etc, failing that I will just go the cars.

There has been little in the way of explanation for the reason for the gear being up, do they propose to say that every redundency was unserviceable, along with the normal landing gear extension mechanism??

Apparently there was a much higher residue of magnesium found in the front fuselage wreckage than was used in the manufacture of the aircraft in question. Also, some high level personages on board who could have been targets. This smacks of the same level of coverup that surrounded the TWA 800 inves...

Pentagram can't explain the missile or whatever it was that hit their own bldg, how would they explain one in Californy .

Yeehawwww - Who'll be the first to whack the tail

Well, career profession whatever, another thing to consider is you may not have much of a retirement, males who spend their lives at this statistically die before 65 - 10 years less than the gen pop. It has been proven to be very hard on the body over time due to low O2 sat levels and exposure to ra...

I wouldnt classify being a comm. pilot as a "career" per se. Its a fun thing to do for some folks and its a pretty big ego trip for most. Beyond that, its a pretty crazy way to make a living and imo it does not rank with careers,ie., medicine, engineering etc., regardless of the $$ that some ppl pou...

Did anyone hear about some pair of clowns duking it out on the ramp at YZP in the past week or so? Something about a F/0 and capt having a little booboo, from an outfit that shall remain anonymous until I can find out a bit more whether this is bs or not...

Nice sim software..

Thanks for that.. Talk about your high tech panel - especially the moving map - needless to say, I gather they have pretty good dispatch reliablility.

Ha - no doubt, they indeed seem to have the knack of making stuff work and when it comes to high tech they arent exactly slouches. Lo tech, a friend of mine has one of the Ural motorcycles with the goofy sidecar. He drives it around Houston BC in the winter, apparently it's pretty well bulletproof a...

That would have been an interesting experience. I am surprised that the flight instruments are the steam variety, but then again, these are ruskies. Their military still operates the TU-95 which first flew in the early fifties and they plan to operate it till 2040, that is pretty amazing and the fac...

Found this Tupolov-154 landing. These guys are both hand bombin this pile of pig metal along with buddy in the middle running the power levers, and a flight engineer. I was wondering if anyone here is familiar with Russian techniques, looks pretty wacky to me :mrgreen: Another link I found had the f...

Has anyone heard what the comox crew is up to in yyd today? Any reports on missing a/c - just curious.

Rowdy wrote:Some put three in the back sling seat

It was not a pretty day. We were cancelled due to wx.

Was in VR that day and flew in and out couple of times, one of the nicer days in some time, anyone know what the wind was at the accident scene?

Does anyone have a link to the TC page that deals with duty/flight time limitations and crew rest for 705??

I heard it on Global news a 6 PM an 1130 news radio this afternoon. The car accident was not in France. Sorry, I can't remember where it happened. It just seems sad and ironic that she would be a 1/2 hour late for a flight that crashes and then have a fatal car accident 2 weeks later. Bob Holy crap...

Word has it a DHC6 on floats had a "little mishap" I have on good authority that a MAT DHC 6 dipsy doodled into water ie Crashed ... All on board OK!!! I have flown for MAT ( by all means a great experience), and have nothing bad to say. This is the second accident in 2 years which raises the quest...

I heard from someone that heard form someone else that knows someone that CMA was buying them??? (Gotta love first hand reliable info like this! :roll: ) CMA doesnt buy anything, they are too cheap for that, just ask the poor saps that work there for dick. Besides, the owners are saving up for reti...

Bein a bettin person I'd wager the owners plan to sell the assets and run the op till the wheels fall off, lucky if the thing is still going by fall.

You referring to Saltspring, the wellspring of granola, earth muffins and calcified tree huggers?

Sounds like a fishing expedition. Mind you, I did hear one of the 100s is up in yxt getting ready to get shipped back to the lessor. I think they (bar xh) are circling the wagons. Then again, they are in hostile injun country .

I would like to hear from any Jazz guys about why they have such poor service to places like yxt and yyd. I'm refering to constant turn arounds. For instance, the other night jazz was headed to yxt and the wx was 1 mile vis with about 500 vv and circling would be required due to wind. this was while...

The poll results tell the story, TC GET RID OF IT. The ban has been unenforceable at uncontrolled airports since it's inception, it is a load of hooey and everyone knows how to get around it so just dump the thing.