Thanks everyone for the reply...

Yes, maybe the police are conducting a 'survey' lol...

tak

Always been curious who 'Data1' is. Is there a fixed wing traffic watch in Calgary?

tak

Well the horror scope forecast said I would meet a ferenehr today... It was a challenge shooting thru the chain link fence at Landmark. And then the flash went off accidentally. I bit later one of the boys comes up to the fence, and I am wondering.... And then he hands me a XIII Squadron Stabbed Cat...

Anyone old enough to remember Kraft Summer Music Hall hosted by John Davidson?

I think George Carlin was the Hippy Dippy Weatherman... wx always included a 'high'...

Great warped sense of humour...

tak

Interesting how the public (relations) demands the problem be fixed.

If the flight wasn't already scheduled, that is a lot of CO2 for 3 ducks.

Anyone know how much fuel and the cost of this 'Sinker' flight?

Tak

A Green Story Damn this WX. I think there must be something unnatural about that white chit coming down. It sticks to aluminum air oh foils… That’s why my heart gets warmed when I see the planes coming down the taxi way with the nice environmental green stuff on the wings. And then spraying it throu...

So we start with 'Hold short'.... Makes sense...

Then 'To position and hold' sometimes became 'To position and wait' on the read back. Makes sense - use totally different words for a different maneuver.

And now 'Line up and wait'???

Tak

One definition of culture is ‘the beliefs, customs, practices, and social behavior of a particular nation or people’. All of these affect decision making. Of course, ‘cockpit culture’ is just as fascinating a topic. I was a corporate culture instructor for our company. Classes went from 08:00 to 22:...

Hey, this is starring miss cantaloupe head - lilfssister...

Alex YCV - just about forgot that movie. Called Up Close and Personal I think... Robert Redford/Warren Justice teaching Michelle Pfeiffer/Tally Sally Atwater the ultimate media slogan - If it bleeds, it leads.... As a matter of fact, I think Redford dies right under the plane.... On the accident top...

Just another usual busy day at YBW. (I’m tempted to say ‘busier than 3 winged circuits’ .) So, we have one R22 doing autos to the active. Then another doing their own mini circuits. Plus another 2 or 3 helicopters on the go. All this with a full circuit of fixed wings. Not quite enough for a control...

From Fencecheck... Regrettably, the Martin Mars operations have been delayed due to repairs to damage on the horizontal stabilizer due to a bird strike while passing over San Bernadino. News footage appears to show about a 1ft hole in leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer. Hopefully it's nothing...

From the LA Times... Brought from Canada to help in the firefighting effort, the Martin Mars JRM III was expected to take off from Seaport Boat Launch at Lake Elsinore... The aircraft carries 7,200 gallons of water, enough to cover an area of four acres. The aircraft was loaded with a mix of water a...

Thanks for the info, WJflyer...

Tak

From their web page... The concentrated foam chemical is carried in the Bombardier 415 in one or two 300-litre (80-gallon) reservoirs. When used, it is injected into the water load at a ratio of 0.3% to 0.6% by volume. Using a 0.4% concentration, wich is typicaly used in firefighting, a 6000-litre (...

Was just listening to plans about using UAV's to patrol and do the sovereignty thing in the north. I believe they were also used last year to map the Esperanza fire in California. I guess at 43,000 in cruise it would be no conflict with the Martin Mars... Not to diminish the risk to our drivers up t...

Thanks for the info, guys. Looked at the site... wow, this is going to be interesting. I agree, where is the manpower going to come from? Encana projects? LOL Some faster company for that turbine Legend and Legacy! On another subject, was watching a nice flock of seagulls sitting off the approach to...

Does anyone know what all the development is for just east of the former mail boxes site (fire hall)? Those belly scrapers and graders and cats have got to cost a few dollars... Is it just for more space to rent out. The white building has had that orange tarp in the windows for a long time. Whats t...