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by frozen solid
Sat Feb 09, 2019 2:58 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Air Tindi Flight Missing
Replies: 190
Views: 42841

Re: Air Tindi Flight Missing

If the plane was found at the Northwest end of Marian Lake, as reported on CBC, there is a ridge there, with the highest point on the VNC shown as 971', which is about 400 feet higher than the water. You can't tell by looking at the map but it looks like an escarpment, which one would cross close to...
by frozen solid
Wed Nov 30, 2016 12:23 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Soccer Team Charter Down in Columbia on flight from Bolivia to Medellin
Replies: 99
Views: 14589

Re: Soccer Team Charter Down in Columbia on flight from Bolivia to Medellin

FAD3C wrote:
Does the 146 have a RAT?
The BAe 146 does not have a RAT. Nor, I'm compelled to add, does it have the ability to dump fuel.
by frozen solid
Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:15 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Would you buy a flying car?
Replies: 25
Views: 4677

Re: Would you buy a flying car?

I already have a car. What I would like is a plane that transforms into a large, friendly but street-smart robot that can help me solve problems with bullies and get me out of jams.
by frozen solid
Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:09 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: And still, CBSA agents are exempt from security screening
Replies: 50
Views: 6510

Re: And still, CBSA agents are exempt from security screenin

Your mistake is that you are equating the larger concept of "Security", with what CATSA does to you when you go through some screening point. That procedure is only a small part of the process and I would suggest a fairly minor one. Just because someone is not subject to a metal detector does not m...
by frozen solid
Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:06 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: And still, CBSA agents are exempt from security screening
Replies: 50
Views: 6510

Re: And still, CBSA agents are exempt from security screenin

Good point. I would like to submit however that the issue under discussion should be whether or not CATSA agents should go through security. Quite aside from a discussion about whose job has more merit or whatever, should there be a member of any profession who doesn't have to go through security? Y...
by frozen solid
Sat Aug 02, 2014 1:25 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: First Air cancelling flights, fuel shortage or $$$ shortage?
Replies: 16
Views: 3665

Re: First Air cancelling flights, fuel shortage or $$$ short

I would be frightened to drive a fuel tanker through a forest fire. No sir, not a job I would like.
by frozen solid
Sat Aug 02, 2014 1:21 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: And still, CBSA agents are exempt from security screening
Replies: 50
Views: 6510

Re: And still, CBSA agents are exempt from security screenin

The screeners themselves should be the FIRST to be screened. Every day before work. I can't think of a better way to smuggle stuff into the airport than to get a job like this. The application questionnaire is either a joke, or else they actually are conducting racial profiling in Canada, because it...
by frozen solid
Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:49 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: And still, CBSA agents are exempt from security screening
Replies: 50
Views: 6510

Re: And still, CBSA agents are exempt from security screenin

Shamrock104, that is a very serious claim to make and if what you say is true there are some very serious violations of the CARS going on. How many flight? How long were these doors open? What airlines are in question? Is this a complete exaggeration of what actually took place? There are protocols...
by frozen solid
Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:51 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: AvCanada's favorite C-182
Replies: 12
Views: 1814

Re: AvCanada's favorite C-182

Get a 1955 or earlier model. By that I mean, get a 180. They're faster, lighter, roomier and have more class.
by frozen solid
Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:07 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Need a paint job?
Replies: 9
Views: 2692

Re: Need a paint job?

Good to know. Nice to hear about someone who does good work.
by frozen solid
Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:04 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Pilot, air traffic control's heated spat
Replies: 6
Views: 2238

Re: Pilot, air traffic control's heated spat

Jeez, what a seeyounexttuesday. He's probably some kind of racist.
by frozen solid
Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:36 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: So You're a Quart Low
Replies: 64
Views: 5982

Re: So You're a Quart Low

I check it again because I am overly self-congratulatory. I like to give myself a little pat on the back for remembering to check the oil, and when I pull out that dipstick showing the correct quantity for flight, I can't help giving myself a little "thumbs-up" for having the good sense to detect an...
by frozen solid
Mon Jul 21, 2014 6:04 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Petition To Save The Mars.
Replies: 56
Views: 8125

Re: Petition To Save The Mars.

OK, so the thing with the petition. I kind of think it's a mistake to include the "votes" from the USA and Italy and Spain and Japan or whatever. Not because those people don't have feelings, but because the B.C. Premier isn't going to give a crap about them. It makes it seem as though you are petit...
by frozen solid
Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:41 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Canada to supply decommissioned fighter aircraft to Ukraine
Replies: 16
Views: 2953

Re: Canada to supply decommissioned fighter aircraft to Ukra

I was hoping to hear it was "Freedom Fighters" from CFB Mountain View.
by frozen solid
Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:10 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: C-GISM
Replies: 25
Views: 4801

Re: C-GISM

Much more damage will be done to the engines if the props dig into the ground in the feathered position vice the fine pitch position. Is that so? Of course: that's because the props are more bendy in fine pitch than they would be in FX, right? I never thought about it before but it makes perfect se...
by frozen solid
Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:05 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Pitts Lands on Highway in Yellowknife
Replies: 27
Views: 3788

Re: Pitts Lands on Highway in Yellowknife

Illya Kuryakin wrote:DM?
Illya
That rumour was making the rounds, but as you already know, proved to be incorrect.
by frozen solid
Sun Jul 13, 2014 2:24 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Mosquito!
Replies: 17
Views: 3089

Re: Mosquito!

Sometimes the static restorations preserve more of the historical fabric of the aircraft at the expense of airworthiness. For Mosquitoes in particular, I think when restoring them, the further gone they are, the more appropriate it is to make them airworthy, since that would involve a new airframe m...
by frozen solid
Sun Jul 13, 2014 1:51 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Mosquito!
Replies: 17
Views: 3089

Re: Mosquito!

Oh man what a beauty the Mosquito is. Some aeroplanes just epitomize "perfection" in their form and their performance. For me the Mosquito is one of them, along with the good old DC-3, Gypsy Moth, a couple of others I'd probably get made fun of for mentioning. Like the original B737 and the DC-9. Ma...
by frozen solid
Sun Jul 13, 2014 1:21 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Cat & Doc
Replies: 278
Views: 21735

Re: Cat & Doc

Now, the Supermarine Attacker... has anyone actually seen one? I doubt it, unless they've seen the one remaining one in the Fleet Air Arm museum. One of those neat things you find on Wiki though come from that page: On 23 May 1950, Vickers test pilot Les Colquhoun was flying the first production At...
by frozen solid
Sun Jul 13, 2014 1:13 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Cat & Doc
Replies: 278
Views: 21735

Re: Cat & Doc

I was thinking about the "anonymity" issue. Some people take pride in NOT being anonymous, and as a general principle I respect that a great deal. As for myself, I'm genuinely worried that if my boss, who I respect, knew I actually participated in this goat-show forum, he would have less respect for...

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