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- Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:39 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Timeair
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5264
Re: Timeair
Flyer 1492 said......... "It was operated by Southern Frontier (which was owned by Time Air), we used to do Calgary to Lloydminster during the week" Those were the days! Friday nights at the Port o`Call after work. Anyone remember the Chief Pilot`s going away party when he sat on his DC3 cake? We ha...
- Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:24 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: "There's no such thing a a little ice"
- Replies: 79
- Views: 6566
Re: "There's no such thing a a little ice"
Scandinavian Airlines System lost a MD80 just after T/O a few years ago; ice had built up on top of the wings during a ground stop after refuelling. The ice detached itself during the T/O roll, entered the engines which promptly flamed out. In addition to some minor adjustments to the pre-flight che...
- Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:55 am
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Egg nog....Nectar of the Gods
- Replies: 8
- Views: 599
Re: Egg nog....Nectar of the Gods
Can`t buy it here-it`s forbidden. A couple of years ago I flew back here from Calgary with eight quarts of egg nog wrapped in plastic in my checked bag and forty eight butter tarts in my hand luggage. Merry Xmas!
- Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:46 am
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1888
Re: Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ
"Evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa at the the London School of Economics"
Disregard everything after Good Morning.
Disregard everything after Good Morning.
- Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:03 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Genuine slow flight.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1724
Re: Genuine slow flight.
Nark said.............
"I've flown many hours at 0 IAS"
How do you do that?
"I've flown many hours at 0 IAS"
How do you do that?
- Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:29 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Canadian Pacific 707
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1465
Re: Canadian Pacific 707
The airplane that over-ran the runway at YVR was indeed a B707 but I believe it was owned and operated by Capital Airways from the USA and leased by CPAir.( Late sixties?)
- Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:26 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Interesting "wildlife" incursion at YYC
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3641
Re: Interesting "wildlife" incursion at YYC
Jastapilot said......."I can't even imagine where the closest lake to CYYC that would even have perch. Are they in the Bow River?".......................
It came from Fish Creek!
You have to be from Calgary to appreciate that comment.
It came from Fish Creek!
You have to be from Calgary to appreciate that comment.
- Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:00 pm
- Forum: Internet and Computer Help
- Topic: Norton Internet Security 2006 problem
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4327
Re: Norton Internet Security 2006 problem
Servisair said............ "So only a month ago I installed Norton internet security 2006 and Norton System Works 2006. My subscription is good for almost a year before I have to renew it but I have been getting "urgent attention" messages on the Norton Protection Center box saying that I dont have ...
- Sun May 24, 2009 10:42 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Survival Gear - what do you personally carry with you?
- Replies: 130
- Views: 13440
Re: Survival Kit
Blue side down said.............."One thing the float peeps need to consider is that if an upset were to occur, there's about five seconds between 'Oh sh-' and 'Getting out, Now'. In the actual event, the mind will probably just be going 'blub, blub, blub, up periscope' and you'll be running on some...
- Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:48 am
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Smoking... wanna quit?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1589
Re: Smoking... wanna quit?
I quit cold turkey after smoking 10-20 a day for forty years. I haven`t had a cigarette or a cigar since July 2004. My doctor had tried to get me to stop for many years but doubted very much that I could do it because he could not see that I was especially motivated. I had tried several times over t...
- Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:40 am
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Great Game tonight.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 474
Great Game tonight.
Go Flames Go!
- Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:57 am
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: THOMAS JEFFERSON QUOTES
- Replies: 2
- Views: 334
Re: THOMAS JEFFERSON QUOTES
Tre Kule posted................... ""To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which He disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." The situation described by Thomas Jefferson has come to us in the 21st Century as the basis of our modern view of Democracy, e.g. the p...
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:02 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: fads
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1632
Re: fads
There must be something wrong with my computer-I typed in "AV Canada" and somehow ended up in a weird, pre-teen,fashion blog. I`ll try again.
- Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:05 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: DHC-2 Beaver.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3715
Re: DHC-2 Beaver.
MUSICMAAN, you`re a genius. I got chills down my spine.
- Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:55 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: DHC-2 Beaver.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3715
DHC-2 Beaver.
Ranger Oil used to keep a beautiful shiny red and white Beaver on wheel-floats in the hangar at McCall Field in Calgary, alongside their Lear 25 and G11, abou thirty years ago. Any-one know what happened to it?
- Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:48 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: The Mother Lode
- Replies: 54
- Views: 11862
Re: The Mother Lode
Muskeg wrote............ "Ok I know when I'm outgunned. I still stand on the fact that those beavers were there. I wonder if maybe they were imports from the us. Somebody on here will remember." The British Army operated Beavers out of Suffield, Alberta. They leased the training area there and could...
- Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:20 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: RATO Metro??!! WTF?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3400
Re: RATO Metro??!! WTF?
We had a private Metroliner in our hangar in Calgary many years ago-it was used by a drilling company to transport drilling tools etc. I believe the airplane was equipped with a water-methanol injection system to assist in take-off performance. Come to think of it, we also had a Fokker F 27 in the h...
- Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:14 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Best places in the world to be a pilot?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3038
Re: Best places in the world to be a pilot?
Scopiton said......
"raw conversion doesn't fool anybody"
I`m not trying to fool anyone. You are absolutely correct, the cost of living has to be included in the equation, and Norway is breathtakingly expensive in almost everything.
"raw conversion doesn't fool anybody"
I`m not trying to fool anyone. You are absolutely correct, the cost of living has to be included in the equation, and Norway is breathtakingly expensive in almost everything.
- Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:09 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Best places in the world to be a pilot?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3038
Re: Best places in the world to be a pilot?
Swordfish posted......... " Sweden...or any Scandinavian country for that matter. You get paid properly, scheduled properly, you don't have to pay any part of your uniforms, respected for your position, experience, and skills; your decisions are respected (i.e. you don't get hassled about your choic...
- Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:02 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: I think every pilot should do at least 1 skydive!
- Replies: 107
- Views: 16210
Re: I think every pilot should do at least 1 skydive!
Reminds me of a story, almost certainly phoney, from the Falklands War; A British Army officer was briefing a group of Ghurka soldiers and asked for volunteers to jump from a Hercules. Half the men stepped forward and the rest remained where they were. The officer called over the Ghurka N.C.O. and s...
- Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:56 am
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Tips for Proper English
- Replies: 5
- Views: 483
Re: Tips for Proper English
I am Birddog said........
"grammer and spelling"
I think it should be "grammar".
"grammer and spelling"
I think it should be "grammar".
- Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:33 am
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: System after system after system...
- Replies: 134
- Views: 6651
Re: System after system after system...
Embraer 190 said................ "The global aviation sector only makes up about 3% of total CO2 emissions" Wrong. Man-made CO2 emissions are perhaps 5% of total C02 emissions; global aviation sector about 3% of that. One must be extremely careful with statistics, especially when they are used to su...
- Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:06 am
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Michael Ignatieff
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1707
Re: Michael Ignatieff
Flybabe said.............
"Hmm.. this has GOT to be taken out of context. Please tell me it takes more than he ability to converse in both languages to be PM? "
Au contraire, mademoiselle, after Chretien and Dion it is clear that it is only the ability to converse in French that counts.
"Hmm.. this has GOT to be taken out of context. Please tell me it takes more than he ability to converse in both languages to be PM? "
Au contraire, mademoiselle, after Chretien and Dion it is clear that it is only the ability to converse in French that counts.
- Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:43 am
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: New Scam
- Replies: 18
- Views: 883
Re: New Scam
Driving Rain said......... "Since when does a credit card require a pin number?" Credit cards such as American Express, Mastercard, Diners Club etc. come with a facility to withdraw cash, up to a pre-arranged limit, from a bank machine or ATM. The PIN code is provided for security. In addition, some...
- Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:39 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Globe&Mail: Lives Could Have Already Been Saved
- Replies: 127
- Views: 9432
Re: Globe&Mail: Lives Could Have Already Been Saved
. . asked............ "Who has the power to ensure compliance with the regulations in a commercial flying service? Answer: The chief pilot." I had always thought that the Operations Manager was the person considered by Transport Canada to be the head of the flight department of a commercial flying c...