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- Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:41 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Mandatory life jacket wearing coming for most seaplanes
- Replies: 80
- Views: 15337
Re: Mandatory life jacket wearing coming for most seaplanes
DAR, I appreciate your perspective as someone who has been through a real life situation. I don't know the specifics of your incident, but I am interested to know how you came to be ejected. Did a seat belt fail, or was the event just that violent? I presume the ejection path would be forward? On mo...
- Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:26 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Mandatory life jacket wearing coming for most seaplanes
- Replies: 80
- Views: 15337
Re: Mandatory life jacket wearing coming for most seaplanes
In a floatplane accident, you are statistically much, much more likely to be trapped upside down in a cabin full of water than you are to be ejected. No doubt that in the rare ejection situation having the jacket already on is going to help. My issue is that they are using the many examples of peopl...
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:08 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Mandatory life jacket wearing coming for most seaplanes
- Replies: 80
- Views: 15337
Mandatory life jacket wearing coming for most seaplanes
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/life-jackets-mandatory-seaplanes-transport-canada-1.5044938 It’s been a long time coming, so not a total surprise. Still, I don’t see how life jackets would have helped in the Lyall Harbour example they use in the article, or the many other cases where...
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:34 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Float pilot pay
- Replies: 32
- Views: 18527
Re: Float pilot pay
I want to hear more about this $12,000/month Beaver job in Atlin.
- Mon May 01, 2017 10:08 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: EIC Stock Market Price
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4315
Re: EIC Stock Market Price
It's because North West Company, a major cargo customer of Calm Air in particular, bought North Star Air and will be cancelling their cargo contracts with Calm and other EIC carriers.
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:07 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: West Coast Goose
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2317
Re: West Coast Goose
FIOL, GDDJ, FHUZ and FUAZ.
- Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:40 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Superior Airways
- Replies: 384
- Views: 293925
Re: Superior Airways
Very interesting to hear what the flying was like in those days and the histories of some of the planes. Things sure are different now. You are right about MXR, it is on the coast. I have a few hours in it from when it worked out of Port McNeill. I had a passenger on board one day, a former pilot wh...
- Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:17 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: 763 Gear Up landing in Warsaw
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1756
763 Gear Up landing in Warsaw
http://avherald.com/h?article=4456bd6b&opt=0 A LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration SP-LPC performing flight LO-16 from Newark,NJ (USA) to Warsaw (Poland) with 230 people on board, was on approach to Warsaw's runway 33 when the crew aborted the approach at 3000 feet reporting an unsafe g...
- Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:12 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: NT Air King Air Accident - Pilot Discussion Thread
- Replies: 233
- Views: 53379
Re: NT Air King Air Accident - Pilot Discussion Thread
I found this statement from one of the survivors interesting.
In a telephone interview with CBC News, passenger Loralie Sobolik said the first sign of trouble was a leak she spotted as she was boarding the plane, but said the pilot told her there was nothing to worry about.
- Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:21 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
- Replies: 2153
- Views: 579689
Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
Pasco Gooses lined up outside the museum in Port Hardy. I mean hangar. Hangar! The airplanes are lined up outside the hangar. My goodness, how embarrassing.
- Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:06 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
- Replies: 2153
- Views: 579689
Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
A little air to air fun earlier today.
- Sun Aug 14, 2011 4:57 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
- Replies: 2153
- Views: 579689
Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
A few Beavers getting ready to do morning skeds.
- Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:24 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
- Replies: 2153
- Views: 579689
Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
Nice! Shots on and off the water are much harder to come by. Nice B+W effect. Where and when and which machine?
- Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:43 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
- Replies: 2153
- Views: 579689
Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
One last goose shot then I'll stop.
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:59 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Photography Questions and Tips
- Replies: 229
- Views: 199508
Re: Photography Questions and Tips
I've got a couple of bags which I can choose from, depending on the mission. A big backpack which holds everything - nice to have everything in one place, but not always so portable or convenient. If space is limited or I'm on a day trip I'll take a smaller bag which can hold a body with a telephoto...
- Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:11 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
- Replies: 2153
- Views: 579689
Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
Another shot of the goose from Bella Bella, in action this time.
- Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:19 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
- Replies: 2153
- Views: 579689
Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
Warming up the goose.
- Tue May 31, 2011 11:21 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Seair Passenger Sues
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1791
Re: Seair Passenger Sues
It's part of the STOL kit and the 5600lb upgross, both of which this plane had.
- Mon May 23, 2011 10:17 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Photography Questions and Tips
- Replies: 229
- Views: 199508
Re: Photography Questions and Tips
My coffee mug:Rowdy wrote:
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:43 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
- Replies: 2153
- Views: 579689
Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
Nice shots! I love the air to air ones especially.