Looks great. Awesome job. Now if we could only get all those 104 pieces rusting away at Markham to be fixed up so more people could appreciate history.

I wonder if it's common for the small a/c to get confused and land on the base? :) When I was googling about this story last night, I came across a message board where it was suggested it happens with some regularity (no actual numbers given), and the guy said it was nice to see the big boys mess u...

disclaimer: Small aircraft private pilot here ... How do these things happen though? I mean, did he actually get a cleared to land from the AFB tower? Would he have landed without a clearance? The pilot can't tell a 3000' runway from an 11000' runway, really? I can see that being the case because o...

So how did the plane get from the highway back to the airport? Fresh battery, more fuel, up...up...and away? Or take it apart to fit onto a flatbed? Would it fly with that damage? Would they let the guy who landed it there take it off again? I'm assuming they towed it, since it was parked in the ca...

http://www.am980.ca/channels/news/local/Story.aspx?ID=1739353 Pilot Recounts Miraculous Plane Landing on Highway 402 in Pitch Black AM980 News 7/16/2012 The pilot who managed to safely land a small plane on the 402, east of Sarnia, says he wasn't scared, and never considered the possibility his dang...

Serious question, is ZR the only airport in that area? London and Windsor are about 60 miles, Chatham about 50 miles, and Grand Bend and Huron Park about 40 miles. Not knowing which route he would have taken from Sudbury, it's hard to say whether he came nearer to London. He wouldn't have come anyw...

The highway is only about 25 feet wide in each direction (2 lanes), plus gravel shoulders, and the median is also heavily treed in that stretch. Even if the pilot was right over on the left shoulder, he's going to be leaving a big chunk of that right wing hanging over the lanes. I'm thinking if some...

I'm kind of curious what he was near when the power went out, as there is still a bit of daylight at 9pm. The article almost makes it sound like he had the outage and tooled around the skies over Sarnia looking for the airport, but I'm sure if he was near Sarnia at 9, he would have been able to stil...

http://www.am980.ca/channels/news/local/Story.aspx?ID=1738773 Plane Makes Emergency Landing On Hwy 402 Near Sarnia AM980 News 7/14/2012 The 402 could sometimes use someone to direct traffic, but last night the busy highway needed an air traffic controller. Lambton OPP say a plane made an emergency l...

Just heard on AM980 that Jazz has announced they are closing their maintenance base in London and consolidating the work in Halifax. They say the savings from the 200 jobs being cut will allow them to buy more planes. Haven't seen anything official from the company yet. http://www.am980.ca/channels/...

Thanks for the information. Just for curiosity's sake, could London (YXU) be used by the 380 if needed? The longest runway is about 8800 feet. Not sure what the 380 weighs when it's in a low fuel state like this story, or how much fuel it would take on in a diversion like this. But I do remember the...

That's the one that was right across the road (to the east) from Canada's Wonderland right? I remember watching planes coming and going from the mountain during the 80's. No pics, sorry.

Just for curiosity's sake, could London (YXU) be used by the 380 if needed? The longest runway is about 8800 feet. Not sure what the 380 weighs when it's in a low fuel state like this story, or how much fuel it would take on in a diversion like this. But I do remember the AN124 flying out of here wi...

old_man wrote:

azimuthaviation wrote:Fuel in the truck is worth nothing,

Not to be a smart ass but it is actually worth the cost of the fuel that would have been burned to tanker in half way around the globe.

x the number of flights before the next time they would have needed that extra fuel.

I think that he's asking about the flight department... :P Comes up about every 2 years. PIC, every 5. Quaint and quiet, if you like the island life-style. I'm just about old enough. Start a small hobby farm and fly 5 times a month. That's my impression anyway. No one seems to talk, or leave. Reall...

I know some drivers that have worked there a long time. They seem to be happy. The company seems to have a tight reign on costs, like not allowing drivers to use A/C during the day, and the trucks are set to 90 kmh max. They don't appear to have a large number of very recent model year trucks on the...

He did say "gradually" LOL

A standard 18 wheeler can carry +/- 50,000 lbs of payload. That puts it in the ballpark of the 727-200 and the Space Shuttle, as far as payload goes. The MTOW of the C-27J is a little bit less than what a loaded out 18 wheeler would weigh.

BverLuver wrote:patrickairlie,



Perhaps they don't need to lock the door because it is the corporations own employees that are traveling aboard the airplanes.

BL

Because no company employee has tried to hijack their own company's plane

Sure, because we can't have enough Com and Calm Air's LOL.