King Air at Gillam, MB

[FICU]

Anyone know the registration of it?

[JoeShmoe]

You guys all know what this means right???
There is now a Gimli glider and a Gillem glider!

I will now continue to confuse the two towns names forever...

[digits_]

You guys all know what this means right???
There is now a Gimli glider and a Gillem glider!

I will now continue to confuse the two towns names forever...

It's easy to remember. Gillam is the one with the smooth runway.

[PostmasterGeneral]

Anyone know the registration of it?

By the above photo, high float landing gear, wing lockers, and 3-bladed props?

That’s gotta be FRMV...

[corethatthermal]

All Canadian runways should start under a lake, so that a failed landing can result in a soft landing howbeit wet one!

[greygoose]

Very lucky crew. From the info I’ve been told it’s looking like a fuel issue, and not quality but quantity...

[Roadrunnersmother]

Very lucky crew. From the info I’ve been told it’s looking like a fuel issue, and not quality but quantity...

How's that possible? Full mains is plenty for Winnipeg to Churchill.

[greygoose]

Very lucky crew. From the info I’ve been told it’s looking like a fuel issue, and not quality but quantity...

How's that possible? Full mains is plenty for Winnipeg to Churchill.

Um...perhaps if the mains were not filled?!?! Some of the people who I’ve chatted with said a couple other aircraft heard a low fuel emergency was declared at some point before bouncing it off the lake.

[Roadrunnersmother]

Very lucky crew. From the info I’ve been told it’s looking like a fuel issue, and not quality but quantity...

How's that possible? Full mains is plenty for Winnipeg to Churchill.

Um...perhaps if the mains were not filled?!?! Some of the people who I’ve chatted with said a couple other aircraft heard a low fuel emergency was declared at some point before bouncing it off the lake.

My God how much competance does it take to order full mains in Winnipeg, one pilot watch the fuel person fill the mains and if they didn't bother doing that, look at the fuel gauges when called on the checklist.

Running out of fuel doesn't seem real.

[FICU]

By the above photo, high float landing gear, wing lockers, and 3-bladed props?

That’s gotta be FRMV...

Thanks... I have a lot of time in CGT and ZPW from 15 years ago. Tough to see that happen to a company I spent over 6 years at.

[Donald]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba ... -1.5110958

[trey kule]

No CADORS?

[FlyGy]

Very lucky crew. From the info I’ve been told it’s looking like a fuel issue, and not quality but quantity...

How's that possible? Full mains is plenty for Winnipeg to Churchill.

Was that the route? I thought it was a flight from somewhere in Nunavut to Winnipeg.

[FlyGy]

No CADORS?

Accidents usually take a little longer because the narrative is a little more involved.

[mmm..bacon]

I wonder if there’s any connection?
http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtop ... 31715

[703doge]

The ad probably has to do more with the pay and morale, than the accident.

[fish4life]

I'm not saying that it is what happened but the routing it sounds like from the RCMP was YWG - YYQ. If this aircraft landed in YWG with YBR or YQK as an alternate thats about 30-45 ish mins of gas + 45 mins of reserve gas... about 1:30 will get you awfully close to Gillam if fuel was ordered in YWG but never arrived.

[C.W.E.]

Does the route make any difference if you don't have enough fuel to finish the flight?

[PostmasterGeneral]

By the above photo, high float landing gear, wing lockers, and 3-bladed props?

That’s gotta be FRMV...

Thanks... I have a lot of time in CGT and ZPW from 15 years ago. Tough to see that happen to a company I spent over 6 years at.

CGT is mothballed outside the shell hangar in YWG. Missing it’s engines, tail, etc.

ZPW is still flying as far as I know.

[FICU]

CGT is mothballed outside the shell hangar in YWG. Missing it’s engines, tail, etc.

ZPW is still flying as far as I know.

RIP CGT... it was a workhorse!