King Air at Gillam, MB
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Re: King Air at Gillam, MB
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...
There is now a Gimli glider and a Gillem glider!
I will now continue to confuse the two towns names forever...
Re: King Air at Gillam, MB
It's easy to remember. Gillam is the one with the smooth runway.
As an AvCanada discussion grows longer:
-the probability of 'entitlement' being mentioned, approaches 1
-one will be accused of using bad airmanship
-the probability of 'entitlement' being mentioned, approaches 1
-one will be accused of using bad airmanship
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Re: King Air at Gillam, MB
By the above photo, high float landing gear, wing lockers, and 3-bladed props?
That’s gotta be FRMV...
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Re: King Air at Gillam, MB
All Canadian runways should start under a lake, so that a failed landing can result in a soft landing howbeit wet one!
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Very lucky crew. From the info I’ve been told it’s looking like a fuel issue, and not quality but quantity...
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Re: King Air at Gillam, MB
How's that possible? Full mains is plenty for Winnipeg to Churchill.
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Roadrunnersmother wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:23 pmHow'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.
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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.greygoose wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:28 pmRoadrunnersmother wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:23 pmHow'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.
Running out of fuel doesn't seem real.
Re: King Air at Gillam, MB
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.PostmasterGeneral wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 6:22 pm By the above photo, high float landing gear, wing lockers, and 3-bladed props?
That’s gotta be FRMV...
Re: King Air at Gillam, MB
No CADORS?
Accident speculation:
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Re: King Air at Gillam, MB
Was that the route? I thought it was a flight from somewhere in Nunavut to Winnipeg.Roadrunnersmother wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:23 pmHow's that possible? Full mains is plenty for Winnipeg to Churchill.
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Re: King Air at Gillam, MB
I wonder if there’s any connection?
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Re: King Air at Gillam, MB
The ad probably has to do more with the pay and morale, than the accident.
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Re: King Air at Gillam, MB
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.
Re: King Air at Gillam, MB
Does the route make any difference if you don't have enough fuel to finish the flight?
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CGT is mothballed outside the shell hangar in YWG. Missing it’s engines, tail, etc.FICU wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:59 pmThanks... 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.PostmasterGeneral wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 6:22 pm By the above photo, high float landing gear, wing lockers, and 3-bladed props?
That’s gotta be FRMV...
ZPW is still flying as far as I know.
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RIP CGT... it was a workhorse!PostmasterGeneral wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:00 pm CGT is mothballed outside the shell hangar in YWG. Missing it’s engines, tail, etc.
ZPW is still flying as far as I know.
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