First Air 767 Arrives in YOW

Bob A. Booey · Post by **Bob A. Booey** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:09 am

I wouldn't have believed it unless I saw it. Great to see a little optimism in Canadian Aviation, I hope it works well for the company and marks the beginning of positive trend upward for the entire industry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOxdBAhiyXY

flying4dollars · Post by **flying4dollars** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:01 pm

wow I never heard about this...good for First Air

now if my company can only get an E190 or 777...

c170b53 · Post by **c170b53** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:45 pm

Pratt JT-9 Powered ?

HuD 91gt · Post by **HuD 91gt** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:02 pm

I saw it on the ramp the other day. Pretty looking bird. Need's an Inukshuk or Polar Bear on the tail :p

scopiton · Post by **scopiton** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:53 pm

it rocks !

C-FKLY · Post by **C-FKLY** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:39 pm

C-GKLY? Why, Charles, I think they stole our ident!

tincanflyer · Post by **tincanflyer** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:02 pm

nice to see they still had money left over to paint the tail........

.......3rd world air!

HuD 91gt · Post by **HuD 91gt** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:21 pm

^ If that's not someone trying to start some shit. Oh and BTW, they don't paint them, it's a sticker :p

Brantford Beech Boy · Post by **Brantford Beech Boy** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:31 pm

They'll paint it when the passengers on it start complaining......

BBB

young grasshopper · Post by **young grasshopper** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:08 pm

They'll paint it when the passengers on it start complaining......

Thats awesome...

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:42 pm

Right on!! Good on ya First Air!!

linecrew · Post by **linecrew** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:05 am

tincanflyer wrote:nice to see they still had money left over to paint the tail........ .......3rd world air!

Not sure what you're getting at but it's not done yet. These were all "stickers" (vs. paint) done in house also after delivery and they look amazing.

Longtimer · Post by **Longtimer** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:10 am

Not on their OC yet. I wonder what sort of missions it will operate. Additonal Frt capacity or replacement for some of their present capacity.

CAL · Post by **CAL** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:20 am

who knew?

I am guessing all contract crews?

What flying will it be doing?

EastCoaster · Post by **EastCoaster** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:23 am

Contract crews to train 7F crews to start out as with any new airplane type. Crews have already bid on the plane and shuffle of crews up through the ladder is taking place.

groundtoflightdeck · Post by **groundtoflightdeck** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:56 am

The first ship has a full food mail schedule... charter work and operational backup for additional aircraft that may come.

young grasshopper · Post by **young grasshopper** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:19 am

nice to see they still had money left over to paint the tail........ .......3rd world air!

They sure don't pay "3rd world"!!! lmao

ettw · Post by **ettw** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:26 am

tincanflyer wrote:nice to see they still had money left over to paint the tail........ .......3rd world air!

What a waste of bandwidth......

Cheers,

ETTW

all_ramped_up · Post by **all_ramped_up** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:24 pm

nice one!

KT111 · Post by **KT111** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:07 am

This made its first flight into CYFB yesterday, (Sunday June 14).

Unfortunately I did not have my camera with me to take any photos of it.
It's certainly larger in person than I expected though it is devoid of any markings (no tail graphics) except for "First Air" down the side and its registration.

It will be back and I will get photos

linecrew · Post by **linecrew** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:16 am

KT111 wrote:This made its first flight into CYFB yesterday, (Sunday June 14).

Unfortunately I did not have my camera with me to take any photos of it.
It's certainly larger in person than I expected though it is devoid of any markings (no tail graphics) except for "First Air" down the side and its registration.

It will be back and I will get photos

Just departed for another run to CYFB.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/FAB268

Braun · Post by **Braun** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:26 am

tincanflyer wrote:nice to see they still had money left over to paint the tail........ .......3rd world air!

Working with these people day in and day out they are nothing but professional and great pilots.

P-50 · Post by **P-50** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:01 am

That is great to see I've flown with (as a passenger) many times with First Air and the service has been amazing. 3rd world air is more fitting to the malnutrition that occurs on southern carriers. I had a --free-- hot meal the last time I flew with FA. Hope this bird works out for them.

KT111 · Post by **KT111** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:12 pm

Well as promised.

Came back today. This thing is so big it has to use the turn-around bay at the end of runway 35 (threshold of 17).

ktcanuck · Post by **ktcanuck** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:39 am

It came back:

Incident: First Air B762 near Ottawa on Jun 16th 2009, cracked windshield
By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Jun 17th 2009 19:46Z, last updated Wednesday, Jun 17th 2009 19:46Z

A First Air Boeing 767-200, registration C-GKLY performing flight 7F-266 from Val D'Or,QC to Iqaluit,NU (Canada) with 4 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 250nm northnortheast of Val D'Or, when the captain's windshield cracked. The crew descended to 11000 feet, declared emergency and diverted to Ottawa,ON, where the airplane landed safely 95 minutes later.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/FAB2 ... /CYVO/CYFB

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