Landing looked firm but it has to be on a runway that short. Not overly hard by any means. Some sort of gear failure I wonder, like that Alaska in California a year or two ago. Tail 809 is one of the older ones I the fleet iirc.
I won't armchair expert it too much without knowing any facts. Will be interesting to see what they say
I will. All the heavy people moved to the right side of the aircraft mid flight to see if they could get it to do a barrel roll.
Thanks for the suggestions. Didn't even think of air cadets, but she'll need to wait a few more years.
I think I'll start out with models, museums and flight sim game. Might be fun for dad too!
I had her passion at 7 (maybe even earlier), I was lucky though as I had an uncle who was an airline pilot and owned small aircraft thru my youth and took me up a lot and taught me the ins and outs, if you can take her up a few times a year and let her sit up front next to the pilot, last I heard costs are about $200-250 a crack at springbank, if her passion is real she'll be bugging you for the next flight.
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Thanks for the suggestions. Didn't even think of air cadets, but she'll need to wait a few more years.
I think I'll start out with models, museums and flight sim game. Might be fun for dad too!
Every year, pilots in High River would take kids out for rides in their planes for free. I don’t know if they still do that or not, but our kids loved it.
Edit: It was called “Young Eagles” flights from the High River EAA chapter.
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I had her passion at 7 (maybe even earlier), I was lucky though as I had an uncle who was an airline pilot and owned small aircraft thru my youth and took me up a lot and taught me the ins and outs,
Yeah I lived in a small town for a number of years where the town doctor was also a pilot and he took me up a few times. Super lucky to have that experience.
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It’ll be interesting to see, but the Alaska 737 that had the aft trunion pin break was repaired and it still flying. It wouldn’t surprise me if this one is repaired as well.
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This one is 16.5 years old. I see the service life is 20-30 years. Westjet's oldest is 22, so it might not be worth it given age and current location. Maybe better as a reef.
Engine would also need replacing. Who knows how much damage there is internally, may not be rebuildable.
Considering her age, part her out, cut the wings off and make it into another diner. The Air Lekkerbek diner (an old YS-11) in nearby Philipsburg was damaged in a hurricane and removed in 2018.
I don't think it looks that bad, as long as the main spar isn't damaged it should be repairable. Convincing some techs to go there for a few month long repair party should be pretty easy.
