Flight did indeed land on 35R. Nice not having expansion joints during a taxi, but I'm sure that won't last too long. Weird approach though, as it seems we were going for 29, then changed to 35R and had to back track a bit. Here's the vid, not the best as I was hiding the cam, might try the anti-shake thing on youtube as well.
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Weird approach though, as it seems we were going for 29, then changed to 35R and had to back track a bit.
All the approaches from the southeast for 35R are like that, just the way the approach is built you're basically in a line for the airport then a sharp turn heading directly south to enter the downwind, then a 180 to head northbound and land. Nice video!
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Pictoral view of what your flight did. Once she said the time I knew what flight you were, this one.
My assumption is that once they get more familiar with operations, they'll cut that corner out for arrivals assuming there's no interfering traffic, since they do that with the existing runways all the time.
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That's the one. Had no idea that's normal, strange. Beautiful approach from the south though. And I must say, the extra traffic I see now over my house in the south ain't too bad either.
Hey do any of you know if one can fly a private plane onto the airstrip in Banff? Are there any other landing strips in that area of the park that you can land at?
EDIT: I did a little more digging, and I guess landing/taking-off in any national park in the country is prohibited. There was a law in the late 90s entitled the National Parks Aircraft Access Regulations that came into effect closing the Banff airport. It is now maintained simply as a diversion airport. Interesting.
Is there any landing strips immediately surrounding the park one could land at? haha
Hey do any of you know if one can fly a private plane onto the airstrip in Banff? Are there any other landing strips in that area of the park that you can land at?
EDIT: I did a little more digging, and I guess landing/taking-off in any national park in the country is prohibited. There was a law in the late 90s entitled the National Parks Aircraft Access Regulations that came into effect closing the Banff airport. It is now maintained simply as a diversion airport. Interesting.
Is there any landing strips immediately surrounding the park one could land at? haha
I did a single touch and go on that strip many years ago. The approach from the north was always intensely turbulent due to the runway brilliantly being perched directly below Cascade Mountain. If there was any wind out of the west the downdraft off that ridge could be deadly. Once you actually get down to the grass, you better have tundra tires, I wasn't sure I would get off again because it was so rough. Oh and the runway was often covered in wildlife. A lot of factors that just made it generally unsafe.
Even if you could legally land there, I would recommend elsewhere.
They're either -800's or -900's with the double overwing exit... I guess there's a slim chance one of them could have been destined for WestJet, as they'll take 3 more -800's this year.
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Crews on Sunday will attempt to remove three Boeing 737 fuselages that tumbled down a steep bank and into the Clark Fork River in western Montana after a train derailed.
Montana Rail Link spokeswoman Lynda Frost said Saturday that it's unclear the type of challenge involved because it's the first time the company has faced such a task. No one was injured when 19 cars from a westbound train derailed Thursday about 16 kilometres west of Alberton. The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
The train carried six fuselages. Three others also fell off but stayed on land. Frost says Boeing has had workers at the scene assessing the damage.
The fuselages were headed to Renton, Washington state, to be assembled into completed airliners.
