Ugh, NTSB has released this info about the Atlas Air 767 freighter that crashed outside Houston:
"the NTSB has revealed that Atlas Air 767 Freighter flight 5Y3591 dove based on column input. The nose was pushed over by one of the pilots, along with taking the engines to full thrust. The dive continued at a 49 degree angle and reached 430 knots before impacting."
Ugh, NTSB has released this info about the Atlas Air 767 freighter that crashed outside Houston:
"the NTSB has revealed that Atlas Air 767 Freighter flight 5Y3591 dove based on column input. The nose was pushed over by one of the pilots, along with taking the engines to full thrust. The dive continued at a 49 degree angle and reached 430 knots before impacting."
Jesus...I was hoping that wouldn't be the case. When I saw the video clip of the plane diving into the ground, I felt like that might have been a possibility.
Flair Airlines took delivery of their first company owned 737-800 yesterday. Flight arrived here from KEF last night. Feel free to discuss this new livery of theirs too. I guess you'll always notice it, probably what they were going for...
Odd a delivery flight would come here rather than their base , or do they intend to immediately put the aircraft into service from here?
Brutal livery, it looks like the paint machine threw up all over the plane. Too bad, it’s a nice bird otherwise. Maybe WestJet can get it on a short term lease while the Max issues gets sorted out. I’d be surprised if flair is around for very long.
Anyone know anything about that small red plane that buzzes the SE all the time? It's like a small two seater type or so of some kind, reddish orange in color I'd say.
Over and over for at least a couple years, it flies quite low...maybe 500 -1000 feet. Seems to fly a rough circle from around the East Hills Costco area, southwest over Foothills Industrial then East I'd say almost to Chestermere, then back west doing it all over again. Almost any work day it's out there.
Anyone know anything about that small red plane that buzzes the SE all the time? It's like a small two seater type or so of some kind, reddish orange in color I'd say.
Over and over for at least a couple years, it flies quite low...maybe 500 -1000 feet. Seems to fly a rough circle from around the East Hills Costco area, southwest over Foothills Industrial then East I'd say almost to Chestermere, then back west doing it all over again. Almost any work day it's out there.
Training plane of some kind?
Possibly a pipeline patrol? Not sure what pipelines are in that area or if this is s commonplace down here but it’s a common occurrence on other lines. Or at least it used to be when I was working as a summer student manybyears ago.
Possibly a pipeline patrol? Not sure what pipelines are in that area or if this is s commonplace down here but it’s a common occurrence on other lines. Or at least it used to be when I was working as a summer student manybyears ago.
That's my guess as well. APPL line runs around that area, comes down stoney then two legs into Calgary, one along McKnight to supply the airport and another through the east Calgary landfill then along 52nd St. I know a lot of companies have cut down on their air watch but TNPI still do it daily, or at least did last time I worked on that line in 2015
That's my guess as well. APPL line runs around that area, comes down stoney then two legs into Calgary, one along McKnight to supply the airport and another through the east Calgary landfill then along 52nd St. I know a lot of companies have cut down on their air watch but TNPI still do it daily, or at least did last time I worked on that line in 2015
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Yeah that looks like it could be what it is, definitely flies very similar to those lines. But almost every day, and several runs at a time? What exactly are they looking for, just any possible pipeline leaks?
Yeah that looks like it could be what it is, definitely flies very similar to those lines. But almost every day, and several runs at a time? What exactly are they looking for, just any possible pipeline leaks?
Leaks are definitely part of it, a lot are detected that way, but people working near the line unauthorized is a big one as well. Especially with that line and being within city limits. Someone just working on a sprinkler system above it could easily turn into a bad situation. You don't want to be screwing around near a jet fuel line without the proper procedures in place.
That line does seem to get more surveillance than many I've worked on, I want to say air passes twice a day aren't uncommon. I think part of it is it's one of the biggest products lines in Alberta. Being a products line it's not just companies that lose money, when that line gets shut down, the price of gas goes up noticeably.
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A few Harvard's, Hawk's, and Hornet's in town yesterday. Apparently leaving between 1-2pm today, could be some good noise.
Saw either the Hawks or Hornets departing yesterday. They were too far away to get a good visual but it was a two ship formation. I want to say Hawks because they didn't look big enough for Hornets even at a distance and were not as loud as I would expect for Hornets either.