Lol, I remember flying in a Twin Otter and doing low-g pushovers in Air Cadets!
Not quite, production ceased a long time ago on the original Twin Otters. Viking Air based in Victoria (they have a big hangar on the SE side of the field in YYC) brought all the specs up to modern standards and got the go ahead from Transport Canada to start producing brand new ones.
I found the flight path of my flight from YYZ to HKG a bit odd.
It went north from YYZ (which makes sense), but instead of heading over the the Canadian Arctic and then down the coastline of Asia. It flew close to Greenland, over Siberia and down over Mongolia through China and into HKG.
Going through the arctic circle with ice covered ocean looked pretty cool though.
Also saw a set of vapour trails on a lower flight level. We caught up to it and it was another flight from the same airline... then we passed it.
I found the flight path of my flight from YYZ to HKG a bit odd.
It went north from YYZ (which makes sense), but instead of heading over the the Canadian Arctic and then down the coastline of Asia. It flew close to Greenland, over Siberia and down over Mongolia through China and into HKG.
Going through the arctic circle with ice covered ocean looked pretty cool though.
Also saw a set of vapour trails on a lower flight level. We caught up to it and it was another flight from the same airline... then we passed it.
What type of aircraft was it (I'm assuming AC)? If it was only a twin engine the most direct route may have been modified to keep it in accordance with the airlines ETOPS regulations. So it could only be a certain time period away from an alternate airfield if it was flying on one engine.
Or if ETOPS didn't come into play they may have been taking advantage of more favourable winds with the routing.
What type of aircraft was it (I'm assuming AC)? If it was only a twin engine the most direct route may have been modified to keep it in accordance with the airlines ETOPS regulations. So it could only be a certain time period away from an alternate airfield if it was flying on one engine.
Or if ETOPS didn't come into play they may have been taking advantage of more favourable winds with the routing.
It was with Cathay Pacific, a B772.
Except, I flew the same route once with AC, also with a 772, but it didn't follow that particular route. That one went Northwest, then own the coast of Asian.
"A Russian pilot inadvertently put the wheel brakes on during takeoff, causing a crash that killed 44 people including a professional ice hockey team, investigators said Wednesday, citing lax oversight and insufficient crew training as key reasons behind the error."
Mickey mouse stuff that's an absolute embarrassment to Russian aviation.
I'll likely repost this in the Hockey thread as well. Just saw this article on TSN today so I'm not sure if it was reported anywhere else sooner.
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This is a fairly random question, but it's been annoying me on and off for the past little while.
The Boeing 747-800F, what's upstairs besides the cockpit? Why are there windows on the upper level?
There's additional passenger seating on the second level. IIRC, many airlines configure their 747s to have first class seats on the upper level and economy on the main level.
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Oh, you meant the freighter version of the 747. I have no idea...maybe there's a few seats up there?
I believe with the 747 the upperdeck is solely for passenger and crew.
Alot of cargo airlines will carry extra crew for the return flight to the hub.
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