And for the laymen...what is its "thing" that it does?
Testing the instrument landing system (ILS) whose 2 components bring pilots in during crappy weather; a localizer antenna at the end of the runway for lateral guidance, and the glideslope antenna abeam the touchdown zone projecting a vertical glidepath at a 3 degree angle. They need to be tested for accuracy at regular intervals, Nav Canada has modded the heck out of this RJ and it has a bunch of test equipment on board. You can see the 17R localizer antenna array when you're driving by on McKnight, it's the orange funky looking "fence" thing.
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Any word anywhere on what killed the one person? From the video, it's doesn't appear that there was any super violet jerking, and there was plenty of time to get out of the plane. It seems like everyone should have survived that.
Apparently an irregular heartbeat aka preexsisting medical condition
Fort McMurray Airport hit the jackpot Monday with a triple crown of new destinations announced Monday, including non-stop flights connecting the oilsands city and Las Vegas.
Starting June 24, WestJet will fly non-stop twice per week between Las Vegas and Fort McMurray. Scott Clements, president and CEO of Fort McMurray Airport, said Las Vegas is the No. 1 requested destination for residents of the northeastern Alberta city.
“This is a workforce community by and large and they work seven-on and seven-off, four-on, four-off,” Clements said. “The average age is 32 and the average household income is $190,000 a year, so it’s no surprise that when they get some time off and want to let loose a little bit, they head to Vegas.”
WestJet's Fort Mac - Las Vegas flights will fly on Tuesdays and Saturdays, using 174 seat 737-800's... Calgary - Las Vegas is also up to 3 daily 737-800 flights (except Sunday, 2 daily)
Guy builds a scale model of a 77W.... out of manila folders. Amazing.
I thought he was crazy, but you have to admit, it's some real nice work. So much detail, all the way down to the PTV screens in the seats, even the lamps above the passenger's heads in the First Class seats!
FlightAware says the flight was an A320, not a E190 as pictured. No matter, neither have particularly spacious lavs (though I suppose it doesn't say they did it in a lav)
FlightAware says the flight was an A320, not a E190 as pictured. No matter, neither have particularly spacious lavs (though I suppose it doesn't say they did it in a lav)
Global news said they weren't in a bathroom. Comment on the CBC page from someone claiming to be on that flight said they were doing it right in a seat.
Comments on that page are pretty golden.
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This may be one of the few times that Air Canada can advertise "Our passengers came on time".
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