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Facebook video, One of the main landing gear wheels of a Boeing Dreamlifter—a modified 747 used to transport components for the 787—fell off shortly after take off this morning in Taranto, Italy.
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- Tue Oct 11, 2022 3:56 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: One of main landing gear wheels Dreamlifter fell off shortly after take off
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1322
- Sat Oct 09, 2021 4:15 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Legendary Inuk bush pilot, 76, flies past aviation milestone with 40k hours of flight time
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1391
Legendary Inuk bush pilot, 76, flies past aviation milestone with 40k hours of flight time
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/legendary-inuk-bush-pilot-flies-past-aviation-milestone-1.6203604 Johnny May Sr., flying since 1962, is the first Inuk pilot from the eastern Arctic May is also well known for the annual Christmas candy drop in Kuujjuaq. Every year at Christmas, from 1965 until ...
- Thu Dec 24, 2020 4:50 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: The Shepherd
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1336
The Shepherd
It has always been posted before. I hope this is okay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2_bLEq ... rsensorat2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2_bLEq ... rsensorat2
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:52 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Live RVR
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1970
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:46 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Nav Canada FSS closures, layoffs
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3263
Re: Nav Canada FSS closures, layoffs
I've retired from Nav Canada so getting information second hand. Stand corrected.
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:09 am
- Forum: NavCanada Hiring
- Topic: All Trainees Fired
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11771
Re: All Trainees Fired
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/09/22/2097619/0/en/NAV-CANADA-announces-workforce-reductions-and-looks-to-streamline-operations.html To adapt to the new realities of air traffic levels, the company is also taking steps to safely streamline operations and will be launching level of s...
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:08 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Nav Canada FSS closures, layoffs
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3263
Nav Canada FSS closures, layoffs
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/09/22/2097619/0/en/NAV-CANADA-announces-workforce-reductions-and-looks-to-streamline-operations.html To adapt to the new realities of air traffic levels, the company is also taking steps to safely streamline operations and will be launching level of s...
- Thu Dec 19, 2019 5:25 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: California teen steals plane, crashes into building
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1533
- Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:38 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Stowaway in plane's landing gear falls to death as flight approaches Heathrow
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1770
Stowaway in plane's landing gear falls to death as flight approaches Heathrow
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/stowaway-in-plane-s-landing-gear-falls-to-death-as-flight-approaches-heathrow-1.4489496 A stowaway fell from the undercarriage of a jet as it approached Heathrow Airport after a nine-hour flight from Nairobi, landing in a south London garden, police and airline official...
- Fri Jun 07, 2019 10:30 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Toronto man survives skydive plunge after parachute tangles
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1882
Toronto man survives skydive plunge after parachute tangles
A man described as an "experienced skydiver from Toronto" is lucky to be alive after experiencing problems with both of his parachutes after jumping from a plane 600 metres above the Hamilton airport on Thursday. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/toronto-man-survives-skydive-plunge-after-parac...
- Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:41 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Rescue of injured 74-year-old hiker spins out of control
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3174
Re: Rescue of injured 74-year-old hiker spins out of control
"The crew said a second line meant to prevent the spinning broke."
- Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:36 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Rescue of injured 74-year-old hiker spins out of control
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3174
Rescue of injured 74-year-old hiker spins out of control
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/rescue-of-injured-74-year-old-hiker-spins-out-of-control-1.4452345 at 1:30 you can see how fast the spin is..... Authorities say a 74-year-old hiker whose head and face were injured in a fall on a Phoenix mountain endured a wild ride in a stretcher as she was being hois...
- Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:28 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Electric glider loses power, crashes into Connecticut home
- Replies: 2
- Views: 777
Electric glider loses power, crashes into Connecticut home
https://globalnews.ca/news/5353569/glider-crashes-into-home/ An electric glider has crashed into the roof of a Danbury, Connecticut home. Mayor Mark Boughton and Danbury fire officials tell the Hartford Courant that the glider’s pilot suffered minor injuries in the crash Tuesday, and three people i...
- Mon May 13, 2019 5:37 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: WestJet to be sold in friendly deal to Onex Corp. for $5 billion
- Replies: 130
- Views: 35727
WestJet to be sold in friendly deal to Onex Corp. for $5 billion
https://globalnews.ca/news/5270077/westjet-sold-onex-corp/ Onex Corp. has signed a friendly deal to buy WestJet Airlines Ltd. in a deal it valued at $5 billion, including assumed debt. Under the agreement, Onex will pay $31 per share for WestJet, which will continue to operate as a privately held c...
- Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:00 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Airbus abandons iconic A380 superjumbo, lacking clients
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2468
Airbus abandons iconic A380 superjumbo, lacking clients
TOULOUSE, France -- European plane maker Airbus said Thursday it will stop making its superjumbo A380 in 2021 for lack of customers, abandoning the world's biggest passenger jet and one of the aviation industry's most ambitious and most troubled endeavours. https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/airbus-aba...
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 3:52 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Hair-raising hang gliding incident caught on camera
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1888
Hair-raising hang gliding incident caught on camera
Switzerland's civil aviation authority said it will question a hang-glider pilot after a tourist he flew over a picturesque Swiss landscape nearly fell dozens of metres to the ground because his harness wasn't properly attached. A nail-biting video of the incident drew more than two million views on...
- Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:17 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Man flies plane into Utah home after fight with wife
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2435
Man flies plane into Utah home after fight with wife
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/utah-man-plane-crash-house-1.4783857 A Utah man flew a small plane into his own house early Monday just hours after he had been arrested for assaulting his wife in a nearby canyon where the couple went to talk over their problems, authorities said. The pilot, Duane Youd...
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 10:49 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Junkers Ju-52 plane Swiss Alps
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1341
Junkers Ju-52 plane Swiss Alps
An old-time propeller plane crashed near-vertically at high speed into a Swiss mountain, killing all 20 people on board....
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/swiss-alp ... -1.4774829
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/swiss-alp ... -1.4774829
- Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:15 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Helicopter accident in Drummondville
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1328
Helicopter accident in Drummondville
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A man and two women are dead after a helicopter crashed and then caught fire Thursday night in a field in Drummondville, about 110 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
A man and two women are dead after a helicopter crashed and then caught fire Thursday night in a field in Drummondville, about 110 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
- Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:29 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Navy admits its crew drew sky phallus
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5314
Navy admits its crew drew sky phallus
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/11/17/navy-admits-its-crew-drew-sky-phallus/874808001/ U.S. Navy officials in Washington state confirmed one of its aircraft was involved with skywriting a figure of a penis in the Western air. Multiple people sent photos to KREM-TV in Spokane, sh...
- Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:18 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: It's time to buzz the tower
- Replies: 113
- Views: 12239
It's time to buzz the tower
http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.3639697
Pilots suspended after buzzing airport tower in Germany. Air Berlin last long-haul ride for airline.
Pilots suspended after buzzing airport tower in Germany. Air Berlin last long-haul ride for airline.
- Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:28 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Private-jet glut spurs ‘insane’ bargains for aspiring buyers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1895
Private-jet glut spurs ‘insane’ bargains for aspiring buyers
http://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/private-jet-glut-spurs-insane-bargains-for-aspiring-buyers-1.2102898 The more conservative pace has done little to relieve the glut, creating a buyer’s market for used aircraft. A five-year-old jet sold in 2016 was worth only 56 per cent of its original list pr...
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 3:49 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: International Cloud Atlas Manual on the Observation of Clouds and Other Meteors
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1229
International Cloud Atlas Manual on the Observation of Clouds and Other Meteors
https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/home.html All FSS site have a black and white book version of the International Cloud Atlas from 1956. This is the updated online version. Welcome to the official site of the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) International Cloud Atlas. This Atlas describes the cla...
- Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:18 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Warrior with 2 on board fails to arrive in Kamloops
- Replies: 46
- Views: 13659
Re: Warrior with 2 on board fails to arrive in Kamloops
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... -1.4168540
Search called off for missing plane, passengers in B.C.
Alex Simons and Sidney Robillard have been missing since June 8
Search called off for missing plane, passengers in B.C.
Alex Simons and Sidney Robillard have been missing since June 8
- Thu Jun 15, 2017 3:04 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Blimp flying over U.S. Open crashes, explodes
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1591
Blimp flying over U.S. Open crashes, explodes
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/blimp-crashes-at-us-open-1.4162280 A small blimp crashed near the U.S. Open on Thursday, seriously injuring the pilot and grabbing the attention of fans and golfers alike as they watched the fiery, smoking craft fall from the sky into an open field. Sheriff's officials...