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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: 1145
- 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: 1185
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: 1096
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: 1133
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:46 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Nav Canada FSS closures, layoffs
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2849
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: 10830
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: 2849
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: 1399
- 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: 1493
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: 1631
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: 2744
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: 2744
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: 646
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: 29977
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: 2087
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: 1638
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: 2154
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: 1111
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: 1245
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: 4397
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...