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by JDA
Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:34 pm
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Shout out to J.R.
Replies: 2
Views: 4917

Re: Shout out to J.R.

Agreed!
Some of his antics were defiantly cringe worthy.
But I'd still rather be yelled at by Jim than stabbed in the back by....
by JDA
Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:28 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: PRM+other hat's for $30 a/hr??
Replies: 14
Views: 3680

Re: PRM+other hat's for $30 a/hr??

If you read the tasks you are going to be doing that pay is not all that bad. Now if they were hiring someone who could actually fix airplanes that would be poor pay. Pushing paper is easier than actually maintaining the airplanes. Exactly! Which is why Directors and Presidents all get paid less th...
by JDA
Fri Nov 03, 2017 11:38 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Researching grandfather's - RAF / RCAF - how/where
Replies: 16
Views: 2734

Re: Researching grandfather's - RAF / RCAF - how/where

http://www.thememoryproject.com/

Have a poke around this site. My grandfather didn't like to talk about his service either, but he did participate in an interview for this project before he passed.
by JDA
Thu Nov 17, 2016 1:02 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Leaving aviation
Replies: 31
Views: 11281

Re: Leaving aviation

I got into renewables basically by trying to figure out how my current skills/education could be easily transferred to a new industry. wind, solar, etc. is a fairly new industry and there isn't any real trade certification (yet) so I knew I wouldn't have to overcome that hurtle. The funny thing is ...
by JDA
Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:57 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: British Memorial Honors World War II Bomber Crews
Replies: 4
Views: 648

Re: British Memorial Honors World War II Bomber Crews

Tom H wrote:
I know that I will be thinking of the Canadians of Bomber Command this Canada Day. Will you?

Yes.

Thank you Grandpa, for your service in the 15 Squadron, RAF, Great Britain, from 1940-1942. You were one of the fortunate to make it back to Canada...
(Fortunately for me...)

RIP

JDA
by JDA
Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:32 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Cowboy Antics
Replies: 8
Views: 2475

Re: Cowboy Antics

There are many stories of heroics from that time. Have you seen this? http://www.thememoryproject.com/ Not long before he passed, my grandfather was one of the interviewees for this project. He was a navigator on a Stirling in WW2. Interestingly, he never spoke of his time in the war to me. The most...
by JDA
Wed Jun 22, 2011 2:59 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Gear up landing at Vernon BC today
Replies: 7
Views: 1686

Re: Gear up landing at Vernon BC today

The gear are connected mechanically in the Baron so all go up or down at once. Watch a Baron or Bonanza put the gear up or down and none lag behind like hydraulic gears often do. O.K., understood. There must be a down lock for each gear though, right? So if a lock failed, is the mechanism strong en...
by JDA
Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:01 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Gear up landing at Vernon BC today
Replies: 7
Views: 1686

Re: Gear up landing at Vernon BC today

I suspected the Castanet account may have been a little off.
What are the chances of a news outlet getting the facts wrong? :shock:

eta:
(what are the chances of all three gear collapsing at the same time after being locked down?)
by JDA
Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:18 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: In Soviet Russia...
Replies: 4
Views: 1242

Re: In Soviet Russia...

CBC reporting 'pilot error'
Seems a bit early for conclusions, No?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011 ... -folo.html
by JDA
Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:16 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Gear up in Vernon
Replies: 0
Views: 1087

Gear up in Vernon

Quick thinking averts disaster by Wayne Moore - Story: 62759 Jun 21, 2011 / 1:16 pm Photo: Contributed - Stephanie Dryhurst Quick response by a pilot averted what could have been a serious disaster Tuesday at the Vernon airport. Vernon fire captain Kim Bolton says a twin engine Beech Baron was makin...

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