Bearskin 99's

No Conflict · Post by **No Conflict** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:10 pm

Has Bearskin gotten rid of their 99's? Or is it in the works?

F/O Crunch · Post by **F/O Crunch** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:28 pm

Saw em flying today!....

Walking Zombie · Post by **Walking Zombie** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:09 pm

I've heard they sold two and only have the one left.

WZ

RomeoWhiskey · Post by **RomeoWhiskey** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:03 am

Flew on one as a pax a month ago for all of 15 minutes between CYHD-CYXL

F/O Crunch · Post by **F/O Crunch** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:27 am

Sounds like you were going the wrong way!

Jeremy Kent · Post by **Jeremy Kent** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:35 am

My favourite run on that thing was YAX - YTL.

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:04 am

They should be beer cans....an aircraft I'd never consider getting on. Nor will any of my family or friends. Their time has come and gone.

Blown Juggs · Post by **Blown Juggs** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:16 am

Hey !

Quit knockin the 99, a fine example of engineering excellence !
Especially when the pod door opens up on T/O and Tommy Toofingers loses his guitar..........HA !

longjon · Post by **longjon** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:59 am

Saw one the other week being used for a jump machine

Never saw the cycles on it though

AEROMONKEY · Post by **AEROMONKEY** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:35 pm

from what i've been told in YQT 2 of the 99's have been sold to a company in the barbados.....watched the 2 of them leave about a month ago....They still have one based in North bay.

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:39 pm

Where pray tell is "the barbados"?? The education system let you down? Sorry, but that is one term that has always pissed me off....look the island up, and you'll realize there is no "the" in the name of the country. It's ONE island...just because it ends with an "S" doesn't mean there are more than one.

tofo · Post by **tofo** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:41 pm

like pants

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:47 pm

Yah, but you could say..."the pants"....as in...."who left the pants in the dryer?"
This would be a good spot for your drunk pilots thing...?

bob sacamano · Post by **bob sacamano** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:29 pm

Doc wrote:Yah, but you could say..."the pants"....as in...."who left the pants in the dryer?"
This would be a good spot for your drunk pilots thing...?

The Barbados Museum & Historical Society

http://www.barbmuse.org.bb/

tofo · Post by **tofo** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:45 pm

you mean all my native friends are wrong when they say "the pants's"

as in "I got so drunk last night when I woke up in the ditch by my reserve, The Pants's I had on were somebody elses"

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:24 pm

The pants's they woke up in were probably yours?

Fatass · Post by **Fatass** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:41 pm

Is C-FRQI still around?

ettw · Post by **ettw** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:10 am

Their time has come and gone.

So Doc, you would agree that we should park the DC-3, 4, 6, C46, HS748, etc, etc?

Cheers,

ETTW

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:58 am

ettw, the aircraft you brought up are built to higher specs. But, it's not really the age, it's more the airframe time, and cycles....the 99's are way up there. Did you know some aircraft are retired when their airframe reaches a certain age? Vickers Viscount for example. Seems a British thing...wonder how old a Hawker can be?
Retiring the 748 may not be a bad idea...but more due to their operating costs than their age.
Bottom line..I wouldn't set foot in Bearskin 99. If there is a 20,000 hour 99 out there....then I'd ride on it...but the Bear's are probably about double, or triple that.

ei ei owe · Post by **ei ei owe** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:36 am

Fatass wrote:Is C-FRQI still around?

Yeah it is, but you'd never recognize it.

Rubberbiscuit · Post by **Rubberbiscuit** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:15 am

Hours and cycles make a difference, but what kind of TLC has the equpment recieved over the years? I can say from first hand experience that the Bearskin machines have recieved excellent mainenance all along. I have been on B737's with almost 70,000hrs and approaching 75,000 cycles!

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:26 pm

The top DC3 had about 86000 hours when it was retired. Some US airline. Can you imagine 86,000 hours at 140 kts? It's in a museum.

Jim_12 · Post by **Jim_12** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:02 pm

There are very few low time Beech 99's in Canada Let alone North America these days. The 2 nicest 99's in Canada are operating in northern Saskatchewan.

tofo · Post by **tofo** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:32 pm

those have the 34's don't they

ei ei owe · Post by **ei ei owe** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:39 pm

Jim_12 wrote: The 2 nicest 99's in Canada are operating in northern Saskatchewan.

That's a shame right there then.....