Mods, please explain (missing post Re: R985 start up vid)

flyinthebug · Post by **flyinthebug** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:00 am

This is twice now that this thread has mysteriously vanished. I had asked a rather important question in that thread.. named NO names or companies and yet 30 mins later when I peek in for an answer, the thread is gone yet again? Could you explain this to me? The videos are public on youtube and can be accessed by anyone with an internet hook up so that cant be it?. I do remember that someone earlier in the thread "mentioned" one word in the name of the business and then two initials in the name of the business but certainly did not name the company name directly nor did they name any people working there. It turns out im supposed to fly one of their planes and when I hear they had TWO catastrophic engines failures in the last week.. I tend to get a little concerned and was hoping for an answer to my question and now the thread is gone again, hence my question that is the utmost importance to me and those that will fly with me in this aircraft is gone too. May I ask why? Id like one of the mods to explain where we crossed the line in that thread so we dont keep making the same mistakes. To me, sometimes it seems that one mod sees things one way and the next mod will see it completely diffrent.. kinda a GRAY area in other words.. sound like any other government body we could say this about? *hint* Its TC! With respect to my one good friend at TC and he knows who he is.

So just for clarity, please explain why you removed the thread so we can understand and also if anyone remembers this thread (it had over 1000 views if I recall) could they please confirm or deny the rumour that was posted of 2 DHC-2`s run by a certain company having complete engine out failures in two of their DHC2 in the past week? Any info can be PM to me. Thanks and looking forward to an explanation. Doc? Birddog? Sully?

Fly safe all, Cheers

just curious · Post by **just curious** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:17 am

Dunno... I'll ask.
JC

flyinthebug · Post by **flyinthebug** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:24 am

Thanks JC. I appreciate it.

. . · Post by **. .** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:05 pm

wasn't me.

bandaid · Post by **bandaid** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:32 pm

Nor me.

... · Post by **...** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:07 pm

flyinthebug wrote: Birddog?

Sorry I have not been on here in the past couple of weeks.

I'm sure Jc will get more info for you.

Cheers

gapper · Post by **gapper** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:42 pm

Flyingthebug...I,m not sure if you are going to fly on of these aircraft that have had engine troubles, but one suggestion I would like to give you, is to NEVER fly an aircraft that has been using car gas. Ask the operater before you hire on if they use car gas, and if they do...run the other direction.

Widow · Post by **Widow** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:26 pm

gapper wrote:Flyingthebug...I,m not sure if you are going to fly on of these aircraft that have had engine troubles, but one suggestion I would like to give you, is to NEVER fly an aircraft that has been using car gas. Ask the operater before you hire on if they use car gas, and if they do...run the other direction.

The Use of Automobile Gasoline (MOGAS) in Aviation
AMA 549.9 - Use Of Automotive Gasoline In Aircraft Engines

Posted by CD under this topic: http://www.avcanada.ca//forums2/viewtopic.php?t=32439

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:53 am

I received a complaint about it from a regular poster, and I edited the post in question..but not the whole thread. It went missing about two days later. Missed your question on the subject FTB...go ahead and try it again.

confused · Post by **confused** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:23 am

The question I would be asking is why are they hireing so many pilots in the middle of the season?They had a older fellow up in the Baker area,is he still there?Also is the 180 still up there.
My advise is to stay far away from them...

Donald · Post by **Donald** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:24 am

The 180 was in Rankin after running out of gas going Roche Bay-Rankin. Check the Cadors if you want more...

2R · Post by 2R » Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:05 am

Car gas is bad but purple marked gas with two stroke oil to "wet' the fuel is worse.The commercial operator that used to operate engines on the purple gas with his special additive never made TBO once

He was still convinced that he was doing it right as the money he said he saved on fuel was more than what he paid in extra engine repairs.He actually blamed the pilots for the engines not making TBO !!!

Post by **avcanada** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:37 am

The server crashed last night and I repaired a few tables to bring the script back to life. It could be that the missing post was a victim of the crash. The aviation topsites script also seems to have some issues this morning that need to be fixed.

I'll do some searching to see if I can find the topic. What was the topic titled and did you start the topic?

JOe

flyinthebug · Post by **flyinthebug** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:00 pm

Thanks to all for the replies. I will certainly do my homework before accepting any position. Thanks again.

Joe (avcanada) the thread was started by "the old fogducker" and was a link to a video of a very "odd" DHC2 start procedure. As I said, the name of a certain company was brought forward (I assume as they recognized the DHC2 in the video) and then it was mentioned that this particular company may have encountered two catostrophic engines failures in their DHC2`s in the past week. Because I am considering flying one of these aircraft for the remainder of the season, I asked if anyone could confirm or deny any rumours. I didnt mention the company name and only two initials from the company and one word (from a multiply worded company) was mentioned by other posters and I do not believe that would give up the identity of the operator unless you had an insight into the company itself. Because I was considering employment there, I happened to recognize who the operator was and the initials confirmed it so I asked the question.

Thanks again to all for the insight. Might have just saved my life.
Edit: Widow already provided me an answer to my 2nd question thanks.

Fly safe all, Cheers

bigsky · Post by **bigsky** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:20 pm

Isnt ROWDY working for the outfit..maybe not if the beavers don't have engines!!

ROWDY..where are ya dude!!!

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:58 pm

I was flying BZH for bathurst air... If there was an engine failure... I didn't notice, and being the only one flying it, that'd be hard to happen. My machine was and is in great shape.

Dunno much about the other machines.. but if this one is an indication of the rest, then I wouldn't be hesitant to fly them.

No idea if the other rumours have any truth to them or not. Guess I'll ask and see!

Reality · Post by **Reality** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:08 pm

Rowdy, what did you find out? I know the resource officer who was on board both times..... I applied for a job there and quickly looked for something else, best you do the same.......
B

BigDeal · Post by **BigDeal** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:00 pm

I know it was his first post.....but he came way too close to naming names..D

BigDeal · Post by **BigDeal** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:26 pm

Wow you can slam TC on here and there is no problems but you try to help a guy out and your post is edited 10 minutes later?

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:50 pm

Wow you can slam TC on here and there is no problems but you try to help a guy out and your post is edited 10 minutes later?

There would only be problems if the "slamming " of TC were done without proof of said reason to slam Big Deal.

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 2:46 pm

I see they are looking for two new dhc-2 drivers. I know one is to fill my spot. Not sure where the other is.

BZH in yellowknife and bathurst is not half bad.. just be prepared for it!! I know the weather up on the arctic coast is just starting to change... You'll work your butt off for low pay, but that being said I timed out both months.. which for someone looking for a quick couple hundred hours is great. Also be advised to get anything and everything in writing!

Just because everyones going to ask....
I'm back on the west coast due to some completly unrelated troubles. Can't be away when the family needs ya...

Also got word that it was only one machine that had engine trouble and it's now fixed and back in the air with no issues.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see

confused · Post by **confused** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:12 pm

Wow Rowdy.....from being the best company a couple postings ago .....to get everything in writing.A change of heart I'd say

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:07 am

confused.. No change of heart. I had no issues with the owner or the aircraft. He's a pretty friendly and easy going guy. It's just a good idea to have your responsibilities outlined and in writing so both sides don't run into any issues. I figure that should be common practice for ANY small operation.

It's a good chance for someone to fly a pretty nice beaver in a very interesting part of this great country.

confused.. you seem to have quite the disliking.. care to elaborate!? pm me if you want

Mods, please explain (missing post Re: R985 start up vid)

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