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So tomorrow Calgary is expecting the Lancaster bomber to show up. This is one of the only two flyable Lanc's left in the world. I will be hanging out by the airport (nice and close to work) to get some shots of this classic when it arrives.
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| # ¿ May 22, 2013 11:25 |
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Delivery McGee posted:I remember reading about some WWII German scout plane in the same size class that had so many wacky flap extensions and spoilers and smaller wings mounted on the leading edges and such that it could fly backward facing into a stiff breeze, but can't find it. Any ideas? I've done the backwards flying thing in a Cessna 172 with some good upper winds (while in slow flight). If memory serves we had it doing about 10 knots backwards according to the GPS.
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| # ¿ May 14, 2011 15:15 |
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N183CS posted:My buddy sent this pic of one of our planes doing something odd. My guess is they had a bird in the way. I believe that this was arranged for the photographer, if I am not mistaken it was taken by this guy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vector1771/ He is based out of Portland and takes some great shots of all the military movements in and around PDX. Be warned though, you could spend a lot of time looking through all his photos (there are almost 9000 on that Flickr link).
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| # ¿ May 17, 2011 13:56 |
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A couple of shots taken last summer here in Calgary: The Heritage flight Lancaster (one of two flying in the world):  Time Moves On by BigtimeAa, on Flickr Note the CF-18 at the FBO:  Generations by BigtimeAa, on Flickr Crappy lighting on a flyby the next day:  Lancaster Flyby by BigtimeAa, on Flickr Vintage Wings of Canada CL-13 Sabre:  Golden Bird by BigtimeAa, on Flickr  Rolling out on 28 by BigtimeAa, on Flickr  Golden Hawk F-86 Sabre by BigtimeAa, on Flickr FG-1D Corsair "Gray Ghost" pulling up to the Westjet hangars:  Warbird Beauty by BigtimeAa, on Flickr  Gull Wing Glory by BigtimeAa, on Flickr The RAF boys stop by some summers to do training with their troops southeast of Calgary:  In position by BigtimeAa, on Flickr  drat. by BigtimeAa, on Flickr  Raw Power by BigtimeAa, on Flickr
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| # ¿ Jun 25, 2011 02:15 |
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I used to love flying on the Canadian Airlines or Westjet 737-200's and getting a seat right behind the engines to watch the clam-shell reversers on those birds. So awesome.
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| # ¿ Jun 25, 2011 12:54 |
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Timmy Cruise posted:I saw this in Saskatoon one day about a week ago or so, was wondering what it was. Looked cool, but it was quite a long ways away. Would it be in transit to an airshow maybe? Most likely, it has been making the airshow circuit in Canada and the US the last couple of years.
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| # ¿ Jun 25, 2011 16:21 |
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VikingSkull posted:I'm dumb, and have no idea what you're referring to. Help! Most likely referring to the L-1011 Tristar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-1011_TriStar
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| # ¿ Jul 21, 2011 18:16 |
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Mr.Peabody posted:The red nav light on an aircraft is on the left wing, and it's positioned in such a way that it wouldn't be visible on the top of the wing. So either it's a filter or it's the sensitivity of the CMOS. It wasn't really a long exposure shot, but at a high enough altitude you don't really need as long of an exposure as long as your lens is large enough due to the limited amount of atmospheric diffraction. I believe the red light is probably the reflection of the top anti-collision beacon on the fuselage.
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| # ¿ Aug 18, 2011 13:07 |
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732's are things of goddamn beauty. I'm glad we still see them in YYC with Canadian North.
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| # ¿ Aug 26, 2011 02:15 |
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BonzoESC posted:And at the same time, isn't the throttle opened up a bit before landing to spool up the engines for reversing or go-around? With the flaps, slats, and gear hanging out the aircraft needs to have a higher thrust setting to maintain the proper rate of descent.
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| # ¿ Aug 26, 2011 20:00 |
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Previa_fun posted:And those low bypass turbofans were a huge advance in sound compared to what came before. I'd give a nut to see/hear an old 707 or DC-8 still equipped with turbojets fly over. I've read the DC-8s equipped with the Rolls Royce Conway turbojets were LOUD. We haven't had any this year, but over the last few years Calgary would get in the RAF VC-10's. Those were LOUD, setting off car alarms all along the departure path and if you were close enough giving your stomach that queasy rumbling.
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| # ¿ Aug 26, 2011 20:01 |
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Mobius1B7R posted:Is that man trying to put a fire out..........with a briefcase? That's the Juche way! Crazy news about the Yak-42 crash, will be interesting to see what the cause(s) were.
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| # ¿ Sep 7, 2011 18:02 |
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monkeytennis posted:Sadly they have alreaady started being withdrawn from service and many have been flown to the airfields where they will be scrapped. I guess that explains why we haven't seen them come through YYC this year.  I'll always have the memories of the glorious noise and smoke they made, so awesome.
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| # ¿ Sep 9, 2011 13:32 |
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Almost looked like it was starting to porpoise on them.
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| # ¿ Oct 18, 2011 21:02 |
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Epic Fail Guy posted:Both FedEx and UPS still operate a gang of MD-11s for cargo duties. Lufthansa still has them in mainline service. Lufthansa only has them in cargo ops too, I think you are thinking of KLM that still use them in pax service. We were lucky enough that YYC got up-guaged to the MD-11 this summer, loved seeing a trijet coming in:  KLM MD-11 PH-KCE by BigtimeAa, on Flickr  Annie Romein by BigtimeAa, on Flickr
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| # ¿ Oct 25, 2011 23:23 |
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MrChips posted:If you're at the airport at the right time, KFC flies their DC-10F in here fairly frequently. Also, if you wake up at 4 am like I do, Southern Air Cargo's 747-200 makes a pretty good alarm clock when they make their tech stop. Unfortunately I'm never around the airport to catch the KFC DC-10F, however I have grabbed a few shots of Southern Air when they made the odd daylight stop, still need to catch Korean Cargo one of these days, they tend to come through every 2-3 weeks.  Lined up 34 by BigtimeAa, on Flickr  What an office by BigtimeAa, on Flickr Bugsmasher fucked around with this message at Oct 26, 2011 around 00:50 |
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slidebite posted:I'm giggling thinking of a DC10 in a Kentucky Fried Chicken color scheme Perhaps we should explain for our non-Canadian friends that KFC is actually Kelowna Flightcraft, an operator here in Canada? drat, I just took all the fun out of it didn't I? Here is their DC-10F in YYC, taken by one of the YYC Flickr posters:  C-GKFD Sept 07 2011 by alevik123, on Flickr  C-GKFD Sept 07 2011 by alevik123, on Flickr
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| # ¿ Oct 26, 2011 13:18 |
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Advent Horizon posted:slidebite is Canadian Oh yeah, I knew that (the Ralph Klein avatar was a dead giveaway). I just thought I'd explain it for others.
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| # ¿ Oct 26, 2011 21:05 |
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Epic Fail Guy posted:I also think T-tails are rubbish. Now you're just crazy. T-tails are things of beauty.
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| # ¿ Dec 1, 2011 14:48 |
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Calgary area aviation goons: the Antonov 225 will be arriving on Sunday, March 11th at 1215, and departing at 1815 that evening. I've never seen this plane before, will be there with my camera waiting!
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| # ¿ Mar 9, 2012 21:06 |
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Update on the 225 visit to YYC, a daylight arrival was too good to be true. New ETA is Monday night at 2030. Sucks for photos but I'll still be out to see this beast! According to the airport authority it is here to pickup cargo.
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| # ¿ Mar 10, 2012 14:25 |
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Calgary area aviation goons, after a few delays the Antonov 225 is finally scheduled to arrive here this morning at 0901. Track the flight here: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ADB148F
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| # ¿ Mar 13, 2012 13:32 |
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PREYING MANTITS posted:Hopefully you were able to get some good photos! I haven't seen a 225 but BNA occasionally gets a 124 and that alone is a sight. I got arrival and departure shots, what a sight! Hope to have some ready tonight, will post them here.
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| # ¿ Mar 13, 2012 22:01 |
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Antonov 225 shots for you all: Antonov 225 "Mriya" (UR-82060) by BigtimeAa, on Flickr  Antonov 225 "Mriya" (UR-82060) by BigtimeAa, on Flickr  Antonov 225 "Mriya" (UR-82060) by BigtimeAa, on Flickr  Antonov 225 "Mriya" (UR-82060) by BigtimeAa, on Flickr  Antonov 225 "Mriya" (UR-82060) by BigtimeAa, on Flickr  Antonov 225 "Mriya" (UR-82060) by BigtimeAa, on Flickr  Antonov 225 "Mriya" (UR-82060) by BigtimeAa, on Flickr  Antonov 225 "Mriya" (UR-82060) by BigtimeAa, on Flickr
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| # ¿ Mar 13, 2012 23:51 |
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Godholio posted:Yeah but pilots are visually clearing. TCAS relies on TCAS. Most of the country doesn't have control in that airspace. I'm not saying it's a horrible idea, but it's something to look at. Don't the majority of light aircraft now have mode-c or s transponders (definitely the case here in Canada)? The TCAS system in another aircraft would pick up those targets, and could avoid automatically.
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| # ¿ Apr 25, 2012 21:33 |
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Cockpit video of an ATR-72 landing very steep due to a pitch trim malfunction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNXaQpf26UA
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| # ¿ Jun 12, 2012 20:05 |
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Seeing some comments on an aviation forum that it may not have been a pitch trim malfunction, but a flight crew just having some fun with an empty plane.
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| # ¿ Jun 12, 2012 21:43 |
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Looks like a T-6 Texan/Harvard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan
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| # ¿ Jul 25, 2012 13:05 |
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grover posted:Skilled glider pilots can stay aloft damned near indefinitely, solely by soaring through thermals. This plane, unfortunately, hit a sink. That may be true, but really all the sink did was cause the crash into the trees a little sooner than planned. That aircraft was not going any higher, barely out of ground effect and arguably on the backside of the power curve just to stay where it was. At least the pilot didn't try to pull a 180, probably would have resulted in a nice quick stall/spin nose first into the ground.
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| # ¿ Aug 10, 2012 13:25 |
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Anyone know if this model of Stinson would have had a stall warning system? Couldn't hear any horn in the video, and like I said he was definitely on the backside of the powercurve, probably right into slow flight range a couple of times before the sink started occurring.
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| # ¿ Aug 10, 2012 20:56 |
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So this came to Calgary for the weekend: B-17G Sentimental Journey by BigtimeYYC, on Flickr  B-17G Sentimental Journey by BigtimeYYC, on Flickr So awesome, first time I've seen a B-17 in flight.
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| # ¿ Aug 27, 2012 13:15 |
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Calgary? drat, she gets around. She's stationed somewhat near my house and have had her fly over a few times. Yeah she does. I last saw her up here in 2005, making a fuel stop on the way to a show somewhere. She came in for the weekend from Cranbrook, BC and left this morning for the Edmonton area.
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| # ¿ Aug 27, 2012 21:40 |
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:The F-35 has literally caused Canada to lose its collective mind. Pretty much what I was thinking this morning when I read this. The Arrow has gone beyond mythical proportions here in Canada if people honestly think this idea could work.
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| # ¿ Sep 10, 2012 20:50 |
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Polymerized Cum posted:Weak sauce. http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/10/h...his-sea-of-mud/ Almost as dirty as an Air France jet.
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| # ¿ Oct 26, 2012 02:57 |
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Powercube, fascinating stuff about the DPRK and your flights there. I thought you and others here would be interested in this trip report over at airliners.net also covering all the aircraft you are talking about : http://www.airliners.net/aviation-f...ad.main/228623/ In fact, any chance this guy was with you?
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| # ¿ Oct 30, 2012 18:26 |
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So is anyone else on this thread watching Ice Pilots? Not sure about the airing schedule in the US, but the new season just started a couple of weeks ago here in Canada. I watched the first and second seasons and then kind of forgot about the show, out of curiosity I started watching again. Always great to see those old workhouses doing their thing in the far north.
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| # ¿ Nov 17, 2012 14:22 |
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Captain Apollo posted:Experienced pilot calculating his TAS on his iphone. Where's your E6B? 
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| # ¿ Nov 19, 2012 15:18 |
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Captain Apollo posted:It's an app! But you have your E6B in your flight bag as a backup should the phone fail right? Old school all the way.  That Bonanza is one sweet bird, never had a chance to fly one yet.
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| # ¿ Nov 19, 2012 15:59 |
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Colonel K posted:Do you fly everywhere just using your turn co-ordinator, altimeter, magnetic compass and stopwatch? Sure don't, but nothing wrong with carrying a backup that will never fail (except pilot error using it!). It is kind of sad that Apollo's CFI couldn't even use one, I think that is pretty unacceptable in a flight instructor. I remember having to show how to use one when I did my instructor ride here in Canada back in the early 2000's. Yeah you'll probably never have to use it, but when it comes to flying around in the sky I'd rather have every practical tool available to me should all this glorious technology fail.
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| # ¿ May 22, 2013 11:25 |
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Captain Apollo posted:Okay - You're half way through your planned XC and your GPS, Comms, alternator, fails. All of it. ALL YOU HAVE LEFT IS THE YOKE AND THE E6B. I should have elaborated, I would hope you also have a map with your planned route on it, so at the very least you can map read your way to your destination and use the E6B for any fuel/distance calculations required. Of course if a proper pre-flight plan was done you would at least know basic things like if you have enough fuel for the trip plus reserves. But what if you needed to divert? Would be handy to do some quick calculations to make sure you'd be a-ok, and calculate arrival times, and things like that. I'm not some diehard old school pilot (and there are definitely some on various aviation forums around), just saying it never hurts to keep a tool like the E6B in the flight bag (or knee plate). If it was good enough for Spock in TOS it is good enough for me! Full disclosure, I haven't flown in a few years so I would probably need to brush up on using one too before heading out. Now if you'd excuse me I have to write an email to Cessna lobbying for a sextant bubble in all their single engine products. Bugsmasher fucked around with this message at Nov 19, 2012 around 20:56 |
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