Delta Company BBQ
(Submitted by Bob Sheppard)
They don't fool around at Delta Air Lines Operations Control Center in Atlanta, Georgia when it comes to their Company BBQ! Below is a photo of their slightly converted Pratt & Whitney/Weber version. We would hope the fan blades would turn if they are using the rotisserie...
China Southern Airlines Bird Strike
In February 2016, China Southern Airlines initiated Boeing 787 Dreamliner service between Guangzhou, China and Vancouver, Canada. Unfortunately, one of the first flights into Vancouver had a bird strike on the no. 2 engine nose cowl on descent.
Considering the high profile surrounding the introduction of the B-787 and the growth of the China-Canada travel market, this situation got a lot of attention.
I was still working as a station expediter at the Vancouver Ops Centre when the damaged aircraft was towed into the hangar just outside of the Line Maintenance office.
Within just a few hours, personnel from Boeing and China Southern arrived on the site and I thought it was quite impressive to watch them coordinate the repair. A new nose cowl was shipped from Boeing up to Vancouver and the aircraft was back in service within twenty-four hours.
Below are a few of the images taken with my cell phone. I checked and Fin # 736 Registration B-2736 is still active in the China Southern fleet.
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| Canadian Pacific Airlines inaugural flight Vancouver - San Francisco was January 30, 1967. |
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Fairchild Air Transport, Quebec 1926.
Elliot Air Service, 1928 was persuaded to enter into a partnership with Fairchild Airplane Manufacturing to serve Rouyn mining area vacated by Northern Air Service. The merger did not survive. In 1927 the company was renamed Fairchild Aviation, Quebec. |
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Ontario Central Airlines by Ed Zaruk
For over two decades OCA serviced miners, commercial fishermen, Native communities and fly-in fishing lodges in Northwestern Ontario. The late and highly regarded Don Watson, President of the once famed Pacific Western Airlines cut his teeth with OCA as did many pilots now retired from the majors who will be forgiven an eager desire to read of these good old days in Canadian Aviation when planes were made of wood and men of steel. Priced at CDN $51.00 includes shipping in Canada. Available from aviatorsbookshelf.ca |
Star Alliance continues to open branded lounges in key markets where no member carriers have a main hub.
The global airline alliance opened its seventh branded lounge at Rome Fiumicino Airport on June 29, 2018.
(Source: ATW-News July 10, 2018)
The fridge in the forest mystery.
There's an urban legend about a deceased scuba diver being found halfway up a tree in a forest causing head-scratching by investigators, until they work out that the unfortunate chap was accidentally scooped up from the local lake - before being unceremoniously dropped - by a refilling firefighting aircraft.
It's all nonsense, of course, not least because a small fish would struggle to get through the modest scoop intake of a Bombardier CL-215.
But, an incident in the Canadian wilderness might one day serve up an equally mysterious campfire tale. Investigators have disclosed that a Bell 205 helicopter inadvertently lost a fridge being carried as a sling load from Little Grand Rapids.
It fell in an uninhabited area of woodland, says Canada's Transportation Safety Board. So if you happen to be walking through the seemingly endless expanse of Manitoba forest which surrounds Little Grand Rapids airport, and come across a den with a kitchen appliance, rest assured that Wal-Mart isn't delivering to the local timber wolves.
(Source: Flight International July 18, 2018)