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Extract from the "Flight" magazine issue August 26, 1955. Canadian Pacific Airlines recently became the first Commonwealth airline to use the new Arctic route and the first company to provide direct service between Europe and Canada's west coast. Inaugurated in June, initially on a weekly frequency, the service operates between Vancouver and Amsterdam Schiphol via Greenland (westbound) and Manitoba (eastbound). Since it represented an expansion of C.P.A.'s existing route from Vancouver to Sydney, the introduction of this service enabled C.P A. to claim yet another "first": some of the passengers on the inaugural flight were "the first to have flown in one journey over the International Date Line, the Equator and the Arctic Circle." Among those aboard was C.P.A.'s president, Mr. Grant McConachie, who showed interest in both Comet 4 and Britannia as potential replacements for the DC-6Bs, which serve Latin America, Hong Kong and Tokyo as well as the points named above. The company also operates medium and short stages in Canada using Convairs, DC-3s and a number of smaller aircraft, D.H. Otters being among the latest additions. |
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Airlines swap executives As part of an executive exchange program, CP Air and Eastern Provincial Airways have swapped executives. Captain Bob Weatherly, who joined CP Air in 1965 and has been Director, Safety and Training since September, 1984, will become Vice President, Flight Operations for EPA, replacing Rod Mackay. Mackay, who joined EPA in 1966, will become CP Air's Director, Flight Technical Services. (Source: AC Horizons" magazine issue February 1985) |
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DC-10 Air TankerThe McDonnell Douglas DC-10 series has certainly had a long and sometimes unfortunate history. I came across some articles and videos of four of these classic aircraft that are still in service fighting forest fires for 10 Tanker Air Carrier based in California. All are converted DC-10-30 series and began their careers as passenger aircraft. They have an average age of 35 years. See the table below. |
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For additional information please visit the links below: Planespotters.net - aircraft details |
Steve Charlton sends us this cartoon with the caption “This is your pilot speaking. I’m working from home today”. |
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A flight attendant was on the red-eye to Manila when a water leak developed in the galley, which eventually soaked the carpet throughout the aft cabin of the 747. A very sleepy woman who had become aware of the dampness tugged at my skirt as the attendant passed by. 'Has it been raining?' she asked the flight attendant. Keeping a straight face, she replied, 'Yes, but we put the top up'. With a sigh of relief, the woman went back to sleep. Source: Parts & Pieces magazine issue July /August /September 1999 |
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Memorable BNB units. It doesn’t get more memorable than snoozing in a converted sheep wagon in the heart of rural Wyoming. (Source:MSN News.com) |
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Aspiring Canadian start-up Jetlines, advancing its new strategy of building a route network that seeks to avoid WestJet ULCC subsidiary Swoop, plans to include Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) in its network, the airline and airport announced February 13. (Source: ATW Daily News - February 3, 2019) |
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Abandoned airport. Doomed from the get-go, the UK authorities failed to take into account the dangerous wind conditions that plague Saint Helena. The shear is so severe, large planes can't take off or land safely and the airport, which was due to open last year, is effectively unusable. (Source: MSN News February 16, 2019) |
