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From a blog by Larry Milberry at: Here we have a photo of CF-CPJ Lockheed Lodestar c/n 16302 allocated by the USAAF and delivered to CPA during 1943 and assigned fin #43. Passed to Trans-Canada Air Lines on August 18, 1944 and registered CF-TDG fin #54 modified by TCA to type 18-08A-2200. Sold to Massey Harris Co. on July 14, 1948 after 11,211 flight hours of service. Source: Air Canada - 'A Pocket Guide'. |
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Lockheed Lodestar ex CPA (CF-CPJ) and TCA (CF-TDG) |
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Ironically registered 'C-FTCA' (fin #638), this B767-300 came to Canadian Airlines in April 1989. Following Air Canada's merger with Canadian Airlines, C-FTCA served there from 2001, but also had leases (Ansett Australia, Qantas, etc.). Its long career included 3 or 4 incidents including twice when severe turbulence injured people aboard. Then, on March 4, 2019, while landing at Halifax from Toronto with 219 aboard, C-FTCA ended in a snow bank facing the wrong way - that must have caused a bit of grief on board! One report explains: "About 2,570 meters down the runway the aircraft skidded, turned around by 180 degrees and came to a stop in a snow bank. Ground services reported the runway was 100% ice, the chemical truck had just broken down while trying to spray the runway." See www.aviation-accidents.net for more details of this incident. Although it' is now over 30 years old, C-FTCA was recently in Tel Aviv for conversion to freighter configuration for Air Canada's expanding cargo fleet. |
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From the "InfoCanadi>n" magazine. |
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Issue dated June 1988 |
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Teams tackling B-767 snags, they're tracking better now! A two-man 'SWAT squad' has been working overtime to tame the B-767's, which made a somewhat rebellious debut with the airline. With the aircraft now in service, the responsibility for chasing down snags to bring on-time performance up to standards belongs to the Line Maintenance Department, which has assigned senior maintenance specialist Dave Miles and senior avionics specialist Doug Smith to the task. While Smith and Miles are handling the line problems, a team headed up by John Brom from Central Engineering is tackling the teething and design problems, as well as highlighting areas where additional training may be required. The colourful expression 'SWAT' (it means Special Weapons and Tactics) is "for want of a better word", says Darrel Smith, group vice president operations, but 'SWAT' seems appropriate for the task at hand. "It means that we have dedicated these people from our Maintenance and Engineering Department to look into any problem with the B-767 right away, day or night, to the exclusion of their other activities," Smith said. |
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Singapore to New York: 18 hours 40 minutes It also operates the second-longest journey - Flight SQ22, also on A350-900's, to Newark in the US state of New Jersey is scheduled at 18 hours and 25 minutes. Source: www.wionews.com |
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Our cartoon by Dave Mathias appeared in the 'Between Ourselves' magazine issued August 1964. |
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Iris Recognition Immigration System (IRIS), Iris eye scanners. During a visit to the UK in 2005, a friend of mine who worked with British Midland Airways suggested I apply for the IRIS system. I was duly enrolled but never used the system before it was withdrawn. In 2003, Iris-recognition machines, which can identify people by reading the distinctive pattern surrounding the pupil of the eye, were to be installed at 10 British airports within a year. In 2005, the multi-million pound Iris Recognition Immigration System (IRIS), intended to speed up passport control, was introduced at Heathrow and rolled out at Birmingham, Gatwick and Manchester in 2006. During 2012 the scanners at Birmingham and Manchester were removed. They continued in use at Heathrow and Gatwick until after the 2012 Olympics. Source: bbc.com/news For more info see: |
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Continuation of the Air Canada nee Trans-Canada Air Lines History. Started in NetLetter #1483. Source: Air Canada 75 years of innovation
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