Take a look at some of the things I find interesting. You just might be amazed!
The CBC is reporting that the supreme court is investigating whether Air Canda flight attendants should get paid as much as pilots. The paragraph that stood out for me was: “The section [of the human rights act] says it is discriminatory for an employer to pay different wages to male and female employees in the…
This video was on a cd that I got with one of my textbooks. It was produced by Transport Canada. It talks about carb icing. The reason why I’m posting it is because it actually shows you what carb icing is. They put a camera in one of the engine cylinders. You can order the…
I came across this image of how the ramp guys at Jetsgo used to tag other employees baggage. This particular group of people were on their way down to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Click for larger photo Someone in the group commented: “U.S. customs took a photo of the 10 of us with our bags. they…
Too bad Cessnas dont have ejection seats. This is a really cool video of a fighter jet hitting a bird in flight. They try to restart the engines to no avail and end up ejecting.
I found the “Top 10 of Everything Canadian 2005” book sitting on my parents coffee table tonight. So I decided to crack it open… some interesting aviation top ten lists: Countries with the most airports: 1. USA (14,801) 2. Brazil (3,590) 3. Russia (2,743) 4. Mexico (1,823) 5. Canada (1,389) 6. Argentina (1,342) 7. Bolivia…
Here is a good video of a pilot landing in a cross-wind situation. The manoeuvre is called a “crab” and it is standard operating procedure. It looks a little extreme, but it seems to do the trick.
I never thought that paint could be so heavy! In an effort to save cash, Air Canada is stripping some of their aircraft of most of its paint. Leaving the “au naturel” polished aluminum to bare the brunt of the elements. According to Air Canada, the paint weighs 360 pounds and takes about 12 days…
FAA Flight information is available to the public (I’m still trying to figure out how I can get that data). Aaron Koblin put together some pretty spiffy videos of this data. Each dot represents an airplane flying to or from the US. Be sure to check out the “overview documentation” (a video) on his website…