Tango Niner

Those numbers are a little low Kip. Pre-Covid we had about 2200 (including WJA, WEN and WSW); right now we have about 1500 active; and if the current MOA expires we’ll be down to about 1100-1200. T9

3.25 Mil... bargain price! That's down from the 4.5 Mil they wanted for this bird last year. Apparently they haven't had too many nibbles.

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Pretty sure I saw one in YYC a couple of days ago. It looked really sharp!

Wait... isn’t that the exact description of a travel agent? ?

Indeed Jack! I can’t think of a worse moment of crisis in Boeing’s history than right now. What a time to take over the reins. T9

Re: 737 type ratings in Canada... They’re separate endorsements on your license Don. Like all ancient WestJetters, I have two of them: B73A and B73C. But, according to Transport, I am utterly unqualified to fly a 737-300, -400 or -500. Different type. T9

Not sure about the USA - but in Canada there's three separate 737 type ratings: B73A (-100, -200) B73B (-300, -400, -500) B73C (-600, -700, -800, -900, MAX 8, MAX 9)

I'd add the CT-114 Tutor to that list.

Thank you for pointing this out. I also really enjoyed the documentary but the Hurricane was given short shrift.

A quick online trip to Aircraft Spruce will get those puppies fixed up... or is it not that easy?... ? https://www.aircraftspruce.ca/catalog/avpages/garmin_gtx345.php

But why buy both? I still don't get it... ?

Getting back to the original topic... ? The AT-6 and the A-29 are remarkably similar. I find it interesting that the USAF is buying some of each kind. A lot of overlap, no? Can you tell the difference?

I listened to the transcript myself and it sounds more like "Lost number four engine". He made a couple of calls after that on downwind, too. Here's the audio:

My FO snapped this in Gatwick this morning. There are a dozen or more Thomas Cook tails parked like this. I’m presuming that the tractors are strategically parked so as to prevent creditors from seizing the aircraft?... T9