conehead Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 681, on her way to the boneyard. Ex CP bird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Worked on that girl a lot! What are the cycles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 23,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 https://worldairlinenews.com/2017/10/21/air-canada-today-says-goodbye-to-c-fcab/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Probably would have been a better buy for WestJet than the ones they got from QF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Getting a 767 from Air Canada would be like getting a gun from Charlton Heston. WJ would have to pry it out of their cold dead hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues deville Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Good thing that 767 is done otherwise someone might have to wash those hydraulic fluid stains off of the tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILB Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 I once stopped in at MZJ to take some pictures. Saw a bunch of tails on the horizon. Anyway, the reception at the gate was...unfriendly. I was unaware of the variety of tenants and their sensitivity to photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 80 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 The US hosts training for counter-terrorism forces from around the world out there where they get trained on retaking different types of aircraft. They don't like an audience, there is also helicopter training for pilots heading to Afghanistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanishing point Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 When I read the thread title, I thought this was about a Jazz Dash 8.....then I read the part about 23,000 cycles..... Anyone know how many ex-CP airplanes are still active with AC? Registrations are an easy way to spot them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 80 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 All the CP A320s except for 406 (C-FLSF) which left the fleet in 2006 are still active and I believe all the remaining ten mainline 763s are ex-CP as well as six Rouge 763s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAS Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 A friend of mine did a private tour of the facility years ago. He worked for Mark Green a race car driver. Marks dad owned Evergreen Aviation who owned the boneyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 13 hours ago, blues deville said: Good thing that 767 is done otherwise someone might have to wash those hydraulic fluid stains off of the tail. Well, there was a few leaks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues deville Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 21 hours ago, ILB said: I once stopped in at MZJ to take some pictures. Saw a bunch of tails on the horizon. Anyway, the reception at the gate was...unfriendly. I was unaware of the variety of tenants and their sensitivity to photography. Visited the place with and without an invitation. Much easier when your company has a plane they are working on under “God’s Hangar” as they call it. The owner gave us a tour of the field and offered me a parked Beech Starship to take home. Would have been a good addition to an aircraft maintenance school but it wouldn’t fit in the cargo hold of our freshly ‘D’ checked 757. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Did some math; Inservice for 29.5 years X 365 days X 24 hours = 258,420 hours. 129,900 hours = 14.8 years That aircraft has spent almost exactly half of it's entire service life in the air - not bad when you factor in down time for maintenance, paint jobs, engine changes etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues deville Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Hats off to the people who built it and to those who’ve kept it running safely for all those years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st27 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Is there an absolute limit to the airframe or is it on condition where overhaul costs out weigh the market value??? I remember ND had a 737-200 that Boeing was interested in and it "only" had +\ 72000 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 22 minutes ago, st27 said: Is there an absolute limit to the airframe or is it on condition where overhaul costs out weigh the market value??? I remember ND had a 737-200 that Boeing was interested in and it "only" had +\ 72000 hours. Here is "one" answer... aircraft lifespan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 The Jazz Dash 8-300's are currently undergoing a Service Life Extension program that will extend from 80,000 cycles to 120,000 cycles Adding several years of life to the airframe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 5 hours ago, boestar said: The Jazz Dash 8-300's are currently undergoing a Service Life Extension program that will extend from 80,000 cycles to 120,000 cycles Adding several years of life to the airframe What is the average hours and cycles on the Dash8 -300. I remember when they were new! 5 hours ago, boestar said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 several are approaching the 80,000 limit I don't know what the average would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanishing point Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 One DH8-300 has had the SLEP that I know of. I believe at least one other is in the shop with more to follow. When I transferred off the Classic in January onto the Q400, I recall the majority of the -300's were into the high 60K/low 70K cycles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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