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Boeing-727 vs Tu-154. Engines. Noise. Production.

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:42:09 +0000

Cargo planes are quite common view on the ramp of Hamilton airport. Since quite long the place is known for being a hub for cargo operation by many companies. Two leading Canadian cargo specialists CargoJet and Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charters have long domiciled airport for their needs. Both fly 727 freighters. (more…)

Recreational Flying out of Indus.

admin — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:07:52 +0000

Here is some notes on our recent outing to Indus, a privately owned airfield located South-East of Calgary, approximately 12 km from an intersection of Highway 22X (‘Marquis of Lorne Trail’) and Deerfoot. A few days ago when I met Butch in Springbank, among other things he was talking about a ‘new season of recreational flying at Indus’, that apparently began picking up, as the average temperature were on the rise, reflecting a full-blown advance of the spring. (more…)

Ride the Cougar

Sun, 17 May 2009 01:50:10 +0000

Here’s a quick post to sustain the blog’s rolling. Got lucky to get a ‘fun ride’ on the Cougar lately. Here’s Butch sitting on the tractor, and another guys is hooking up a tow-bar to it. The plane is going to be bushed back inside a hangar. (more…)

Hawaii Impressions-II

Sun, 10 May 2009 09:59:46 +0000

Uh, seems like these underwater images taken by a very simple, $10-dollar camera turned out not too bad. Or, you would rather call them ’so-so’, but they are not as bad as you might expect from such a ‘low budget solution’. At least, I’ve been able to identify some of the fish captured on it in two days of Hanauma Bay snorkeling. (more…)

Hawai’i Impressions

Mon, 04 May 2009 13:01:14 +0000

Well, everything is eventually coming up to its end. So was our unforgettable ‘Hawaii tour’, - we already got back home, and now it is stored in my not so reliable memory. Luckily, there’s a more solid back-up to it available, - on an external hard drive (which in its turn was immediately copied for further back-up ), in a digital form, easily retrievable, in vivid colors, representing pretty much of everything that was seen during this terrific trip. (more…)

Underwater Photographing

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:54:04 +0000

It was taken with a very simple, conventional camera. Of course, water-proof, designed for underwater photographing. Last year, in Costa Rica. Tomorrow we fly to Hawaii, - for another round of experimenting with same kind of camera. It makes up to a total of four cameras, that we are going to take with us

Let’s make a short break in posting all that ‘bush stuff from Siberia’! Aloha!

Bush Landscapes. Polar Ural

admin — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:48:56 +0000

Excellent vintage photo from Valentin’s collection showing a Mil-4 helicopter sitting on a rocky plateau (looks to me, an engine is still running), and you can also see the mountain ‘Narodnaya’, a highest peak in the Ural Mountains. It is 1895 m (6217 ft) tall. (more…)

Engine Change in the Bush

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:09:33 +0000

You have to be genuinely resourceful if you ‘do stuff’ in the remoteness of bush. And if you’ve got a ‘bad day’, and got into a kind of emergency and, as a result, ended up with a sure chance to become stranded in the wilderness for a while, I’ll bet you do everything, employ all your ingenuity to get yourself out of the dire situation. (more…)

An-2 Aero-Safary in Africa

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:31:45 +0000

Have just begun another interesting communication with a pilot, who used to fly MiGs, and now - the Antonov-2s in African desert, hauling loads of tourists on so-called ‘aero-safaris’. (more…)

Bush Landscapes

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:08:31 +0000

As I keep drafting these notes for a future work tentatively called here ‘Bush Operation on both sides of Arctic’, somehow it occurred to me that a ‘drafter would probably miss a point’ unless he gives a quick outlook of existing ‘bush environment types’. Apparently, the kinds of landscape over which the operation takes place will define some essential traits characteristic to a particular case. (more…)