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India Four Two 3rd Dec 2019 00:32

RCAF VIP CC-150 damaged in October hangar accident
 
An RCAF CC-150 (A310-300) was seriously damaged during a towing accident at Trenton in October.

Reportedly jumped the chocks while waiting for a tug.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....9d31a7863.jpeg

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....15cd338e6.jpeg

https://globalnews.ca/news/6245155/c...plane-grounded


Asturias56 3rd Dec 2019 07:40

Oh dear! Where will they get the spares these days?? An A310 - I thought I was in "What Aeroplane" in the History & Nostalgia Thread :cool:

MarkD 3rd Dec 2019 13:29


Originally Posted by Asturias56 (Post 10631461)
Oh dear! Where will they get the spares these days?? An A310 - I thought I was in "What Aeroplane" in the History & Nostalgia Thread :cool:

RCAF paying the holiday bonuses at Air Transat this year? https://www.airtransat.com/en-CA/tra...irbus-a310-300

woptb 3rd Dec 2019 22:34

Waiting for a tug? Was it going to be beamed in?

West Coast 3rd Dec 2019 22:36


Originally Posted by woptb (Post 10632030)
Waiting for a tug? Was it going to be beamed in?

That’ll buff out.

It had to be said.

Asturias56 4th Dec 2019 08:16

Perhaps a Cunning Plan to get something a bit newer?

langleybaston 4th Dec 2019 18:35

The shiny bits do look rather nice ..................

Lyneham Lad 4th Dec 2019 19:58


Originally Posted by India Four Two (Post 10631332)
An RCAF CC-150 (A310-300) was seriously damaged during a towing accident at Trenton in October.

Reportedly jumped the chocks while waiting for a tug.

Did someone lose patience and decide to move her under her own steam? The mind boggles...
Or someone else has jumped to a conclusion! ;)

NutLoose 4th Dec 2019 23:11

Seen many an aircraft jump chocks, the worry on that will be the front pressure bulkhead.

Tankertrashnav 5th Dec 2019 00:13


Originally Posted by Asturias56 (Post 10631461)
Oh dear! Where will they get the spares these days?? An A310 - I thought I was in "What Aeroplane" in the History & Nostalgia Thread :cool:

Well I thought it was something even older. I thought a CC150 must mean a VIP version of one of these:

https://www.google.com/search?q=c150...OCXkoaPeU1NsM:


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