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Forum: Canada
30th Mar 2017, 15:49
Replies: 116
Views: 74,360
Posted By Elastoboy

Twotter to the South Pole

Sorry for the new thread Mods - the old one is closed.


Well the Kenn Borek team who pulled off the trip to the pole in the middle of winter have been recognized and honoured by the Smithsonian -...
Forum: Canada
5th Jul 2016, 23:03
Replies: 116
Views: 74,360
Posted By Elastoboy

Press Conference on their return

Today's press conference at KBA
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/calgary/kenn-borek-air-south-pole-crew-speaks-1.3664903
Forum: Canada
24th Jun 2016, 17:27
Replies: 116
Views: 74,360
Posted By Elastoboy

KBA Crews

KBA press release from today with the professionals identified!


NEWSROOM (http://www.borekair.com/newsroom.html)
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2015, 16:07
Replies: 116
Views: 21,815
Posted By Elastoboy

The world is your oyster

Anyone who retires from a long career where; structure, teamwork, leadership, technical savvi and discipline are prevalent - Military / First Responders / Law Enforcement etc. they are extremely...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2014, 15:44
Replies: 33
Views: 10,797
Posted By Elastoboy

Retired Forces - You can do what ever you want!! We need you!

Was at a recruiting fair here in the great white North oil patch, our group was there looking and hiring - Two recently retired CF18 ground crew chiefs from Cold Lake came through looking and handing...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Oct 2014, 19:31
Replies: 58,121
Views: 10,940,833
Posted By Elastoboy

Turret armour is ****e, but the hull stuff is...

Turret armour is ****e, but the hull stuff is thicker - let them Brimstone flutterbies kiss my arse!!
Forum: Tech Log
25th Oct 2012, 14:18
Replies: 0
Views: 752
Posted By Elastoboy

Paint/Colour GIV

Techno question on best paints and colours to withstand high U.V. and dust abrasion so it doesn't look faded after two years! All white is really not an option:) -Thank You for any suggestions.
Forum: The Caribbean and Latin America
27th Aug 2012, 18:58
Replies: 2
Views: 2,679
Posted By Elastoboy

Dash 8 into Bequia

Quick question - any of you aviators put an 8-100/300 into Bequia??
Is it possible?? Would I want to??
Currently the strip was/is in terrible shape. Sure it has seen better days!

Thanks
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Apr 2012, 20:07
Replies: 456
Views: 211,212
Posted By Elastoboy

Canada icing conditions

Not wanting to hijack the thread (mods please move it if you like)
Monday 16th flew from an Alberta location to one in Texas - Flew commercial as the company units were busy. Pushed back at 10 mins...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Aug 2010, 20:54
Replies: 2
Views: 2,279
Posted By Elastoboy

Hickstead W Sussex Airfield??

Simple question. Has there ever been an airfield on the current site of the Hickstead horsey place??
Looks like it on google maps.
Any information available?

E-boy
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
2nd Aug 2010, 15:50
Replies: 23
Views: 5,205
Posted By Elastoboy

Some very good ideas here, Thank you.

As we continue with the selection process, our list of questions gets, longer instead of shorter.
We recognized that our requirements was a stretch and we would need to make compromises!
As the...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
15th Jul 2010, 20:45
Replies: 23
Views: 5,205
Posted By Elastoboy

Good questions - hopefully here are some answers.

Our field teams will be the primary user of the aircraft - each team is five people and every one of them weighs > 230 lbs in their beach gear. Add to that the test gear, equipment and supplies and...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
15th Jul 2010, 18:47
Replies: 23
Views: 5,205
Posted By Elastoboy

Great suggestions!

Thank you for all your input so far.

Yes a CL300 is on the short list. Our concern is tech support, aircraft could be sensitive to too much technology ie. AOG. and "Noisey" cabin.
Great short...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
15th Jul 2010, 14:10
Replies: 23
Views: 5,205
Posted By Elastoboy

Help with our first Biz Jet please.

Again we are asking for your suggestions for the next step in our fleet expansion!! Really we are hoping to use you as a sanity check / second opinion. Current fleet is a C90, couple of B200 and a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Oct 2008, 17:01
Replies: 11
Views: 1,098
Posted By Elastoboy

Tube headset for IFE??

Mods please move to SLF if not in the right place.

Clearing out some of my late Dads stuff the other week and came across a BOAC soft tube headset. Tubes where blue and socket and ear-pieces...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
3rd Sep 2008, 13:15
Replies: 33
Views: 4,678
Posted By Elastoboy

Life jackets for those up front!

In 2002 flew business class on Varig from Sao Paulo to Salvador in Bahia. The usual safety demo took place, then the cabin crew closed the curtain and gave us passengers up front the safety demo for...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
7th Apr 2008, 21:59
Replies: 8
Views: 1,196
Posted By Elastoboy

200Hrs/month, too much??

My eldest daughter is building hrs and now our little consortium has a C90 and all four of our businesses are going gang busters, for the last two months she has averaged just on 200 hrs each month,...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Feb 2008, 01:24
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,136,365
Posted By Elastoboy

Pumping hydrocarbons (aka fuel)

HP pumps, be they gear (positive displacement / lobe) or centrifical, behave very strangley under many conditions that are just marginally outside of the nominal state. Any one variable can have...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Feb 2008, 18:14
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,136,365
Posted By Elastoboy

HP fuel pumps on T7

Please can someone help me with the type of HP fuel pumps referred to; centrifical or positive displaced (lobe) type.
Thanks
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Jan 2008, 18:54
Replies: 17
Views: 2,758
Posted By Elastoboy

Thank You Fin 604

The glider has gone into the sunset
I have lost count of the number of times 604 took me to LAX and across the great white north.
Those were the days prior to 9/11 when I sat jump seat on 604, all...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jan 2008, 01:57
Replies: 949
Views: 425,311
Posted By Elastoboy

Please help the lower class!!!

As Danny "suggests" there is too much BS being offered that requires the "del" key being hit!
Please let us learn from this event!
When as a pilot (crew) the situation/information/fact/data is...
Forum: Private Flying
14th Dec 2007, 18:42
Replies: 21
Views: 2,945
Posted By Elastoboy

Thank you - Here's the result.

I wish to thank all of you who added input to our "buying a twin" process.

We have being mulling over all options on a serious basis for a couple of weeks now and one thing keeps coming back to...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Dec 2007, 20:45
Replies: 21
Views: 2,945
Posted By Elastoboy

We are not that Fat!

It is true that the four of us with clubs actually comes in at 1167 lbs, myself I only push 180 after a big meal!!
We don't lug the beer down south its alot cheaper to buy it there!

By the way...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Dec 2007, 19:27
Replies: 21
Views: 2,945
Posted By Elastoboy

Help! We're buying a twin.

Our little consortium (four of us - Engineer, Financier, Builder and Salesman) have decided to expand the fleet from two to three machines. A suitable piston twin is the game plan. We are experienced...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Nov 2007, 14:13
Replies: 477
Views: 130,659
Posted By Elastoboy

Mercenary Pilot has a point

Reviewing the pictures of the original fix over in flight global - The gimbled MLG actuator in situ and the picture of the piston end (complete with yellow goop) certainly does show that the cylinder...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Nov 2007, 13:02
Replies: 477
Views: 130,659
Posted By Elastoboy

What MLG Components where "swapped out"?

Professionally interested due to being a seals/rubber guy. When SAS swapped out the MLG actuators, did they replace the whole unit or just the rod, rod end and seals kit?
Second question, where did...
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