Someone who didn't put that stick down after mom told them to...
Is that a 738 (737 NG 800 ) or 7M8 ( 738 MAX 800)?
I'd be interested on seeing the audio spectrum as Boeing's have a 400Hz pitch for the transformers being used in the CSS (Cabin Subsystem ).
I got a 2db notch in my right ear from working on Boeing labs for years... 😛
At least it’s not Minnie Jackson’s ’special‘ chocolate pie. There’s a lot worse things you can put in besides toenails.
Tony, as best as I can recall, all that the safety/info sheet said was 737-8, but looking at the fleet info on AC’s site, it looks like the 7M8 .All I can say for sure is that it’s a helluva nicer cabin than the older 737s, of which it appears AC have now retired from their fleet?, or either of the Airbus 319 or 321 that we generally see on the Bermuda leg of this trip.
While boarding for the return home from YYZ, the gate next to us was loading an Emirates A380; now that’s one BMF of a plane- makes the 737-8 look like an Embraer 175.😉
British Airways livery here, but easiest photo to find with a side by side comparison.
Now, back to our scheduled programming.
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Beechcraft?
EDIT: Yes, a Beechcraft 1900. PCA appears to only have two types of plane and this, being the high tail, is it.
EDIT: Yes, a Beechcraft 1900. PCA appears to only have two types of plane and this, being the high tail, is it.
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Indeed. Good viewing.. unique, suspenseful. Introducing Mark Lenard.. and the original model for the warbird.
Yes, I think a 1900C.
I do remember banging my head on the ceiling a few times.
Speaking of banging your head in a plane, when I was a kid my mate's Dad was a crop duster in the Western Australian wheat belt. We used to do 'marking' where you'd fly to the customer's farm and land in a paddock (field), jump out of the plane, he did the job, landed in the paddock again and we'd jump in and fly home.
Marking involved two of you walking across the paddock with a bicycle wheel/fork with a broomstick sticking out, with a bright coloured rag tied around the wheel, and counting 22 rotations of the wheel, which represented the wingspan plus some wiggle room. Pilot would line the two wheely devices up and drop the load of superphosphate; repeat until whole field done. We'd drop the wheely device and move well away each circuit.
Getting to the point, the plane was a weird thing called a Transavia Airtruk, where a cabin for two adult passengers was at the back of the fuselage and you sat backwards on tiny seats. The Dad (pilot) would fly us home sitting in this cabin, but if any of you know crop dusters, they like a bit of fun and fly pretty low. The occasional huge stand of eucalyptus trees would come up and all we'd know of it was that we were suddenly looking at the ground out the back windows as the aircraft went into a steep climb - then you'd see the crown of a massive tree pass underneath. Then you'd dive back to flying at 50 metres altitude.
Anyway, to see where we banged our heads (!) check out this pic of the view out of the rear cabin, looking backwards. Three of us kids would cram in there. That little cabin rattled and buzzed and thinking back, there were no concessions to safety at all!
And this is the actual plane...
If you're interested, this video is really good at explaining the weird design.
Marking involved two of you walking across the paddock with a bicycle wheel/fork with a broomstick sticking out, with a bright coloured rag tied around the wheel, and counting 22 rotations of the wheel, which represented the wingspan plus some wiggle room. Pilot would line the two wheely devices up and drop the load of superphosphate; repeat until whole field done. We'd drop the wheely device and move well away each circuit.
Getting to the point, the plane was a weird thing called a Transavia Airtruk, where a cabin for two adult passengers was at the back of the fuselage and you sat backwards on tiny seats. The Dad (pilot) would fly us home sitting in this cabin, but if any of you know crop dusters, they like a bit of fun and fly pretty low. The occasional huge stand of eucalyptus trees would come up and all we'd know of it was that we were suddenly looking at the ground out the back windows as the aircraft went into a steep climb - then you'd see the crown of a massive tree pass underneath. Then you'd dive back to flying at 50 metres altitude.
Anyway, to see where we banged our heads (!) check out this pic of the view out of the rear cabin, looking backwards. Three of us kids would cram in there. That little cabin rattled and buzzed and thinking back, there were no concessions to safety at all!
And this is the actual plane...
If you're interested, this video is really good at explaining the weird design.
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Looks a lot like the rear bench seat in the Beechcraft 1900, minus the axe of course.
When I was a kid my parents used to call these small planes "puddle jumpers".
Many had both pontoons and wheels so they could land on water as well.
When I was a kid my parents used to call these small planes "puddle jumpers".
Many had both pontoons and wheels so they could land on water as well.
Fun fact; an Airtruk was used in one of the Mad Max movies, for obvious reasons (weird and Australian).
Yes, it was the theatrical one Mad Max 3, Beyond Thunderdome.. or maybe that was 2 for some, I'm not sure if the first one was released outside Australia.
Bang your head on an aeroplane? try banging your head on a machine tool, a few tonnes of solid cast iron, and you know about it.
When you're crawling around undoing clamping bolts - with a peaked cap on, it's surprising how easy it is. Quite scary on a machine that doesn't have an emergency stop, because you'd be mush before you could do anything. There is a stop button, out or range of any blood splatter if something did go wrong, so someone else could shut it off.