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. Read the rest of this entry »
At times it occurs to me, why didn’t I write a good post devoted to a first plane I flew commercially.. It was the Tupolev-134, and given all the circumstances surrounding my career transitioning into its right seat, I should summarize it: it was a fairly complicated ‘flying platform for the purposes of continued on-the-job training’ 
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This story goes back to one particular occasion of ‘improvised spotting’, - a kind of thing that could happen to me once in a while whenever I’m on my way to work
“Gee!”, I thought of pictures acquired during that ’shooting session’, “that will make a strong basis for continuing the ‘Bombardier in Russia’ series on my blog!”. Read the rest of this entry »
As I wrote in a previous post: my friend Alexei is doing good as he deploys ‘a somewhat’ that in terms of North American General Aviation could be called a ‘Fixed Base Operator‘. I intentionally predicated the statement with ‘a somewhat‘, because you have to adjust the meaning of ‘commonly known things and notions’, when you try to find their equivalent in ‘Russia’s realities’. Read the rest of this entry »
Just got an e-mail from another ‘correspondents’ in Russia. Dima, a guy I’ve been intermittently corresponding with for the last two years, wrote on some achievements he accomplished lately going on the road of ‘career flying’ - a walk of life he began not too long prior to the time we met on the Internet. Right now he’s undergoing a transition course for the Tupolev-154 type rating, and says chances are he might just ’seamlessly’ transfer to another training class - of English, and International flying regulations. Read the rest of this entry »
Planning for the future.. It may set up a day for some pretty good start. For that, I’m flying another Christmas pairing. That’s OK, don’t rush to express your fellow feelings, please I don’t mind working on Christmas at all. Could be simply explained. Fact is, I grew in another culture. Read the rest of this entry »
All the local residents in Victoria who we were talking to, and who ventured to commenting the weather in a small talk on this December day, put a remark about a ‘rare chance to see the blizzard of winnipegian proportion’, - which was anticipated, but yet, - as usual in these cases - caught the city dwellers with a ‘bit of surprise’ on the preceding evening, grew fast into a serious storm, and ravaged on through the night, until the noon of 14th. Read the rest of this entry »
As it seems, a topic ‘Boeing-727 vs Tu-154′ perfectly fits into the ‘clash thesis‘ actively pursued on this blog, - as a case to explore, of course, - not a pretex for another round of ‘Cold War’ So, I thought it would be worthwhile to continue reviewing some traits of two similar aircraft: Boeing-727, and Tupolev-154. Read the rest of this entry »
“All of a sudden“, “Out of the blue, or nowhere“, “The calm before the storm“.. You know, I adore to learn new idiomatic English expressions. And in this post I’m going to solicit for some more. There’s a particular reason for such a request. Read the rest of this entry »
It is a common knowledge in aviation community all around the world that Canada is a good place for flight training. Maybe, among the best. Training here is recognized for its high quality and availability. Also, there’s a thing that strongly appeals to international students: hourly rates for flight instruction - they are fairly decent compared to those in many other countries, especially, in Europe. Read the rest of this entry »
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