tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post7777852961600290090..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: West to WhitehorseAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-82970055252155459962009-07-24T17:11:47.068+00:002009-07-24T17:11:47.068+00:00As a small aside, in the picture posted by IFR Pil...As a small aside, in the picture posted by IFR Pilot, what's the track up the right side of the staircase for? Assume it's some sort of accessibility lift?jinkstohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05645519830822645928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1687367810743522162009-07-22T03:54:15.375+00:002009-07-22T03:54:15.375+00:00Wow! Love the DC-3
There was one on a stand at th...Wow! Love the DC-3<br />There was one on a stand at the airport near here (sort of like a VERY large airfix model)<br /><br />Alas, it has just been taken down due to being so rusty inside that it became a "safety hazard"Steve at the Pubhttp://the-public-house.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-5030669824145836102009-07-21T23:28:10.267+00:002009-07-21T23:28:10.267+00:00Thanks for the link. It's the first time I...Thanks for the link. It's the first time I've seen the Canadian approach plates ( there's no online source for current ones as far as I know. )<br /><br /><i>I .. realize that the yellow line I have stopped at is a dashed line with a solid line behind it: the hold short line for traffic waiting to cross 13L, </i><br /><br />Yes. The part that confuses me about the STP case I mentioned is the lines are in the other order. In other words, you get to the line-you-must-not-cross before you get to the line-you-must-cross to clear. The way out of this dilemma is you're supposed to listen carefully to tower, who will either tell you to cross the other rway, or hold short without really clearing the one you landed on.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991660841701835065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-82124527639545602422009-07-21T15:56:43.370+00:002009-07-21T15:56:43.370+00:00Is this described in the Canadian equivalent of th...<i>Is this described in the Canadian equivalent of the AF/D for YXY?</i><br /><br />There's a <a href="http://www.ilanreich.com/Public_Pics/Alaska/Whitehorse%20IAPs.htm" rel="nofollow">diagram showing the VFR arrival</a>, but I took it just to mean come down the river so you can descend to circuit altitude, and didn't realize until there was a mountain between me and the airport on downwind that I was probably supposed to virtually overfly the airport on downwind. There are airports where you fly around a mountain on downwind.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-79389718186093428162009-07-21T15:37:30.027+00:002009-07-21T15:37:30.027+00:00Interesting approach. Is this described in the Ca...Interesting approach. Is this described in the Canadian equivalent of the AF/D for YXY? <br /><br /><i>We are initially sequenced to join left downwind for 13 right ... so the local procedures are to fly a very tight downwind inside the mountain and then teardrop out or fly extra long to turn back for the runway. </i><br /><br />And I am always wary of hold-short markings between parallel runways. At STP, there is a ludicrously small space between rwy 31 & rwy 32. I doubt there is room for anything bigger than a Cessna <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=44.937175,-93.062841&spn=0.001804,0.003127&t=h&z=18" rel="nofollow">here</a>Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991660841701835065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-33126523426083120492009-07-20T23:24:06.719+00:002009-07-20T23:24:06.719+00:00We've got an airplane-on-a-stick as well!
Air...We've got an airplane-on-a-stick as well!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ontariotowns.net/sscimages/attractions/IMG_9873NORSEMANPARK_1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Airplane-on-a-stick</a>5400AirportRdSouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864920053222979747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-80714062818756565352009-07-20T19:04:37.240+00:002009-07-20T19:04:37.240+00:00What did the DC3 do to deserve that?
Will it scar...What did the DC3 do to deserve that? <br />Will it scare away others, like a dead thief swaying on the gallows?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-49547021832438787492009-07-20T13:39:01.059+00:002009-07-20T13:39:01.059+00:00If you're looking for some good, free exercise...If you're looking for some good, free exercise in Whitehorse, try climbing the staircase from town to the back side of the airport.<br /><br />Picture <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/580/1164/400/IMG_0651.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12869292346706518122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-18647118596951505972009-07-20T04:43:10.234+00:002009-07-20T04:43:10.234+00:00Slap a couple Turbos on her and she would even loo...Slap a couple Turbos on her and she would even look like a 748. An excellent example of a true workhorse of the north.Wildcatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-28569726186761078852009-07-20T03:39:43.918+00:002009-07-20T03:39:43.918+00:00It DOES rotate into the wind, though.It DOES rotate into the wind, though.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-58572827377919730682009-07-20T03:39:26.775+00:002009-07-20T03:39:26.775+00:00Whitehorse has regular windsocks too. If this one ...Whitehorse has regular windsocks too. If this one were lighted (I don't believe it is) it would be legal as a wind direction indicator in Canada, though.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-5913944635449576072009-07-20T03:03:08.509+00:002009-07-20T03:03:08.509+00:00Do you mean... INSTEAD of a windsock, there's ...Do you mean... INSTEAD of a windsock, there's a DC-3?! If so, that's SO AWESOME.Jnoreply@blogger.com