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Post by Koastal Karl on Aug 22, 2012 21:11:15 GMT -8
The CRJ has small windows. Of course it is a small plane. I could hardly see out of the window sitting at the window seat it was so low as I am taller. I have to take an isle seat on those planes which makes it easier to see of the window from the isle seat.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Aug 25, 2012 13:09:34 GMT -8
The CRJ has small windows. Of course it is a small plane. I could hardly see out of the window sitting at the window seat it was so low as I am taller. I have to take an isle seat on those planes which makes it easier to see of the window from the isle seat. The low windows were corrected on the larger stretched versions of the aircraft were the window beltline is higher. (700,705,900 and now 1000neo) AC Jazz has quite a few of the 705 that is the 900 length with fewer seats to keep withing the maximum seating that Jazz has been able to fly for Air Canada. The other thing I didn't like is the curve of the fuselage down by your feet, taking about 6 inches of footspace away in the window seat. I always seemed to get a big businessman beside me leaving my feet in a narrow tunnel. The most frequent flight I took was Toronto to Washington National/DCA. About a 70 to 90 minute flight depending on airtraffic conditions. The worst was to Moncton from Toronto with an airtime of over 2 hours. Later and large aircraft have a better seat, as does the most recent CRJ200's Jazz got.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Aug 25, 2012 13:44:46 GMT -8
Somewhere over Iceland from the dirty windows of our Boeing 777 on August 1st. On another note, are the windows bigger on Boeing aircraft compated to Airbus? Just curious. It depends on what kind of Boeing Aircraft. The 777 has larger windows than older Boeing aircraft and most Airbus aircraft. However, I've noticed Airbus's planes have larger rounder windows than most of the older Boeings such as 737, 757, 767. Airbus windows are rounder and Boeing's are more rectanglish ovals . The new 748i has good sized windows and even bigger are the 787's. I believe as part of their sales bumpf, Boeing has overlays of the various aircraft window sizes. You might find it if you google it. Airbus uses a different surround treatment to their windows that actually make them look bigger than they are. Boeing has done likewise on the most recent versions of their aircraft to make them appear more spacious. The have added 787 features such as lighting and sidewall treatments and on the 737 call it their Sky Interior. Jordan is right that before the 787 the 777 had the largest windows of recent airliners.
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Post by FNS on Aug 25, 2012 15:12:37 GMT -8
The CRJ has small windows. Of course it is a small plane. I could hardly see out of the window sitting at the window seat it was so low as I am taller. I have to take an isle seat on those planes which makes it easier to see of the window from the isle seat. The low windows were corrected on the larger stretched versions of the aircraft were the window beltline is higher. (700,705,900 and now 1000neo) AC Jazz has quite a few of the 705 that is the 900 length with fewer seats to keep withing the maximum seating that Jazz has been able to fly for Air Canada. The other thing I didn't like is the curve of the fuselage down by your feet, taking about 6 inches of footspace away in the window seat. I always seemed to get a big businessman beside me leaving my feet in a narrow tunnel. The most frequent flight I took was Toronto to Washington National/DCA. About a 70 to 90 minute flight depending on airtraffic conditions. The worst was to Moncton from Toronto with an airtime of over 2 hours. Later and large aircraft have a better seat, as does the most recent CRJ200's Jazz got. Speaking of the CRJ-700, I'll be taking my first flight in one in November. KSBA to KSEA. It'll be an interesting flight. I have flown aboard most types of the Boeing jets as well as Douglas and various propeller planes. This comes after a tribute to Davy Jones Monkees concert in the Arlington Theatre. They flew in a Douglas DC-6 plane on their 1967 tour (a former American Airlines plane with the Monkees guitar logo affixed by the entrance door). KSBA has a new terminal building. So, I'll have that fresh new building smell in my lungs during my flight up the coast. Looking forward to this flight.
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Post by Kahloke on Sept 2, 2012 17:35:00 GMT -8
Speaking of the CRJ-700, I'll be taking my first flight in one in November. KSBA to KSEA. It'll be an interesting flight. I have flown aboard most types of the Boeing jets as well as Douglas and various propeller planes. This comes after a tribute to Davy Jones Monkees concert in the Arlington Theatre. They flew in a Douglas DC-6 plane on their 1967 tour (a former American Airlines plane with the Monkees guitar logo affixed by the entrance door). KSBA has a new terminal building. So, I'll have that fresh new building smell in my lungs during my flight up the coast. Looking forward to this flight. I've done that flight before, right after Horizon introduced the route to the system, several years ago. It's a nice flight, and it gets me so much closer to Ojai than flying into LA or Burbank does. But, typically it also costs a lot more. It didn't the one time I went because it wasa new route and Alaska was offering low introductory fares to promote the heck out of it. I would love to see the new airport at SBA. I'm sure it is much nicer than the series of outbuildings I dealt with when I flew in there several years ago.
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Post by Mike C on Mar 20, 2013 13:47:40 GMT -8
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Post by SolDuc on Apr 2, 2013 15:33:17 GMT -8
You will also start to see West Jet Bombardier Q400's in the West. They are adding new shorter haul and secondary destinations, and replacing some 737's on routes that are thin on passengers. The Q400 are amazing and can still turn a profit less than half full. Porter and Air Canada are using them in the East, and you will have seen a bazillion Horizon Air versions in Vancouver. I actually live in Seattle, and so I've seen a million bazillion Q400s flying over my house, all Horizon Air. Likewise with the B737s of Alaska Airlines. It is easy to follow the rule of "If it ain't Boeing I'm not going" here in the Emerald City. Yes, Q400s aren't Boeing, but they're so awesome that they could easily match up to the quality of a Boeing plane. And what about Airbus? (Just to say that I hate the fact that the AirFrance A320 regular on Seattle-Paris was replaced by a Delta B767. Quite the downgrade) Having a parent working in the engine industry and selling to both can lead to interesting results!
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Apr 2, 2013 16:20:36 GMT -8
Planes operating for Air Canada: Photo heavy [Lots of photos] I think Air Canada is replacing their fleet of 767- 300 with the 787's! Yes, and now they can actually do that, since Boeing has finally fixed the battery problem!!! Does Boeing know what caused the battery problem on the 787? Air Canada has released seven Canadian cities that the 787s will go to. I think Air Canada will have some of the 787s flying on the Vancouver to Toronto route because it seems to be a full flight.
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Post by compdude787 on Apr 2, 2013 18:58:14 GMT -8
Yes, and now they can actually do that, since Boeing has finally fixed the battery problem!!! Does Boeing know what caused the battery problem on the 787? They never really identified the root cause, but they determined several things that may have caused problems. First of all, there wasn't any sort of protection to keep the fire from spreading to other cells or other components, and no good way to keep the battery cool. Also, there wasn't enough control on the amount of voltage to the battery, so it was receiving too much electricity. I'm glad they finally fixed the problem, but it makes Boeing look bad that the plane was three years late, yet still had problems with its batteries. It's like, come on, Boeing, you can do better than that!
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Apr 2, 2013 19:17:25 GMT -8
I'm glad they finally fixed the problem, but it makes Boeing look bad that the plane was three years late, yet still had problems with its batteries. It's like, come on, Boeing, you can do better than that! A least Boeing hopefully learned to solve the problem with the 747-8 and the 737 MAX! I think Boeing is going to come out of the top maker of commercial air planes again with Composite material planes.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 3, 2013 6:52:37 GMT -8
International airlines: Part 1 of 2: A couple items of advice to make these types of posts better in the future: 1) A comment from you on the location. ie. which airport(s) where the photos taken from. It might be obvious to some, but it lets everyone know where the location is, and knowledge sharing is a good thing. 2) When where the photos taken. Just to give an idea if this is current, recent, or many months ago. Date info helps to put this into context, where people can see a certain airliners or livery and know that this is how things looked last week (or last month, or last year). Adding those 2 bits of info to these types of posts will make them even better to enjoy and to learn from. 3) And if you feel so inclined, let us know what type of plane you were on, and what the airline was. And what you thought of the plane itself and the airline's service. That's another great way for all of us to learn something more from the photos that are posted. Thanks for a good set of posts.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Apr 4, 2013 8:17:42 GMT -8
You will also start to see West Jet Bombardier Q400's in the West. They are adding new shorter haul and secondary destinations, and replacing some 737's on routes that are thin on passengers. The Q400 are amazing and can still turn a profit less than half full. Porter and Air Canada are using them in the East, and you will have seen a bazillion Horizon Air versions in Vancouver. I actually live in Seattle, and so I've seen a million bazillion Q400s flying over my house, all Horizon Air. Likewise with the B737s of Alaska Airlines. It is easy to follow the rule of "If it ain't Boeing I'm not going" here in the Emerald City. Yes, Q400s aren't Boeing, but they're so awesome that they could easily match up to the quality of a Boeing plane. Yeah but not a West Jet anything but 737 . The Q is a further departure from the Southwest model of Low Cost Carrier. Despite the temporary addition of the 717 to Southwest Airlines because they came with the acquisition of another airline.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Apr 5, 2013 11:16:58 GMT -8
International airlines: Part 1 of 2: A couple items of advice to make these types of posts better in the future: 1) A comment from you on the location. ie. which airport(s) where the photos taken from. It might be obvious to some, but it lets everyone know where the location is, and knowledge sharing is a good thing. 2) When where the photos taken. Just to give an idea if this is current, recent, or many months ago. Date info helps to put this into context, where people can see a certain airliners or livery and know that this is how things looked last week (or last month, or last year). Adding those 2 bits of info to these types of posts will make them even better to enjoy and to learn from. 3) And if you feel so inclined, let us know what type of plane you were on, and what the airline was. And what you thought of the plane itself and the airline's service. That's another great way for all of us to learn something more from the photos that are posted. Thanks for a good set of posts. Allow me to guess. 1. The airport is YYZ or Toronto or Lester B. Pearson International or if you listen to our diminutive but feisty nonagenarian Mayor it should be referred to as Mississauga/Toronto. The shots of Air Canada planes, Lufthansa and Jet Airways are from inside and outside of Terminal 1. The shots of the international airlines of Air France, British Airways, KLM 744 Combi etc. where done while taxi-ing past Terminal 3, towards runway 5/23. Star Alliance aircraft are mostly located in Terminal 1 and Sky Team (Delta, Air France, KLM etc.) and One World (AA, British Airways, Qantas etc.) plus West Jet and Air Transat, in Terminal 3.2. The shots are likely in the last 6 months, since Hainan Airways haven't been flying direct into Toronto very long. 3. My guess is he was on an Air Canada member of the A320 family (A319,A320,A321) and was leaving the airport late afternoon. I can't guess about service so maybe Cheese can say if I am right in my guesses and add what he thought of the flight.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Apr 5, 2013 17:18:18 GMT -8
A couple items of advice to make these types of posts better in the future: 1) A comment from you on the location. ie. which airport(s) where the photos taken from. It might be obvious to some, but it lets everyone know where the location is, and knowledge sharing is a good thing. 2) When where the photos taken. Just to give an idea if this is current, recent, or many months ago. Date info helps to put this into context, where people can see a certain airliners or livery and know that this is how things looked last week (or last month, or last year). Adding those 2 bits of info to these types of posts will make them even better to enjoy and to learn from. 3) And if you feel so inclined, let us know what type of plane you were on, and what the airline was. And what you thought of the plane itself and the airline's service. That's another great way for all of us to learn something more from the photos that are posted. Thanks for a good set of posts. Allow me to guess. 1. The airport is YYZ or Toronto or Lester B. Pearson International or if you listen to our diminutive but feisty nonagenarian Mayor it should be referred to as Mississauga/Toronto. The shots of Air Canada planes, Lufthansa and Jet Airways are from inside and outside of Terminal 1. The shots of the international airlines of Air France, British Airways, KLM 744 Combi etc. where done while taxi-ing past Terminal 3, towards runway 5/23. Star Alliance aircraft are mostly located in Terminal 1 and Sky Team (Delta, Air France, KLM etc.) and One World (AA, British Airways, Qantas etc.) plus West Jet and Air Transat, in Terminal 3.2. The shots are likely in the last 6 months, since Hainan Airways haven't been flying direct into Toronto very long. 3. My guess is he was on an Air Canada member of the A320 family (A319,A320,A321) and was leaving the airport late afternoon. I can't guess about service so maybe Cheese can say if I am right in my guesses and add what he thought of the flight. 2. No in the past couple of weeks. 3.On my flight from YVR to YYZ it was an A 330. My flight from Toronto to Cozumel and back was on a A 319. My flight home it was an A 321. Service was not great on the plane compared to first class.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Apr 5, 2013 18:37:53 GMT -8
Allow me to guess. 1. The airport is YYZ or Toronto or Lester B. Pearson International or if you listen to our diminutive but feisty nonagenarian Mayor it should be referred to as Mississauga/Toronto. The shots of Air Canada planes, Lufthansa and Jet Airways are from inside and outside of Terminal 1. The shots of the international airlines of Air France, British Airways, KLM 744 Combi etc. where done while taxi-ing past Terminal 3, towards runway 5/23. Star Alliance aircraft are mostly located in Terminal 1 and Sky Team (Delta, Air France, KLM etc.) and One World (AA, British Airways, Qantas etc.) plus West Jet and Air Transat, in Terminal 3.2. The shots are likely in the last 6 months, since Hainan Airways haven't been flying direct into Toronto very long. 3. My guess is he was on an Air Canada member of the A320 family (A319,A320,A321) and was leaving the airport late afternoon. I can't guess about service so maybe Cheese can say if I am right in my guesses and add what he thought of the flight. 2. No in the past couple of weeks. 3.On my flight from YVR to YYZ it was an A 330. My flight from Toronto to Cozumel and back was on a A 319. My flight home it was an A 321. Service was not great on the plane compared to first class. The A330 is still one of my favourite aircraft to fly on especially in Economy. While the food in First Class or Executive First as Air Canada calls it, is pretty good and certainly better than anything in Economy or with competitors, I am not a fan of the coffin style seats in the front on the A330, B767 or B777's. They are on an angle which means you can't look out the window as easily without getting a crooked neck, and I frankly find the old fashioned first class seats in the A320's family and Embraer aircraft much more comfortable, wider and less claustrophobic. I usually don't sleep on any aircraft so the lay flat bed doesn't appeal to me anyways. Did you buy any food on board Cheese? BTW for anyone traveling, the Lounge in the Fairmont Hotel at YVR has some very good food packages to go, made especially to take on board. Beats anything that WestJet or Air Canada and especially any of the American carriers offer in their Buy on Board product.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Apr 5, 2013 18:43:38 GMT -8
2. No in the past couple of weeks. 3.On my flight from YVR to YYZ it was an A 330. My flight from Toronto to Cozumel and back was on a A 319. My flight home it was an A 321. Service was not great on the plane compared to first class. The A330 is still one of my favourite aircraft to fly on especially in Economy. While the food in First Class or Executive First as Air Canada calls it, is pretty good and certainly better than anything in Economy or with competitors, I am not a fan of the coffin style seats in the front on the A330, B767 or B777's. They are on an angle which means you can't look out the window as easily without getting a crooked neck, and I frankly find the old fashioned first class seats in the A320's family and Embraer aircraft much more comfortable, wider and less claustrophobic. I usually don't sleep on any aircraft so the lay flat bed doesn't appeal to me anyways. Did you buy any food on board Cheese? BTW for anyone traveling, the Lounge in the Fairmont Hotel at YVR has some very good food packages to go, made especially to take on board. Beats anything that WestJet or Air Canada and especially any of the American carriers offer in their Buy on Board product. No. I hate the food on Air Canada planes, I have tried when I went Costa Rica in First class.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Apr 5, 2013 18:46:17 GMT -8
2. No in the past couple of weeks. 3.On my flight from YVR to YYZ it was an A 330. My flight from Toronto to Cozumel and back was on a A 319. My flight home it was an A 321. Service was not great on the plane compared to first class. Did you buy any food on board Cheese? BTW for anyone traveling, the Lounge in the Fairmont Hotel at YVR has some very good food packages to go, made especially to take on board. Beats anything that WestJet or Air Canada and especially any of the American carriers offer in their Buy on Board product. No, the maple leaf lounge is awesome. It has good cookies.
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Post by Kahloke on Apr 5, 2013 18:50:59 GMT -8
The A330 is still one of my favourite aircraft to fly on especially in Economy. I flew on a US Airways A330-300 back in 2001 from Pittsburgh to London Gatwick, and then another A330-300 from Gatwick to Charlotte on the return leg. Was in economy, of course. The seats were ok. My only criticism was the video equipment they stored underneath both seats I ended up with robbed me of under seat leg room. That was a bit uncomfortable, especially for 9 hour flights. I guess that was the price to pay for having video screens at each seatback. I actually found the British Airways 747-400 economy seats to be much more comfortable, and a little bigger, than the US Airways product. And, the 747 has their video equipment elsewhere, so it doesn't rob you of leg room. I've done the Seattle to London flights on British Airways a couple of times over the years, and liked it a lot. This summer my wife and I will be trying Virgin America again when we head back to Washington DC. I really liked them for our jaunt down to Los Angeles last summer. Like JetBlue, they have video on each seatback which has TV as well as movies and games. They use a mix of Airbus A319s and A320s for their aircraft. When I flew with them last year, I thought the seats were comfortable, and the leg room was good (economy, of course). So, I am looking forward to flying with them again this year. And, since we change planes in San Francisco both ways, I will finally get to see the new Terminal 2 at SFO.
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Post by SolDuc on Jun 24, 2013 19:58:37 GMT -8
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Post by FNS on Jun 29, 2013 16:41:48 GMT -8
This video link may or may not have been linked to this thread, here's a great video of a landing of a Lufthansa A330 at KSEA as viewed from the flight deck.
Lots of clouds, though, but views of Seattle are achieved under them as well as KSEA.
The pilots speak mostly German, so Mr. Brinkmann of FSG will enjoy this arrival to my homeland here in Seattle.
ATC is in English, as always around here.
A330 planes have no yokes. The pilots use joy sticks at their side(s).
Click on FULL SCREEN and ENJOY!
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Post by Mike C on Jul 6, 2013 17:20:14 GMT -8
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Post by northwesterner on Jul 6, 2013 18:50:46 GMT -8
I've flown Asiana on three separate trips to Asia. I've done 4 flights in 777s (one leg SFO-ICN, the other 3 were SEA-ICN), more A330 flights than I can count (2x SEA-ICN, 4X BKK-ICN, 1x SGN-ICN, 1x HKG-ICN) and a single 767 flight (BKK-ICN). I tremendously enjoy their service and their convenient flight schedule. Flight crews are often mixed nationalities (important as Korean culture does not lend itself to proper Cockpit Resource Management).
I've flown on 4 OZ 777s; I do not have the tail numbers from those flight so I don't know if I've been on this particular plane. But their 777 fleet is small so...
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Post by FNS on Jul 7, 2013 11:57:31 GMT -8
I've flown in and out of KSFO a few times and is a very busy airport. According to sources, this Asiana plane used Runway 28L. Planes arriving fly over water until reaching the beginning of the runways 28L and 28R. Here's a list of notes of this crash landing: www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/06/san-francisco-plane-crash_n_3555575.htmlHere's a view from the flight deck of an A380 as it arrives KSFO 28R complete with approach course changes as well as speed and flap settings: This video also includes this plane taxing to the gate.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Sept 8, 2013 15:55:06 GMT -8
We are flying to Cuba on Wednesday for a week and we are flying Sunwing out of YVR as it's a Sunwing Vacation Package. Never flown with Sunwing before so should be a good flight as I hear they are really good. Our flight is what they call a Champagne Flight so we get a glass of Champagne hopefully not early as it's a 7am flight, lol but also towel service a full meal complimentary headsets and numerous entertainment options. So I am looking forward to checking all that out.
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