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It seems to me that all they are doing is taking out a lease on aircraft that were already available. The only apparent difference between last year and this is the name of the customer on the lease. This part of the announcement appears as nothing but public relations although the provinces...

We the exception of being able to utilize existing infrastructure is there an operational value in acquiring a smaller vessel? I would think that having a larger hull would provide greater crew comfort and more room for stores and weapons particularly on an extended mission.

it made for an interesting challenge for the tower controller when the approach was on 14

Uplands had an immediate response alert hangar adjacent to the threshold of 32. They launched quite regularly but their normal customer was British Airways flights that had deviated from their flight-planned route coming over the pole pre GPS and INS days.

is it just me or does President Trump remind anyone else of Bagdad Bob?

fully agree and I always have. Its about the subs

Sad to say America makes a habit of underestimating. Think of the way that Japan's capabilities were thought of in 1940 and even our own approach to Germany in WW1. Wasn't the common saying in 1914: "the troops will be home by Christmas"

There was a time when the set rate was 70 mph if I recall correctly. It was certainly above 100 kmh. 60 mph was the speed limit on the secondary highways such as 10 and 6

Apologies. I simply picked the last entry I had received to add my comments and it was intended as being the royal "you" and not on yourself per se. There have been numerous comments regarding the complications in operating two fighter aircraft and I was simply saying that all those comments...

And you were screaming about 2 types of a/c. wow. 2 training centres, 2 sets of parts, fleet more or less limited to one ocean, and forget about a lot of those fringe benefits including potentially the timing of the deliveries. Is REALLY DUMB a strong enough adjective

I just drive with the traffic. Last time I was out there I averaged 120 between YYC and Airdrie and I was in the slower lane for the most part.

sorry, your idea of a suburb and mine are two different things. It is 128 km which is an hours drive. I can see not stopping a high speed there but it certainly needs some form of rail service to one of the major centres.

you are back to the future and the days of the Convair, DC86 and B707.

Thanks Altair. That makes sense. I think Amsterdam might be as well but I am not sure. I know the train from Brussels stopped there before going downtown but I can't remember if it was a true HS or just simply fast.

Pardon my ignorance but I don't see your point. Unless you are trying to focus in on my comment re: wide body. If so, change the statement to include the 321, I don't mind. Doesn't change my point its just you being you. The XLR will be matched to routes where there is a demand in excess of...

We lived at the southern end of the lake streamers near Shelburne. So we saw just enough to be grateful we didn't live further north. Driving up for skiing or sledding was as close as we wanted to come.

Every route between cities generates a predictable number of users. Airlines know this and assign their aircraft accordingly which is why there aren't any direct flights from Edmonton to Heathrow for example. Both Westjet and Air Canada operate 787 aircraft out of Calgary. Now if Amsterdam is...

And what makes you believe that it will be YYC winning the airport lottery? Any decent train service will cut the time airport to airport to less than 2 hours with a stop in Red Deer. A High Speed with no stops perhaps a bit over an hour and 20 minutes if the speeds are comparable to...

too true. You know you have had a Georgian Bay snowfall when the tops of the windrows are above your truck cab.

really good question and along with it, just to be consistent, do we really need to go full highspeed? Staying at 120 mph on a dedicated line would provide a travel time of 1.75 hours including city entry and exit and assuming no intermediate stops. Would allow the use of the track for...