Bombardier Noise Demo
In the two minute video you will hear (and see) why Bombardier says the C Series is quieter than the already quiet Q400. The demo was for the local media of course, to demonstrate the case the airplane will work…
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What WestJet Going International Means
Canada’s WestJet announced, in a briefing to its pilots, that it is planning to acquire wide-body aircraft and begin flying internationally in 2015. The carrier currently wet-leases Boeing 757s from Thomas Cook for Hawaii operations, and those contracts expire next…
Bombardier CSeries First Flight – Bob Deluce, Porter Airlines
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Noisy Neighbors?
NOT WITH GAME CHANGING AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE TECHNOLOGY The introduction of the Bombardier CSeries in 2014 will bring the first application of the next generation of engines for narrow-body aircraft, the Pratt & Whitney PurePower 1000G geared turbofan. The combination…
Billy Bishop and Porter – Round 2
Porter Airlines dropped the other shoe today. The CS100 provisional order announcement of April 10 was met with skepticism by the attendant media. As readers will note from our interview with airline Chairman Don Carty, the opposition to the airline’s…
The Porter announcement
The event started quite suddenly, catching us off guard and so there is some serious camera shake until we got sorted out. Please excuse the first few minutes of camera shake. Views: 32