November 5, 20205 yr The great Max Ward who opened the Canadian North in his de Havilland Fox Moth and developed his own airline has died. He was 98. https://globalnews.ca/news/7441066/aviation-pioneer-max-ward-death/ The National Film Board of Canada produced a great little film about Ward which can be viewed here: Edited November 5, 20205 yr by CYXR
November 5, 20205 yr Moderator When I saw the age I thought it was going to be Chuck Yeager, although I googled him and he’s only 97. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
November 5, 20205 yr From a different distant era. Jude BradleyBeech Baron: Uh, Tower, verify you want me to taxi in front of the 747?ATC: Yeah, it's OK. He's not hungry. X-Plane 12 and MSFS2020 🙂 System specs: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, Ubuntu Linux 20.04 i7-13700KF Gigabyte Z790 RTX-4060-Ti , 32GB RAM 1X 2TB M2 for X-Plane 12, 1x256GB SSD for OS. 1TB drive MSFS2020
November 5, 20205 yr Author 4 hours ago, cmpbellsjc said: When I saw the age I thought it was going to be Chuck Yeager, although I googled him and he’s only 97. When Yeager goes; we'll all hear it.
November 5, 20205 yr "I got the best chair in the whole airplane". Classic! Jude BradleyBeech Baron: Uh, Tower, verify you want me to taxi in front of the 747?ATC: Yeah, it's OK. He's not hungry. X-Plane 12 and MSFS2020 🙂 System specs: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, Ubuntu Linux 20.04 i7-13700KF Gigabyte Z790 RTX-4060-Ti , 32GB RAM 1X 2TB M2 for X-Plane 12, 1x256GB SSD for OS. 1TB drive MSFS2020
November 5, 20205 yr What a great man. R.I.P Jude BradleyBeech Baron: Uh, Tower, verify you want me to taxi in front of the 747?ATC: Yeah, it's OK. He's not hungry. X-Plane 12 and MSFS2020 🙂 System specs: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, Ubuntu Linux 20.04 i7-13700KF Gigabyte Z790 RTX-4060-Ti , 32GB RAM 1X 2TB M2 for X-Plane 12, 1x256GB SSD for OS. 1TB drive MSFS2020
November 6, 20205 yr He "started by The Queen teaching me how to fly in the RCAF". I never realised her Majesty was a CFI... 🍻 EDIT: At about 37 min 20 seconds into the documentary: Even 36 years after that documentary was made, we still don't want pilotless commercial airliners.. Edited November 6, 20205 yr by HighBypass Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
November 6, 20205 yr Author The National Film Board of Canada has produced great little films on aviation. Here`s a gem starring a C-64 Norseman a cousin of the DHC-2 Beaver; the sexiest flying machine for the bush. Just a few years ago patients were still being float landed across my lake to the hospital. Nowadays helicopters are used. Edited November 6, 20205 yr by CYXR
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