Fewer cancellations and delays with proposed Kelowna flight path: Airport officials
A proposed change in the flight path will allow more planes to land in Kelowna during poor weather, airport officials say.
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A proposed change in the flight path will allow more planes to land in Kelowna during poor weather, airport officials say.
Bennett field. the coast guard still uses it. that's right on the approach path. that's irresponsible stuff. the other one was the opposite direction from the airport. that's something i've been over on numerous occasions. there's a lot over there. irresponsible. kids perhaps. we all know what the potential damage can be with an aircraft the size of -- especially the one that i fly, a 777. but mass times velocity, generally the airplane's going to win in most parts of it. if it goes into the engine, it's going to be similar or worse to, say, a canadian goose. >> that's exactly what i was begin...
If busted, the faa could find them $11,000 in a civil case. air traffic control had to change the approach path and investigators trying to pinpoint where the lasers came from and watch who is responsible. >> you know the video she was showing us is reenactment of being a pilot in a cockpit and it totally blinds you and you cannot see anything. >> it is mind-boggling and awful and they have to figure out where it is coming from. if you drive a car with the sun in your eyes it can be blinding. imagine trying to land a plane with that going on in your eyes. thank you, laura for that report. we h...
Aircraft was turned in for the approach on the runway, were they turned in too high, too fast. did the pilot say anything about, i'm not in a position to land? i need some more room to get aircraft down, to be in a position where i can make a landinon the runway. they are going to look at why pulled the power back. why he dove the airplane down and then trying to add power to get the air plan to respond, so that it wouldn't be too low on an approach path. an airplane like this takes between seven and nine seconds for the engines to respond from idle power to adding power. normally, and san fra...
That's cool. you could just read his reviews, as always. he was just as passionate about a lot of other subjects as he was about movies. >> nearly four years ago, i found this blog post that he wrote. i just want to read some of it. it said i know it is coming and i do not fear it because i believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear. i hope to be spared as much pain as possible on the approach path. i was perfectly content before i was born and i think of death as the same state. he did have a remarkable kind of perspective on this journey that he was on. >> he did, and he wou...