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“Pic of the Week”, May 24, 2018: Trans-Canada Airlines, Seattle
One of the world’s great plane museums is Seattle’s Museum of Flight. We’ll visit the planes inside on another day; today I wanted to focus on a airplane that caught my attention from the collection of aircraft outside the main museum building.
The plane is a Lockheed 1049G Super Constellation. This airplane was delivered to Trans-Canada Airlines — Canada’s national carrier which ultimately became Air Canada — in 1954. It was among the last of commonly used propeller aircraft, with jet engines soon to dominate commercial air travel. This particular plane, after providing passenger and later cargo service, was converted into a cocktail lounge and lunch bar in Toronto before being restored and added to the Museum of Flight’s collection.
It is …
Tagged Air Canada, Museum of Flight, Seattle, Trans-Canada
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Flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
I’d been following the development and troubled roll-out of the Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” for more than a decade, but only recently had my first chance to fly this aircraft on a trip to India. One of the appealing things about the Dreamliner is that its size and fuel efficiency open new travel routes, partially bypassing the usual “hub-and-spoke” model. I was among the first to fly the newly established Toronto to Delhi route (nonstop), a more than 14 hour journey. That’s a long time to spend in an aircraft and the quality of your aircraft seat can add or take away from your flight experience.
I can’t bring myself to pay for a business class seat because I don’t believe the …
Tagged 787, Air Canada, Boeing, Dreamliner
