LegoMans Air Canada Sim Session

[LegoMan]

Some pics from my Sim session with my boss at Air Canada on the brand spanking new Embraer 170/175/190 simulator. Spent a good 4 hours there and flew the sim from takeoff to landing like a true champ. Much different than the planes I fly and I was surprised at how real the acceleration on takeoff felt.

If I had $40million lying around Id probably get one for myself. Technically Im not allowed in there, but I had to blend in and look like an Air Canada pilot. Im surprised none of the guys there thought I was a bit young to be flying at AC :D


http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j134/Sandman747/AirCanadaE170b.jpg
Captain Dan \"LegoMan\"

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j134/Sandman747/AirCanadaE170a.jpg
MMMMM Still Smells Like A New Car!

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j134/Sandman747/AirCanadaE170c.jpg
Each Screen Is $80,000-$100,000 a piece! CRAZZZY!


http://photos.airliners.net/photos/middle/6/5/9/1006956.jpg
Here is what the real EMB-175 looks like

... and the 190 (slightly longer)

http://photos.airliners.net/photos/middle/8/6/2/0977268.jpg

Very Quiet and Comftable Ride... Book with Air Canada TODAY!!! lol j/k:sarc

[Cardinal Fang]

Right then! Legoman wins for best video game. That\'s way too cool Legoman. Tell me the truth, were you tempted to buzz ground targets?

[LegoMan]

Actually when my boss was flying it for the first time and I was doing the first officer work we almost had an air-to-air collision. was intense, you need to be strapped in because if ur not and u crash u\'ll end up on the other side of the sim. :D But no ground objects. I usually only do that in the real airplane.

[Cardinal Fang]

Very cool. You were his \"Number One.\" :D

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[TheProfessor]

Originally posted by Cardinal Fang


Very cool. You were his \"Number One.\" :D

</Star Trek>

Nerd :sarc








:p

[Cardinal Fang]

*Applies Vulcan death pinch to PSIVIC*

[Cardinal Fang]

Originally posted by LegoMan


Some pics from my Sim session with my boss at Air Canada on the brand spanking new Embraer 170/175/190 simulator.

I forgot to ask you LegoMan. Is that the aircraft made by the Brazilian company?

[LegoMan]

Originally posted by Cardinal Fang
I forgot to ask you LegoMan. Is that the aircraft made by the Brazilian company?

Yes it is, and having also flown the Bombadier Canadair Regional Jet Sim, the Embraer product is far superior to ours. Makes the CRJ look primitive. At last, the Brazilians have beat us in something other than soccer :D

[Cardinal Fang]

Originally posted by LegoMan



Yes it is, and having also flown the Bombadier Canadair Regional Jet Sim, the Embraer product is far superior to ours.

In what way? I\'m just curious.


Originally posted by LegoMan
Makes the CRJ look primitive. At last, the Brazilians have beat us in something other than soccer :D

I remember reading in the Globe and Mail a while back about the \"national crisis\" that arose because Air Canada was buying planes from another country.

[Broli]

wow, nice pics man!

that is pretty sweet,

so how were the bird-collisions?

and u didn\'t crash eh . . .
ah well, next time!

:D

[Cardinal Fang]

Originally posted by Broli




and u didn\'t crash eh . . .
ah well, next time!

:D

Truth be told ALL landings are controlled crashes.

:)

[MazdaTree]

when the time is right I may need you to fly me to florida for some rims;)

[TheProfessor]

Originally posted by MazdaTree


when the time is right I may need you to fly me to florida for some rims;)

And when you\'re done that I may need you to take me to Columbia to pick up some, err, nevermind ;)

[Fuman]

nice sim! likr Broli asked, any birds in the sim?

please fly by and take out some birds at university of waterloo,
I\'ve a feeling my car will get crap on alot this summer lol.

[MazdaTree]

Columbian Women;) lol

[Broli]

Originally posted by Cardinal Fang



Originally posted by Broli




and u didn\'t crash eh . . .
ah well, next time!

:D

Truth be told ALL landings are controlled crashes.

:)
haha

i guess thats true!

well i hope that i am only on place for controlled crashes!!




Hey Columbia. . .
count me in

u guys get the powder

i wan the women!!

:p

[MazdaTree]

3 brown men going to Columbia this could only mean trouble...

I\'m going to bring back a bunch of ppl to work for me aswell...

Anyone want to give them some cash jobs;)

[LegoMan]

Originally posted by Cardinal Fang



Originally posted by LegoMan



Yes it is, and having also flown the Bombadier Canadair Regional Jet Sim, the Embraer product is far superior to ours.

In what way? I\'m just curious.


Originally posted by LegoMan
Makes the CRJ look primitive. At last, the Brazilians have beat us in something other than soccer :D

I remember reading in the Globe and Mail a while back about the \"national crisis\" that arose because Air Canada was buying planes from another country.

Unfortunately in this industry there is alot of politics. If there was no pressure, all of Air Canada\'s planes would be foreign. The Embraer is better in the following ways.

For the Operators: Faster, burns less fuel and carries more passengers. Its like an Acura vs a Honda.

For Pilots: Its the only regional jet to have autothrottle, the Canadian planes, the pilots have to control the airspeed on climb,cruise and descent. Also the Embraer can still have autothrottle capabilities incase of an engine out, which most big Boeing jets cant.
Alot better avionics and features compared to the Bombardier product as well.

For Passengers: Quiet, comftable. Leather interior seats with the headrest able to form around your head to create a pillow. All passengers get their own PTVs.

There is some rumour that Air Canada is getting rid of their smaller airbus\' for more Embraers and the larger Airbus are gone in 5 years and being replaced by the new Boeing 777/787 aircraft which are still the most advanced airliners to date.

So AC will have a very up to date fleet, but dont worry, your ticket prices wont go up too much :D

[Optimzer]

curious to know what routes the plane will be flying? i guess I could check to see if its in the en-route mag. does it do vancouver-toronto? looks a bit small for that route though. how about toronto-montreal? i do vancouver-toronto every week and it used to be on the airbus (319 i believe...maybe 320...something like that??) but now it\'s all 767\'s which i don\'t like. great thing about this plane is it probably has no middle seat but i usually get row 12 anyway so i\'m a happy camper.

i hear air canada is doing a system-wide upgrade of seats and such? when\'s that gonna be done? can\'t wait to see what it looks like! next week though i\'m flying with harmony cause air canada fares were really high for that week for some reason. ah well!

cool pics! it\'s like a massive version of that flighsim game haha.

[LegoMan]

Air Canada is now in the process upgrading all their interiors. As for Toronto-Montreal at the moment they are all running large heavies due to the large demand. There was some rumour that AC will be operating the EMB-175 to Calgary or Vancouver by fall. At the moment most of the flights are to Halifax, Ottawa, Boston, Chicago, New York, Houston and soon they will be flying the Embraer to all their Florida destinations, they are now flying it to Ft.Lauderdale as well.

Here is a pic of their cabin

http://photos.airliners.net/photos/middle/4/8/9/1021984.jpg

[MajesticBlueNTO]

i used to take the Bombardier CRJ from toronto to regina every week for the past few months.

nice leg room, but tight as hell in terms of seat width. oh, and don\'t even try going into the washroom if you\'re 6\' or more.

The EMB looks sweet. Does CAE make the Sim?

[LegoMan]

yes Air Canada only owns the 767 sim and A320. the A330/340 and ERJ sims are all CAE sims. AC has 1 EMB sim in Toronto and 2 in Montreal because JetBlue and United use them there as well.

[mazda3boss]

hey legoman were u at erin mills mazda yesterday (thursday) at 11:30ish... there was one guy there that looked exactly like u.

[LegoMan]

yes i was there because the clip for the left side of my bumper is broken so my bumper is popping out...

[mazda3boss]

Originally posted by LegoMan


yes i was there because the clip for the left side of my bumper is broken so my bumper is popping out...

oh damn that sux... i was there for maintenance, i was gonna ask u if u were part of teh boards but i wasnt sure lol, a lot of weird people on the waiting room, except for maybe teh blonde girl lol

[wtom]

Originally posted by mazda3boss



Originally posted by LegoMan


yes i was there because the clip for the left side of my bumper is broken so my bumper is popping out...

oh damn that sux... i was there for maintenance, i was gonna ask u if u were part of teh boards but i wasnt sure lol, a lot of weird people on the waiting room, except for maybe teh blonde girl lol

That wasn\'t a girl. ;)

The CRJ flying locally only, wouldn\'t need the extra width in the seats ... flying through the U.S. tho would be a different requirement.

[LegoMan]

yes that blonde girl was nice, too bad she screwed up the tv in the lounge :D

[LegoMan]

Originally posted by wtom



Originally posted by mazda3boss



Originally posted by LegoMan


yes i was there because the clip for the left side of my bumper is broken so my bumper is popping out...

oh damn that sux... i was there for maintenance, i was gonna ask u if u were part of teh boards but i wasnt sure lol, a lot of weird people on the waiting room, except for maybe teh blonde girl lol

That wasn\'t a girl. ;)

The CRJ flying locally only, wouldn\'t need the extra width in the seats ... flying through the U.S. tho would be a different requirement.


Jazz flies the CRJ to Houston and from what I hear its a brutal flight in the CRJ, 4 hours is too long to be sitting in that thing

[mazda3boss]

Originally posted by LegoMan


yes that blonde girl was nice, too bad she screwed up the tv in the lounge :D

awwwww this must have been after i left lol

[LegoMan]

well we were both going to lose it watcing 100 Huntley street or whatever it was called.