FAREWELL to Canadian North's Boeing 737-200! One Last Flight on a Classic
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- The Boeing 737-200 Combi is an aircraft that's almost synonymous with Canada's North. With its gravel runway and combi capability, it's been serving Northern Canadian communities for decades, as an important lifeline.
Sadly though, Canada will be losing another operator of the type as Canadian North retires their final one from the fleet. It flew its final passenger flight in the first week of May, and although I wasn't able to be there for it, I made a trip up in late April to make sure I got one last flight in.
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Canadian North (AKT/5T)
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 Combi (B73M)
Flight Number: 5T226
Seat: 17F/18F/14F
Livery: Old (Polar Bear)
Engines: 2x Pratt and Whitney JT8D-17
Registration: C-GDPA
Route: Yellowknife (YZF) - Cambridge Bay (YCB) - Kugluktuk (YCO) - Yellowknife (YZF)
Callsign: ARCTIC 226
Runway used: 16 (YZF) - 31T (YCB) - 30T/12T (YCO) - 16 (YZF)
Date filmed: April 2023
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In 1965 I went to work for Boeing as a draftsman. I did drawings for the first 737. I was in the flight controls group. I was still in the group when the 200 Combi with gravel kits was designed. A 737 on gravel runways? That was crazy talk! They sure lasted a longer time than anyone would have suspected. Glad to see the flight!
Awesome! Imagine a B737-200 re-engined with the CF34-8 - or, better yet, the GE Passport 😍😍😍
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That is awesome
wow what a super video Alex.. my heart tugs a bit at watching this... the B737-200 was my first type endorsement I obtained after working on these Gems at Canadian Airlines so many years ago.. after almost 30 years working as an aircraft mechanic I can say working on these beasties I will always cherish. I remember living in NE Calgary many years ago working at Canadian Airlines and in the cold winter months when it was -20C outside when the air was thick and static and you could hear the crews running up the engines on those amazing JT8Ds and you could actually feel the rumble of the shaking atmosphere around you in the dead of night.. the sound was awesome for a airplane geek, but probably drove the nearby locals mad. Keep up the good work Alex.
That's awesome you used the video footage from Casey, he took video while I took some pics.
That dual view was fantastic. Thank you Casey!
I remember flying one of these charter to a diamond mine in NWT about ten years ago. We hit the gravel runway so hard that oxygen masks were falling out the ceiling. The plane also had a placard saying that the Pope had flown on it. A very interesting trip and the Arctic is stunningly beautiful.
To me, the 737-200 is the definition of an airliner. I took my first flight in an airplane in a 200 when I was 5 years old (over 50 years ago) on a Pacific Western flight from Kamloops to Vancouver. It’s sad to see these glorious aircraft being taken out of service.
Great video, as always. Thanks Alex!
I've flown on this type from Winnipeg to Rankin Inlet and back. Sad to know this opportunity is not there anymore, as there's no equivalent sustitute for the type. Thanks for sharing!
This was before your time. But could you imagine for a minute that upon arriving in SFO from O'Hare. We we're put in a 737 & flown TO Modesto CA with a stop in Stockton CA!?! The return leg was Modesto, Stockton, San Fran to Chicago!
Truly an amazing piece of engineering and history. Thanks Alex for taking us along for one of this 200's final flight's with Canadian North. I'd love to have a 737-200 off my bucket list of planes I've flown on. Keep up the fantastic video's you bring us on Canada's aviation industry. It has so many unique aspects to it other places don't see.
Air Inuit to or from Puvirnituq and Montreal. If you've not been on a Beech 350 or a Dash 8 you could do that on the return
Flew many times in early ‘80’s on this aircraft, Western Airlines, The Champagne Flight, in the USA.
Hi Alex! First time viewer. Thanks for sharing this flight on a Boeing 737-200 Combi with gravel kit. I’ve had four flights on this type between Anchorage and Galena Alaska on the now long defunct Wein Air Alaska, between 1979 and 1980. The gravel kit is an engineering marvel, in my opinion. Keeping anything out of a turbine engine is of upmost importance. Any small piece of debris can FOD out an engine in a second. How the gravel kit manages to accomplish that is nothing short of amazing! The 737’s successor engine, the CFM-56, literally eats people and spits out what’s left (“Mechanic sucked into jet engine, killed at El Paso International Airport” -CNN, January 16, 2006). The gravel kit would not work on this engine to keep FOD out.
Again, thanks for sharing.
The end of an era...I grew up in rural Alaska for a few years, and we'd fly Alaska Airlines -200Cs to the villages. They were such awesome workhorses. I miss the good ol' days!
shout out to kasey, that was a great dual view! curious about flying in northern canada, so keep up the great content (:
I do wonder if Nolinor will purchase this aircraft once sold
don’t think so, I believe some South American operator will purchase it. (hopefully not Aerosucre)
Very special video. Thanks for this historical thrip.
Cool I’ve flown on these 200 and 100 over the years seems we made a lot of noise and took forever to lift off the runway. They just didn’t have the power back like they have now , Hughes air West used to fly these airplanes in the day.
That was brilliant - and so good of Casey to get that great footage!
Great video! I had the opportunity to work on this aircraft in the beginning of my aircraft maintenance career. Working for Canadian after they bought Wardair, me.
Loved the wing and engine shots. So many memories of removing and installing those panels to the wing and thrust reversers. Huum .
The many flights all over Canadian Airlines flew.
Listening to that constant rumble from my seat.
Glad I got to live in those times..
Thanks for the video , I was 20 something again for this video, realizing now how quick yesterday is gone..
Alex, as soon as I saw your video posted, I felt that it was an old CP Air 737-200 as I knew that there was one still flying. It brings back many memories. My deceased husband worked for CP Air from the early 1970s until the takeover by Air Canada. This is sad that she’s being retired now. Just wondering what they will replace this workhorse of the North with. I’m delighted that you did get this flight. I’m sure there will be many sad Flight Crew and Mechanics. Thank you.
We're getting the ATR's. Both the AT45 (500 series) and the AT43 (300 series).
Good catch of the last page of the great aviation history in Canada! 👌
It would be useful if you included the date in your video descriptions, not just the month.
thanks for this it was really interesting.
Excellent video. Really enjoyed watching it. Thank you!
Atleast we still have some in the province of Québec and they won't get rid of for a while now. You should try Chrono aviation, I heard they had a nice service.
I caught that nice you sneaky sneaky man!
Buffalo Air Ways there in Yellowknife should buy the jet and continue the serrvice. You should drop a hint to Mikey!
if you like going north of the Arctic circle, Europe is the way to go. Passenger trains and Highways lead north in Norway, Sweden, Finland.
Great video! I was so glad to catch the B732 on a flight to Yellowknife back in 2015.
Buffalo Airways get this bird , it would make a great addition to the fleet
Nicely done Alex
that *nice killed me. Was a bit tipsy tho :)
Badass.
So what are they going to replace it with?
So what are they gonna use on the gravel runways
Great video and tribute Alex. Fond memories of this bird with Canada
1, true, 3, 4
Has a gravel kit been developed for the CFM 56 so the NG 737's can operate on gravel runways?
There's not enough room between the engines and the ground on newer 737s.
So what will be the replacement for the 737-200?
ATR
I flew this airplane for United out ORD for 10 years from 1990 to 2000 accumulating 7,035 hours, and 6,000 legs. I was a copilot, captain, and Line Check Airman and loved every minute I spent at the controls of this awesome airplane. Sad to see it go.
I wish I had my pilots license cuz I’d buy one so fast and turn it into a private jet for hire or something
This video brings out so many emotions. I grew up in Cambridge Bay, and flew on countless 737-200 combi flights. I was excited to see a small bit of my childhood home, but I'm very sad that Canadian North has retired this aircraft.
Thank you so much for this video.
Are u still living in there? I bet its real cold out there all year round right?
Mum Wake Up! The Canadian Uploaded Another Flight Review!!
The Boeing 737-200 is the OG Boeing 737 and I’m really sad to see another operator go. The Boeing 737-200 will always have a place in my aviation heart and with forever be missed. There are only three operators left, Air Inuit, Nolinor Aviation and Air Zimbabwe.
Chrono Aviation or "Matte Black" still have a couple in operation as well.
Glencore Canada has two of them.
You forgot about Aeroscure.
It's not quite true that "Canada will be losing another operator of the type". Canadian North is owned by Bradley Air Services. In turn they are owned by the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makivik_Corporation who also own Air Inuit. Air Inuit have five B732's of which three used to belong to Canadian North/Bradley Air Services. So as a marque Canadian North will no longer fly B732 Makivik will. Rather interesting that one company retires the aircraft as being past its best-by date the sister company still runs them.
Great video for a great aircraft!
So happy you got to fly on this one more time. This is still one of my favorite aircraft of all time. Nothing beats the bucket reversers of the 737-200.😊
As always- a well done video to the end of an era. Casey did well with the departure video- not often you see a dust cloud behind a jet at T.O thrust!
Loved the dual view, thanks Casey!
I really hope they preserve this amazing piece of history! It is remarkable that this plane flew for as long as it did! Always a pleasure to watch your videos Alex! Keep up the fantastic work! ❤
The 737 200 is an awesome airplane ! I consider myself as a very lucky pilot, as I flew almost 7000 hs. in this model.
How will canadian north replace the 737-200 ?
They are using ATR's Both the 300 and 500 series.
Hell of a video man! Very well done! Love how you tapped the aircraft before stepping off of it one final time as a farewell. They will surely be missed indeed.
I can't explain myself why the 200 IA the most beautiful of all 737's. It's the same fuselage, the same wings, same landing gear.....but those tiny little engines resembling a mexican taco are something magic.
That little pat at the end when you deplaned was a nice sendoff. Even though they’re inanimate objects, I still feel like every plane has a soul!
Love those trust reversers, the amount of forces they have to withstand. As much as I dislike most (stretched) 737`s
the old 200 series I adore. The sound alone is to die for, and as Carlos Ballesteros write , it is how the original engines
are places like a cigar under the wings. The design is well proportioned.
This is for me, a prime example of "Nose in the middle ,and an eye on each side" that makes a face. You start stretching
slapping oval engines under them, sticking out in front of the wings, you screw up the visual balance of the aircraft.
Thanks Alex.
Not just the visual balance, it screws up the flight balance as well. We have unfortunately seen the results of Boeing's incredibly poor attempt to mask that imbalance. The 737 should never have been stretched into what it is today.
@@jblyon2 The B737NG family is the safest of all B737families, and it shares the lenght with the MAX Family, except for the -10.
Also.. as a fact, The MAX is not imbalanced or unstable in flight.
Boeing had to make the changes to the 737 because airbus is breathing down their neck, capturing market share. Long live BOEING!
As a kid I always flew on Britannia Airways B737-200s on our holidays to Spain, the sounds and the flaps/thrust reverser brings back memories (I used to love the window seat) as do the reading lights, air vent and call button panel - how much less claustrophobic is the narrowbody cabin without the massive overhead bins they fit nowadays?
Look at those engines, awesome 👌
Beautiful video ❤
Have to say, it is sad to see it go. I do miss working on the 737-200 series. Worked for First Air back in the day in YZF. Great video . JT8d-17 engine.
Did many hours on that bird between 1994 and 2000. Loved the 200 series. Geoff Quickfall BSc, MSc, PhD candidate with 28,000hrs; DC10, B737, B757, B767, B777, B787, DHC2, DHC3, B18
Nice flight..! I'm curious about the cycle that the planes as left... I actually fly in few of the 737-200 of Air Inuit fleet to go from Montreal to a mine site up north. How many cycles those air planes have left? Do you think that they have many years of service left? I love flying in those but I'm questioning the time they got left to fly... I also had the opportunity to fly Nolinor and Chrono aviation... they are great jets....
thanks again for that video, I liked it !
So awesome that you document these moments in Canadian aviation history. I remember those thrust reversers as a kid flying home to Whitehorse on CP AIR. And WOW love that vintage cockpit!
I work at Bombardier at YUL. I know when Air Inuit takes off! 😂 Seen Canadian North, First Air, Raglan etc.
Lets just say they are a tad noisier than the C-Series.
It's a shame there aren't other jet aircraft that could fill the same role. Maybe the MD-90 or 717 could be converted to combis? I'm sure you could make several very solid airplanes out of the former Delta fleet and their spare parts. But I suppose the cost of converting and certifying them as combis would be cost-prohibitive.
It's more the short (ours is 5,000 ft and Kugluktuk's is 5,500 ft) gravel runway that is the problem. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combi_aircraft, 747's can fly combi.
I can say I have been above the artic cercle I feel Canadian north 737-300(Edmonton-inuvik via Yellowknife) and than I akala air (inuvik-paulatuk) paulatuk is above the artic cercle along with Inuvik.
I also had the same food items than you, and the chocolate chip cookie was the best.
Another great video. Thanks Alex for covering arctic aviation. Something most Canadians don't get a chance to experience.
Fun fact: the airplane food is kinda dry due to the altitude changing the receptors on your tongue, so the food tastes a bit dryer than it should be on the ground
Once every 30 years an airline is entitled to replace old planes. I bet the 737-200 is a kerosene guzzler that has to be repaired all too often.
would MD-80's work on gravel since the engines are mounted higher?
The video of the takeoff from Cambridge Bay is awesome. Thanks Casey :)
The 737 200 I flew numerous times on NAC, the domestic airline of NZ. They began with 3 & grew to 16 when Air NZ merged with them. They had 1 200QC model for over 20 years which, I believe found its way to a Canadian operator. Passengers by day & freight by night was how Air NZ worked this aircraft
About time they junked that dilapidated fuel hog.
Nice video! Also, do you think you would fly the inaugural flight from YMM (Fort McMurray) to YUL (Montreal Pierre?)
Long time Subscriber with no comments until now! What model airplane will be used for these northern routes n the future?
They are using ATR's The 300 and 500 series.
Interesting how many types of these sturdy old girls are flying in the Canadian arctic. They connect us.
It was great working with the 737 combi back in the day of Canadian Airlines . . Loading the pallets was tricky business . .
Farewell to the Canadian North 737-200
Lol, a bit late for that one. Air north retired their last 737-200 back in 2015, though one of the retired planes is behind their hanger at YXY
@@iangraham2133 meant to say Canadian North
Adore the 737-200, massive part of my childhood flying them frequently on CP Air and later Canadian!! Those cabins were rare on the CP Air fleet as they had the open hat racks and the 707 looking PSU's on most of theirs in the 70s, those were the 'newer' 'widebody look' cabins introduced in the mid-late 70s on 727s and 737s, thought they were so futuristic at the time. Love the clamshells on those JT8D's and that dual footage with KC's amazing capture of the power and dust-cloud was incredible!! Amazing report, thank you!
What will they replace it with?
ATR 72's for cargo movement and ATR 42's for PAX.
3:40 Air stairs in the back? Cool
Alex am comfuse because you talk about the red livery the have one livery i flew on one fews year ago to kuujaq
Red bird and blue birds. YVP flies right now both, the blue is the old livery.
Do you think the 717 will serve the roll of the 737-200 eventually?
Boeing / McDonnell would've had to have developed a gravel kit for the landing gear, not to mention a certification process, which they probably didn't so unfortunately likely not.
Why the 717? Or any other DC-9 derivative? All the same issues apply: noisy old planes with high fuel consumption. The ATRs are a modern design with modern maintenance and fuel consumption, high wing so the engines and props are up out of the gravel.
Not unless we can get a runway extension.
@@marsgal42 Oh, come on now. The MD-80, MD-90 and 717 weren't that bad, they're actually really good and economic aircraft for their time. Plus, they're quieter than the actual DC-9.
@alex so am confuse because i flew like 2 year ago in a other canadian north 737 200 is gone too ?
Air Inuit has three that were owned by Canadian/Bradley Air Services. Canadian has no more 732's.
How many hours are on the aircraft
o7
wonder if Nolinor will pick it up.
I trained for Combi operations as a flight attendant for Can. North on that very aircraft in 2014. Never flew on it sadly but I remember it well. Great video 👌🏻
Nice video Alex sad too see her go
Hi Ter
B732, the fly anywhere 737
It would be awesome if the B737-200 could be re-engined with the CF34-8, CF34-10, or Passport (which would be a really good option because it has at least about the same thrust as the JT8D-17 that powers these planes, it's much quieter, much more efficient, and has a debris rejection system) 😍😍😍 and, of course, I would have the current old interior kept completely as-is 😊
nolinor:🗿🗿🗿
As a young kid growing up in the 80s i had countless flights on the classic -200 with CP Air, Canadian airlines and WestJet airlines, its gonna be missed, landing into Edmonton's old Muni Yxd airport was always a thrill, 5000 ft runways and full reverse was always selected! Plus since i lived in North Edmonton you would always hear the 7am flight 🛫 departure to Calgary 🙂 many memories of the 737-200 😎
I too remember as a kid seeing the 737-200 on approach to the old Edmonton muni airport. I lived directly under the flight path of runway 16 in north side of the city
I read a review on TripAdvisor about Canadian North and they complained about flying on the 737 200 and I’m like that’s the gem about Northern Canadian airlines
I used to be a Rampy with Echo Bay at CYEG back in 1997. I did turnarounds on the Purolator 727s and CanAir Cargo 737s. CanAir had a few gravel kit equipped planes. We always dropped extra pylons in front of the engines to mark off the gravel blowers. IIRC, we only chocked the main gear, since the nose gear skirt is literally 2 inches off the ground.
Very cool....in the late 70's I rode in a 727 - combi Edmonton to Yellowknife to Rae Point, Dome Panarctic's base camp on Melville Island at that time. The strip at Rae Point was dirt or gravel....it was a while ago! I remember Rae Point was further from Calgary where I was based than Montreal. 75 degrees N latitude if I recall correctly. (started the trip on Pacific Western's Airbus 737 Calgary to Edmonton). From the base camp to the oil rig was another 1 1/2 hours in a twin otter. Very cool trip! Every 2 weeks I did the reverse trip for a week off in Calgary, then back to Dundas Peninsula where the rig was located.
HI. I rode this type of aircraft three times. CLE-MDW in 1994 Southwest, BWI-CLE southwest i think 1996 or 97, and PIT-CLE somewhere in 1996 - USAIRWAY. It was nice.. I been flying 737-300-800 southwest ever since, not tasted 737-max yet but hopefully SOON.
It hurts my heart to see to them retired. Like lots of Northern kids, I spent my childhood on these workhorses, flying in and out for school. It's been almost 35 years, and while the Milk Run wasn't my favourite, being on the cargo flights I always found interesting. Thank you for the video!
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful journey and the classic Boeing 737-200, this aircraft used to serve on the domestic flights of Far Eastern Airlines in Taiwan, but now it is all retired, and I used to fly the 737-200
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I grew up with them flying over me landing at the original YEG not todays imposter. I lived on one side of the street and they landed on the otherside. So close I could count the rivets!! Fifty five years ago! Sure miss those days!;😢 Long live the 737 200's!! ❤❤❤
You know the plane is an old one when even the registration says "grandpa". (Well, almost anyway: C-GDPA 😄😄)
Just found you off the recommendeds… subbing.
I know what you mean about old airlines.i miss Eastern and Braniff from my youth.😉
Sabena of Belgium flew in the 80ies with one or two 737-200 combi. I was told years ago that cargo and passengers on the upper deck was forbidden by IATA on the 737-200.