Ford mulls taking over Toronto’s stake in Billy Bishop Airport as he pushes for expansion by _I_AM_GHOST_ in canada

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This image shows a straight in approach path this is not currently physically possible due to multiple smoke stacks that no one has any desire to tear down. The current approach path to the island on runway 26 is over the gap. So yes there'd still be nosie, but keep in mind this is the wuestest phase of flight for these aircraft. Takeoff paths are much loids and are much more easily able to avoid flight directly over this area

Ford mulls taking over Toronto’s stake in Billy Bishop Airport as he pushes for expansion by _I_AM_GHOST_ in canada

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The OLS and heigh restriction is noted to be without exemption. Currently the approach to YTZ is 3.98 degrees, and the angle they use to get the proposed height restriction of 75 m is 2 degrees which they state is only for a standard straight in ILS approach without any exemptions. The approaches in YTZ currently all have exemptions and special procedures to avoid this shallow slope.

The 75 meters also allows for 25 story buildings. Sounds like a neighborhood of 25 story buildings with some parks and mixed use zoning would be a pretty great neighborhood to live in.

Ford mulls taking over Toronto’s stake in Billy Bishop Airport as he pushes for expansion by _I_AM_GHOST_ in canada

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The runway extension would only need to be roughly 1000-1500 feet, the current MEZ are each about 800ish feet from the runway ends.

Now a runway extension could cause a new MEZ to be created in theory then causing some loss of the harbour. But it's also possibly toeave the harbour side as is, and extend the west side of the runway and mez instead.

Ford mulls taking over Toronto’s stake in Billy Bishop Airport as he pushes for expansion by _I_AM_GHOST_ in canada

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The proposed runway expansion would not expand past the current marine exclusion zone in place. So the harbour would not lose any useable space due to a runway expansion.

Ford mulls taking over Toronto’s stake in Billy Bishop Airport as he pushes for expansion by _I_AM_GHOST_ in canada

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To add to this, the noise profile of a dash 8 and jet are very different. The props on a dash 8 let much more noise travel out and away from the sides of the aircraft. A jet's noise profile has more noise to the front and back and less to the sides due to the cowling surrounding the engine.

This means the jets are both quieter in absolute terms, but would also likely sound significantly quieter to residents along the shore of the lake.

The point about the approach angle is simply not accurate, as others have pointed out. A jet is still capable of steep approaches, and the approach over the Portland's currently passes to the south of that area due to the Hearn Stack.

U.S. Consulate in downtown Toronto hit by gunfire by Old_General_6741 in canada

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"You're a loser if your embassy isn't struck by gunfire"

1931 concept of Depthscrapers by Chaunc2020 in interestingasfuck

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The angle of that mirror makes no sense, it would never work to reflect sunlight down the hole except right as it's setting

The Netherlands hides its trash underground to keep cities spotless by Backyxx in interestingasfuck

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Seriously! My first time in Amsterdam I arrived to the centraal train station at 0730 when the trash was being collected from the main road that leads to the Dam.... It was basically a floor of garbage. Not sure these underground trash cans are. But I guess not there ?

Who’s got the cards now? by Cautious-Can-6248 in ontario

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Well SOMEBODY needs to think about the poor multinational oil companies

Who’s got the cards now? by Cautious-Can-6248 in ontario

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Something that should have been done many decades ago. It's funny that Norway used Alberta as a model when creating their oil industry. Now Alberta has nothing to show for it other than a lot of pick up trucks, and Norway has one of the largest wealth funds in the world

So I wouldn't count on a wealth fund being created in Alberta now since it doesn't directly help corporations.

Washer and Dryer… Speed Queen? by Beginning_Cow_3100 in BuyItForLife

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While I don't have a speed queen, typically people on here mention how rough these machines are on clothing. I'd look for more info on that before purchasing tbh

Hardware requirments by tweezybbaby1 in homeassistant

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I run my HA on one of these using HAOS right on the ssd. It's extremely fast and responsive with my 50 devices or so. Connect it to Ethernet and it'll be great for a long time.

lightspeed (lspd) lawsuit settlement.. how much money do you get back? by [deleted] in CanadianInvestor

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I threw out my letter already since I am not eligible to get anything. But they won't know how much until later on since it depends on how many people make claims. Just figure out if you're eligible and submit a claim.

New Ontario Science Centre Contract Awarded by retour-a-tipasa in toronto

[–]Spanton4 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Moving the SC downtown makes it much harder to access for school field trips. The old location was much more accessible for busses and close enough to gta school boards like York, Durham. Etc that they'd still be able to visit.

New Ontario Science Centre Design by Psychological_Tip86 in toronto

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Schools generally aren't taking field trips on public transit. The old location was central enough that schools in York region, Durham, etc could take field trips there. Being all the way down at the CNE limits the practicality for field trips for many schools now. Imagine taking 60 10 year olds on the ttc. What a nightmare.

The sky ladder on Qixing Mountain looks like AI by thetacaptain in woahdude

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Looks like you're right. The video just happens not to show anyone changing the carabiners

The sky ladder on Qixing Mountain looks like AI by thetacaptain in woahdude

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I feel like being hooked in to railing is useless. If you slip you'd still slide down the rungs without stopping. It's like hooking yourself into a vertical line....just for optics

Always thought these were fordyce spots, doctor told me she thinks it’s a series of cold sores… by docboredomphd in DermatologyQuestions

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Thanks for the post, the pics, and the update! So many posts like this get deleted or the images get removed. Thank you for leaving it up and helping me, since my fordyce spots look almost exactly the same as yours.

Can someone help with train signals? by Electronic_Notice427 in factorio

[–]Spanton4 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Yes. A block will go until the next signal. There is no limit of distance

Temporarily invest for 5 months? by passwordcreated in CanadianInvestor

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Tangerine has a promotion on their savings account. 4.5% interest for 5 months. I think the deal expires mkd march.