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Douglas Robertson

@douglasr.bsky.social

CpSc guy, pilot, geek. My posts mostly follow an aviation theme, with some Garmin, Canadian Army, scuba and other random stuff thrown in for good measure.

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Photo of Endeavor Air’s aircraft, upside down on a snow-covered runway, with the text “Investigation update: A25O0021, Endeavor Air, Toronto (Ontario)”. Transportation Safety Board of Canada coat of arms in bottom left.

Photo of Endeavor Air’s aircraft, upside down on a snow-covered runway, with the text “Investigation update: A25O0021, Endeavor Air, Toronto (Ontario)”. Transportation Safety Board of Canada coat of arms in bottom left.

#TSBAir has issued an investigation update on last year’s #EndeavorAir (A25O0021) runway impact at the Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Ontario.

https://ow.ly/oWKB50YekCI

#YYZ #AviationSafety

12.02.2026 15:30 — 👍 8    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Ever heard of the Charpy impact test? It shows how much energy a material can take before it breaks, giving us a measure of its toughness. Watch how we use this method in our lab.

Follow us to stay updated: https://ow.ly/rkJU50XXeNQ

#TSBLab #TransportationSafety

09.02.2026 15:10 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

08.02.2026 22:23 — 👍 17575    🔁 5333    💬 242    📌 244

Dare to be different; cricket and soccer have enough varying league titles and other tournaments to minimize trauma for whomever you support. Though I say this as an Aussie Rules fan had the Blue Jays equivalent trauma in September at the 2025 Grand Final. 😭

09.02.2026 05:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm still trying to figure out what the big deal was with today... football was over in September (Aussie Rules) and November (CFL).

09.02.2026 05:33 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Of course. But my point, which I presume we are violently agreeing on, is that there's no point in getting rid of individuals right now if we're (the collective province) only going to vote them back in again.

09.02.2026 05:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yes, but can we also stop voting for them in the first place??

08.02.2026 22:13 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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When asked about cost of living and affordability...

Smith responded by acknowledging that "everyone is going broke" and then proceeded to blame...

Wait for it...

Immigrants.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

08.02.2026 19:58 — 👍 142    🔁 70    💬 30    📌 11
How to Fix Traffic Congestion In Australia | Utopia
YouTube video by Working Dog Productions How to Fix Traffic Congestion In Australia | Utopia

This is still one of my favourite videos ever, perfectly explaining the staggering amount of public money that’s going into NOT solving traffic congestion.

“It means you spend a lot of money now for a very short-term benefit."

Jevon’s Paradox via Australia’s great show “Utopia.” Please share!

08.02.2026 08:16 — 👍 134    🔁 49    💬 4    📌 3
Photo of a seriously damaged helicopter, with text “Report release: A25W0077, Hard Landing, Hespero/Safron Residence Heliport, Alberta”, a plane image icon, and Transportation Safety Board of Canada coat of arms.

Photo of a seriously damaged helicopter, with text “Report release: A25W0077, Hard Landing, Hespero/Safron Residence Heliport, Alberta”, a plane image icon, and Transportation Safety Board of Canada coat of arms.

#TSBAir released its investigation report (A25W0077) into the 2025 fatal helicopter accident at the Hespero/Safron Residence Heliport near Red Deer, AB. Learn more: https://ow.ly/NOJi50Y3XcF

#AviationSafety #Media

05.02.2026 17:20 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Danielle Smith calls on Mark Carney to give Alberta more say in selection of judges The Premier says she will withhold some judicial funding if Ottawa doesn’t agree to her demands

I'm old enough to remember when conservatives stood up for legal rights, victims, and a law-and-order agenda.

Defunding the judiciary undercuts all of those.

It makes it more likely that perpetrators will go free and restricts Albertans' access to justice.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

04.02.2026 16:14 — 👍 90    🔁 33    💬 5    📌 2
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Yes, Danielle Smith is a separatist Alberta's premier says she supports "a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada." Her actions tell a much different story — one that makes her position on the issue impossible to ignore.

She keeps getting chances to show some loyalty to Canada -- and keeps turning them away in order to defend Alberta separatists and their cause.

It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...

02.02.2026 16:25 — 👍 582    🔁 282    💬 55    📌 36
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Separatists' math doesn't add up, warns Edmonton business leaders Independent Alberta would start off $600 billion in debt and would take decades to recover economically, says Edmonton Chamber of Commerce

Hey Edmonton Journal!

Don't you know? You can't use math, facts, logic and reasoning on separatists. Especially by business leaders. They don't like those things.

Read: edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
#abpoli #ableg #AlbertaSovereignty #AlbertaSeparation #AlbertaIndependence

02.02.2026 22:04 — 👍 30    🔁 11    💬 2    📌 0
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Our engineers use an X-rays/CT scan machine to visualize internal structures and trace failures at their source—insights that help strengthen safety.

Follow us for more tech talk: https://ow.ly/qofk50XXjHi

#TSBLab #TransportationSafety

02.02.2026 15:35 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him CHICAGO—Saying he had been absolutely blindsided by the sudden change in his fortunes, local 33-year-old Tyler Branton, a man who lost everything in cryptocurrencies, told reporters Thursday that he j...

"It’s really a shame that I learned all of this too late."

31.01.2026 23:37 — 👍 5052    🔁 732    💬 40    📌 33

Just so everyone is clear: the valve here releases pressure that would otherwise build on her leadership from within her party.

She would rather lose the country than her own job.

01.02.2026 18:19 — 👍 586    🔁 208    💬 44    📌 11

My congratulatory message to Pierre Poilievre just dropped

31.01.2026 19:33 — 👍 204    🔁 35    💬 14    📌 4
Photo of an aircraft at rest in snow, with the text “Report release: A23Q0145, Lateral runway excursion, Wemindji Airport, Quebec”, an airplane icon and Transportation Safety Board coat of arms.

Photo of an aircraft at rest in snow, with the text “Report release: A23Q0145, Lateral runway excursion, Wemindji Airport, Quebec”, an airplane icon and Transportation Safety Board coat of arms.

#TSBAir just released its investigation report (A23Q0145) into the lateral runway excursion at Wemindji Airport, Quebec, involving an airplane on a medical evacuation flight: https://ow.ly/tKjF50Y3Swv

#AviationSafety #Media

28.01.2026 15:05 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

So when asked if they "really, really" want to separate, only about 15% of "Albertans and Quebecers maintained their support after considering possible downsides such as standard of living declines, pension losses or trade renegotiations." #cdnpoli #ableg

27.01.2026 03:17 — 👍 28    🔁 21    💬 6    📌 1
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Ever wonder what happens once flight recorders, or black boxes, are recovered? Our team of experts extract, synchronize, and interpret every piece of information it holds.

Stay informed, follow us for more TSB safety content: https://ow.ly/hv7N50XVJuI

#TSBLab

26.01.2026 15:10 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

After the World Trade Center was attacked (just four miles from Trump Tower), more than 40,000 Canadians in uniform fought alongside their U.S. allies in Afghanistan.

More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.

These 158 didn't make it home.

And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.

21.01.2026 16:13 — 👍 1099    🔁 464    💬 50    📌 22
Photo of the occurrence aircraft with text “Report release: A24A0014, runway overrun, Goose Bay Airport, Newfoundland and Labrador”, a plane icon, and Transportation Safety Board coat of arms.

Photo of the occurrence aircraft with text “Report release: A24A0014, runway overrun, Goose Bay Airport, Newfoundland and Labrador”, a plane icon, and Transportation Safety Board coat of arms.

Today, #TSBAir released its investigation report (A24A0014) into a 2024 runway overrun at Goose Bay Airport in NL https://ow.ly/RhQs50Y0in7
#AviationSafety

21.01.2026 14:30 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Not necessarily disagreeing but would you care to post some recent examples, other than typical large corporation greed also exhibited by Rogers or TELUS, etc...?

21.01.2026 14:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Amazing! 😍

19.01.2026 17:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The sunset on Saturday as I was coming home from looking for Bald Eagles. North of Blackie AB. @yyzbound.bsky.social @twittleair.bsky.social @jasonchampton.bsky.social @douglasr.bsky.social

19.01.2026 17:04 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Day or night. Coast to coast to coast. Our team deploys across Canada to investigate transportation occurrences.

Follow us for more behind-the-scenes insights: https://ow.ly/SLvL50XVJ8k

#TSBLab #TransportationSafety

19.01.2026 15:40 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The TSB’S Flickr profile in the background with the text “Find us on Flickr” and the four TSB icons of a plane, a boat, a pipeline and a train. Transportation Safety Board coat of arms in the upper left.

The TSB’S Flickr profile in the background with the text “Find us on Flickr” and the four TSB icons of a plane, a boat, a pipeline and a train. Transportation Safety Board coat of arms in the upper left.

Behind every investigation is a story. Follow the TSB on Flickr for a closer look at our work in air, rail, marine, and pipeline safety: https://ow.ly/TL6f50XW9pv

#TransportationSafety

16.01.2026 15:05 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Picture of a crashed helicopter (A20Q0015) in snow with the text “Inadvertent instrument meteorological conditions (IIMC) occurs when a pilot flying under visual flight rules (VFR) unintentionally finds themselves with insufficient external visual cues to maintain control by reference to the surface.” with the TSB modal icons. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada coat of arms is on the bottom left corner.

Picture of a crashed helicopter (A20Q0015) in snow with the text “Inadvertent instrument meteorological conditions (IIMC) occurs when a pilot flying under visual flight rules (VFR) unintentionally finds themselves with insufficient external visual cues to maintain control by reference to the surface.” with the TSB modal icons. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada coat of arms is on the bottom left corner.

IIMC occurs when a pilot flying under VFR unintentionally finds themselves with insufficient external visual cues to maintain control by reference to the surface.

No horizon. No depth perception. No margin for error.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/l5XA50XW8Bk

#IIMC

15.01.2026 17:05 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Our #TSBAir investigation report (A23W0039) determined that undetected cracks led to aircraft landing gear collapse in Fort Simpson, NWT. Full report: https://ow.ly/V5J650XWP5w
#AviationSafety

14.01.2026 21:35 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Photo of the occurrence aircraft with text “Report release: A23W0039, Landing gear collapse, Fort Smith Airport, Northwest Territories”, a plane icon, and Transportation Safety Board coat of arms.

Photo of the occurrence aircraft with text “Report release: A23W0039, Landing gear collapse, Fort Smith Airport, Northwest Territories”, a plane icon, and Transportation Safety Board coat of arms.

#TSBAir released its investigation report (A23W0039) into the April 14, 2023 landing gear collapse that occurred in Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories. Find out what happened: https://ow.ly/ZgJh50XWOwa #AviationSafety #Media

14.01.2026 17:15 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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