My previous post showed a short video of the Jetstream 4100. It was the first passenger carrying airplane I ever flew. Two years after I was hired at Atlantic Coast Airlines, I transitioned to Captain of the Canadair Regional Jet. It is a 50-seat plane built by Bombardier of Canada. I have almost 2,000 flight hours in the left seat the the CRJ-200. When I was finishing my training on the CRJ, the country experienced the worst terrorist attack on US soil, the flying of airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. I was to do my checkride the day after 9/11. Needless to say, it was postponed for a few days. My first trip out of training included a flight from Indianapolis to La Guardia in New York City. The arrival brought me right over the top of the World Trade Center site. What I saw will be permanently seared into my memory. Thankfully, I had many good memories of flying the CRJ during the 3 years I flew her. Here is a video that was produced by a friend of mine that I flew with at Atlantic Coast Airlines. He made it while flying with another company. I hope you enjoy it.
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