It's a Quebecois French guys last name. ~BOM-bard-yey.
Pronunciation varies between languages and accents, but any pronunciation ending in 'ier' sounding like 'ear' is wrong.
Ha! He was VERY knowledgeable when it came to bending steel for aircraft parts. I'd machine a part while it was flat, and he'd bend it 3 or 4 times and the features would be within true position .003"
The company is named after its founder, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, a French-Canadian inventor and businessman.
What does "Bombardier" mean?
The word is French and carries a direct military and historical meaning:
Literal Meaning: A "bombardier" is a bomb-thrower or an artilleryman. Specifically, it originally referred to someone who operated a bombard (an early type of large-caliber cannon or mortar).
Etymology: It is derived from the French word bombarde, which comes from the Latin bombus, meaning "a deep, booming sound" or "a buzz."
Military Rank: In the British and French militaries, "Bombardier" is a specific rank for a non-commissioned officer in the artillery.
Essentially, "Bombardier" is an occupational surname, similar to how Smith refers to a blacksmith or Miller refers to someone who worked at a mill.
I’m impressed with the video. Obviously shot from quite a distance using a telephoto lens. I’m curious about how far you were from the airport to make the plane appear to hang in the air and remain nearly the same size as it moved farther away from you.
Great job!
Don't know the elevation difference between the runway and the camera, but seems to be looking north, as you can see the VOR past the end of the runway, past the road.
that's amazing for so many reasons, but what I note is that anyone unfamilar with VNY would think this is some small rural runway surrounded by greenery and this isn't smack in the middle of LA, and surrounded by hundreds of square miles of homes and businesses.
That was one of the most satisfying and creative aviation shots I’ve ever seen. It really conveys how they gently bleed the lift to lower the altitude. Nice!
There are many so the guys calling in noise complaints can use tail numbers. So what if they had to move the noise sensors a dozen times so the trash trucks wouldn’t set them off.
Angle/zoom make it hard to judge length, but it looks too short to be a 7500. Definitely a Global Express–type—I’d guess a Bombardier Global 6000, maybe a 5000 since they’re pretty similar.
You could probably post a close up picture from any angle of any 1 square foot of a plane and someone here would be able to tell you the make, model, tail number, serial number, and what the pilot flying ate for breakfast.
I think maybe a challenger 300. It’s hard to tell if it’s a challenger or global from this angle for me. The winglets aren’t bent out so I know it’s not a 350 or 3500.
Saw a Cessna land like that a while back when we had some pretty heavy winds. Felt like it took 5 minutes for him to just get to the runway. He probably shouldn’t have been flying anyway if there’s a danger you can’t fly fast enough to get back home.
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