Canada’s airspace closed to all Russian aircraft operators.
https://twitter.com/OmarAlghabra/status ... fJnOpmXq_g
Check out the planned eco friendly parking garage complete with a green roof, a walkway and a seating area. Looks like it could be an ideal spotting location. ;) https://scontent.fymq3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/31530564_2434288106596635_7067434372797825024_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=9ef2b000da0a922f2e697...
Jump to postTransat A.T. to unveil new look on November 13th to celebrate their 30th anniversary.
https://www.transat.com/en-CA/corporate ... ses/124109
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Canada has free agreements in place with Europe and with China. The US does not with either country. In addition, info from the Office of the United States Trade Representative website https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/americas/canada U.S.-Canada Trade Facts U.S. goods and services trade with Canad...
Jump to postSo Being has decided to launch a PR campaign so Canadian's forgive them. Based on the comments below the social media add, it seems to be back firing quite badly. Looks like one of those "What where they thinking" moments. 2,000 jobs in Canada and a so called 4 billion in investment is lik...
Jump to postHaving looked at the reaction to these subsidies by the aviation and business industry leaders over the weekend, it seems that this is will turn out to be a Public Relations nightmare for Boeing. Their reputation for being competitive and innovative will be replaced by a reputation of being a bully ...
Jump to postTake that Boeing ...
Bombardier Nears $1.25 Billion C Series Deal With Air Baltic
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... air-baltic
Boeing's complaint and the US Trade Commission's ruling will only serve to hurt the US in the long run. Here are some excepts of letters from US politicians to the US Trade Commission. Sen. Blumenthal, Sen. Murphy, and Rep. Larson from Connecticut : "[W]e write urging you to closely examine the...
Jump to postQuote below from a news conference from the Premiere of Quebec this morning. So are deliveries of Air Canada B737MAXs slated for next year in jeopardy? That will depend on the Canadian Federal government but the door has just been opened. ""Not a bolt, not a part, (and) of course not a pla...
Jump to postA 220% tariff. What an absolute disgrace. Specially since Boeing has be doing predatory pricing for years ... and US government subsidies, don't even get me started. Well Boeing, say bye bye to Boeing 5.2 billion dollar F/A-18 fighter jet deal with the Canadian military. Also congrats to further ang...
Jump to postVideo that shows what used to be the Sunset Bar and Grill at Maho Beach. A favorite hangout of spotters. I practically lived there when I spotted at SXM in 2011. So sad. It's going to be a long time perhaps years before any spotters return to SXM. YULspotter https://youtu.be/YnKwhaTCqaM
Jump to postImpressive take-off performance see in the following on-board video. Specially considering there was nearly 120 PAX on board.
https://mobile.twitter.com/thatjohn/status/738772717386760192/video/1
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Bombardier has released pictures of the recent water ingestion test that was done with FTV7, One of the more impressive certification tests that are done. <a href="http://news.commercialaircraft.bombardier.com/c-series-soaks-it-up/#/c-series/category/photos/" target="_blank">http://news.commercialai...
Jump to postLooks like the CS300 (FTV7) performed a demonstration flight at Le Bourget today. <center><table align="center" border="0" width="428" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=34410&filename=1434028119Zg1g09.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/uf/...
Jump to postCS300 first flight video released by Bombardier. Great areal shots and belly cameras show the take-off, landing and cycling of the landing gear. You can get a peek at the recently painted black tail of FTV2 at the end of the video. A very proud achievement for Bombardier <a href="http://youtu.be/dUy...
Jump to postWow nearly 5hrs flying up to FL410 and 500 kts, that's a very successful first flight. Congrats to Bombardier. <center><table align="center" border="0" width="642" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=34410&filename=1425071792M03sky.png" target="_blank"><img src="htt...
Jump to postVideo of first flight:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bomb...-off-for-1st-test-flight-1.2975125
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They're going to use a soon to be delivered American Eagle CRJ900 NextGen as the chase plane (with permission from American Airlines).
http://cseries.com/
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To commemorate today's very last PAX <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11 flights, I created the following family photo. All pics were taken during my many years of spotting at <acronym title="Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (Dorval) (YUL / CYUL), Canada - Quebec">YUL</acr...
Jump to postHere is video I took of yesterday's departure from <acronym title="Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (Dorval) (YUL / CYUL), Canada - Quebec">YUL</acronym> on the <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11's very last scheduled PAX flight. The pilots were incredibly accommodating t...
Jump to postThe last passenger revenue <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11 flight took of from <acronym title="Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (Dorval) (YUL / CYUL), Canada - Quebec">YUL</acronym> at 19:24 local time and is now on it's way to <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS...
Jump to postAudrey Hepburn just touched down in YUL for the very last time and got a nice water canon salute from both the airport fire dept and from Mother Nature herself.
Sad day.
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I have enjoyed spotting the <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11 at <acronym title="Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (Dorval) (YUL / CYUL), Canada - Quebec">YUL</acronym> for nearly 10 years and it's one of my favorite aircraft to see there as it is unique. I sure will miss...
Jump to postVideo montage that I did of today's first flight. The video features the take-off, low altitude fly by, landing and taxi past. The are also some shots of the Global 5000 chase plane. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r10RuGuTc0w" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r10RuGuTc0w</a> H...
Jump to postThe weather forecast for Monday (specially in the morning) is not looking very promising right now.
http://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/qc-123_metric_e.html
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/YXwatcherMKE" class="quote" target="_blank">YXwatcherMKE</a> (<a href="#121" class="quote">Reply 121</a>):<br/><i>Wow!!! I can't believe how qui...
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Jump to postJust wanted to say thank you to everyone for their suggestions.
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I'm currently a subscriber and I agree that it appears to be going downhill. There have been quite a few departures of staff at the magazine over the last little while (as announced in the magazine itself). This is usually not a good sign. In addition, my Jan/Feb 2010 issue arrived in mid-March whil...
Jump to postHello. I will be in Las Vegas from April 6th to April 11th and I plan to do some spotting and picture taking at McCarren during my stay. I've found a few spotting guides which have been helpful as to the location to spot (the viewing park near 25L appears to be best). However, in terms of activity, ...
Jump to postHello. I recently purchased the Wilco fellThere B772 <acronym title="DHL Worldwide Express (Belgium)">ER</acronym> aircraft add-on for FS9. The add-on installs and plays fine but I am unable to get the extra liveries to show up in FS9. The extra liveries are available here: <a href="http://www.wilco...
Jump to postVideo on YouTube of a startup of the GE90-115B in case anyone is interested in hearing it. Awsome sound. To me, it doesn't get much better. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y_e0rTiK4Tg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true">...
Jump to postApart from <acronym title="Alitalia (Italy)">AZ</acronym>'s financial mess, I don't see how an airline such as <acronym title="Air One (Italy)">AP</acronym> with a fleet of about 40 narrowbody and 10 CRJs can effectively manage a financially trouble airline with a fleet of about 150 narrowbody & wid...
Jump to postI agree that the <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11 is the best looking commercial aircraft flying. For the original question, KLM operates <acronym title="Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (Dorval) (YUL / CYUL), Canada - Quebec">YUL</acronym>-<acronym title="Amsterdam - S...
Jump to postVideo of it's arrival from <acronym title="Orlando - International (McCoy) (MCO / KMCO), USA - Florida">MCO</acronym> on a very wet runway in <acronym title="Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (Dorval) (YUL / CYUL), Canada - Quebec">YUL</acronym>. Lots of spray being kicked up by the wh...
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Jump to postHello. If possible, can someone confirm if the A380 has left <acronym title="Orlando - International (McCoy) (MCO / KMCO), USA - Florida">MCO</acronym> and at what time. I want to be at the airport in <acronym title="Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (Dorval) (YUL / CYUL), Canada - Que...
Jump to postIn case anyone is interested, here is a video I took today of it's departure from <acronym title="Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (Dorval) (YUL / CYUL), Canada - Quebec">YUL</acronym> enroute to <acronym title="Orlando - International (McCoy) (MCO / KMCO), USA - Florida">MCO</acronym...
Jump to postHere is a video of the A380's departure today from runway 24R. <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XQ12aKIxJfU&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XQ12aKIxJfU&rel=1" type="application/x-s...
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Jump to postI live in Montreal and watched the A380 take off around 1:00pm EST so she is definitely in the air. Besides it's size, what really impressed me is how quickly it rotated (not even halfway down the runway) and how quiet this bird is even at take-off power. So she's definitely on the way. Enjoy her vi...
Jump to postI was fortunate enough to be on Chemin St. Francois to see it land. I got there around 9:30am and there were already a few hundred people there as well as satellite trucks from every news station in the city. Here are some pics I took today. The first two are to give you an idea of how many people w...
Jump to postThe last I heard ... Flight number AF002 Expected time of arrival is around 12:45pm. It's apparently going to do a low and over on runway 24L / 06R, fly over the city and then land on runway 24R / 06L. It will spend the night at <acronym title="Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (Dorval...
Jump to postThanks everyone for the nice comments.
I enjoyed the cruise very much. It's something everyone should do at least once in their life if they can.
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Last part of the report... Departure from <acronym title="Miami - International (MIA / KMIA), USA - Florida">MIA</acronym> Airline#: American Airlines Flight #: AA1478 Aircraft: 737-800 Reg #: N930AN Seat #: 07D & 07F Departure time: 12h24 Arrival time in <acronym title="Montreal - Pierre Elliott Tr...
Jump to postDay 5 - September 14th - Departure from Miami Time to come home already. To get to our gate, we needed to take a short tram ride to concourse E at <acronym title="Miami - International (MIA / KMIA), USA - Florida">MIA</acronym>. Concourse E is located right in the middle of American Airline's hub at...
Jump to postSome pictures from the cruise Day 1 - September 10th - Departure from the Port of Miami Miami beach. <a href="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o62/YULspotter/2007%20Royal%20Caribbean%20cruise/P9103866.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o62/YULspotter/2007%20Royal%20Car...
Jump to postHere is a trip report on my recent trip to the Caribbean. We departed the port of Miami on board Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's Majesty of The Seas on September 10th. Our 4 day cruise had stops in Nassau, Bahamas, Cococay, Bahamas and Key West, Florida before returning to Miami on September 14th. Thi...
Jump to postHi Alex. First, the best time for spotting at <acronym title="Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (Dorval) (YUL / CYUL), Canada - Quebec">YUL</acronym> tends to be on Thursdays from 4:00pm until 9:00pm as that is when most of the international flights and heavies can be seen. The 55th av...
Jump to postThanks for the info FlySSC. I new it was coming on Nov. 12th but, up until now, didn't know the times of arrival and departure. Can't wait to finally see her in <acronym title="Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (Dorval) (YUL / CYUL), Canada - Quebec">YUL</acronym>. There's going to be ...
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