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Old 12-21-2012, 02:40 PM   #1021
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Old 12-26-2012, 11:14 PM   #1022
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German C-160 pilot lands on side road, narrowly missing a bunch of spotters.

Not sure why these spotters didn't run a little faster... most people's spidey senses would be screaming "Hey, that plane is coming right at me" and not "This little road marker will surely protect me"



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...es-runway.html
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Spotters are a different breed.
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Old 01-01-2013, 11:33 AM   #1024
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Old 01-01-2013, 11:57 AM   #1025
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(Re C-160 landing) Yeesh we had a C-130 do a low flyover when I was in cadets and that was impressive enough, that's just a little too close.
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Old 01-01-2013, 01:41 PM   #1026
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German C-160 pilot lands on side road, narrowly missing a bunch of spotters.

Not sure why these spotters didn't run a little faster... most people's spidey senses would be screaming "Hey, that plane is coming right at me" and not "This little road marker will surely protect me"



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...es-runway.html
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Old 01-01-2013, 03:30 PM   #1027
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An Air China A330-200 diverted to YYC today. Fog in YVR. It left around 1:30pm. I'm sure some spotters got some pics.
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Old 01-01-2013, 04:34 PM   #1028
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I'm out of town but it was one of the special livery frames.
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Old 01-01-2013, 07:10 PM   #1029
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Yes. It looked like this.

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B-6075 by Rob Sowald, on Flickr


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Old 01-01-2013, 08:50 PM   #1031
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So if i was on that plane and my final destination was Calgary - could i get off...
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Old 01-02-2013, 07:34 AM   #1032
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Nope, which is really too bad.
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Old 01-05-2013, 12:53 PM   #1033
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Air Berlin 772 on its way to us right now, eta is 1336:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BER1224
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Since when does Air Berlin have a Boeing 777?
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Old 01-05-2013, 01:32 PM   #1035
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According to Flightradar24 it is actually operated by EuroAtlantic, registration CS-TFM.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/cs-tfm
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Courtesy of one of the YYC spotters, already on his Flickr page!


EuroAtlantic TS - CFM by CalgaryLankan, on Flickr
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@CBCKelowna Full WestJet plane slides off tarmac and into the snow at #Kelowna airport. Passengers stuck.
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The WestJet flight off the tarmac at Kelowna was not landing, it was taxiing into position to be de-iced when it slid off the tarmac. I would assume very minimal (if any) damage to the aircraft. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...owna-slip.html

Actually had something similar almost happen me with them taxiing to the gate here at YYC a couple of years ago. Making the turn to line up with the gate you suddenly felt the whole plane start sliding sideways, the captain was quick on a reverser and stopped the slide, dumping a whole bunch of snow on the wing!
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Sweet pre-flight cockpit shot of one of the new C130J Hercules in the RCAF, seen on the Shell ramp here in YYC:


C130J Office by Wee in YYC, on Flickr
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