02-22-2016, 09:05 AM
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#3981
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Bigtime
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If someone was to go and watch this plane land, what tips would you (or anyone else) have to guessing the correct runway and a good viewing spot? I can't go there today, but if this were on a different day it would be interesting to see.
Just check to see what runway other flights from the east are using in the period of time prior to arrival and make an educated guess?
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02-22-2016, 09:12 AM
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#3982
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Calgary
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I'm guessing it will come in on 35R / 17L. due to it coming from Toronto.
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02-22-2016, 09:29 AM
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#3983
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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East arrivals as a general rule will use the new parallel runway, 17L/35R. So I'd stick with that and go to either the north or south side based on winds and what traffic around the same time is landing on.
Best bet is to have a scanner, so you can actually listen to them check in with Arrival and get their runway from them.
Or you could bookmark this facebook page for Calgary spotters:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1586...?ref=bookmarks
Where no doubt an arrival like this will have quite a few people talking about it, some most likely supplying the above information as it happens so you can be in the loop.
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02-22-2016, 12:26 PM
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#3984
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Based on the wind outside my building right now (near Mcknight and Barlow) I would expect the 35R arrival.
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02-22-2016, 12:53 PM
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#3985
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Not a fantastic photo, but the best my iPhone could do.
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02-22-2016, 01:08 PM
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#3986
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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I would get no work done with your view.
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02-22-2016, 02:19 PM
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#3987
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigtime
I would get no work done with your view.
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Fortunately, or unfortunately, that's not my view... Just walked over to the other side of the office.
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02-22-2016, 02:21 PM
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#3988
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In the Sin Bin
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I turn into a giddy schoolgirl when I'm stuck in traffic on McKnight outside your office and the planes fly over.
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02-23-2016, 07:12 AM
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#3989
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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The Antonov is scheduled to leave at 0900 for Gander. Current runways in use are the 35's but the forecast could see them switching to the 17's and she'd fly over the city on departure should that be the case.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/V...600Z/CYYC/CYQX
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02-23-2016, 07:27 AM
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#3990
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Self Imposed Exile
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigtime
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For the uneducated, why does this plane have so much importance?
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02-23-2016, 07:44 AM
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#3991
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Not really importance, it's just a rare bird around these parts. So pretty cool to see a big four engine Ukrainian beast come to town.
We'll usually see them a handful of times in a year, often though it is overnight and dark. So I make a point of posting about it if we'll get a daylight arrival or departure.
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02-23-2016, 11:00 AM
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#3993
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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That's one awesome guy.
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02-23-2016, 02:22 PM
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#3994
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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Southwest continues the trend of painting flags on to aircraft in the theme of states in which they have large operations. Tennessee the latest:
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02-23-2016, 04:10 PM
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#3995
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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My 5-year-old son and I were driving on Memorial yesterday when it was coming in.
Me: "Wow, look at that big airplane!"
Him: "That looks like an Antonov 124..." He takes a moment to look closer. "It IS an Antonov 124."
Somehow, I think I ended up saying the line that the 5-year-old is supposed to say, and he ended up saying the line that the dad is supposed to say. Aviation geek in the making, I think.
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02-25-2016, 06:46 AM
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#3996
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Well it must be Antonov week, another A124 arrived non-stop from Brazil yesterday afternoon (Rio de Janeiro), and today another one is coming up from Houston with an ETA of 1524.
Last edited by Bigtime; 02-25-2016 at 07:00 AM.
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02-25-2016, 09:09 AM
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#3997
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigtime
Well it must be Antonov week, another A124 arrived non-stop from Brazil yesterday afternoon (Rio de Janeiro), and today another one is coming up from Houston with an ETA of 1524.
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How many 124s are there? I thought there were only one of each (225 and 124).
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02-25-2016, 09:26 AM
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#3999
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Only one flying 225, plus another frame sitting in the Ukraine that "could" fly if you threw enough money at it.
For the 124's there were 55 built, as of July 2013 it was reported that there were 26 in commercial service.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antono...slan#Operators
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