06-15-2025, 12:39 PM
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#1981
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Stumbled my way into a post worthy spotting today at a plane and car show. Didn’t get to talk to the owner, but someone knowledgable said it was late 30s early 40s. Kid also said it’s specialized for short take offs and landings…. No kidding. The thing jumped right up in the air easiest of the day. 
Links to videos of start up and take off with sound. https://i.imgur.com/4mjMWq5.mp4
https://i.imgur.com/u8ItHnY.mp4
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06-15-2025, 01:03 PM
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#1983
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Originally Posted by Byrns
De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter  |
Thanks! It was rad. Looks like it must be 1951 at the oldest.
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06-15-2025, 02:02 PM
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#1984
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Will we be able to hear communication between YYC tower and VIP aircraft?
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Aboslutely.
https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?..._app&icao=cyyc
Lots of pics getting posted in my Facebook group, as well... we're up over 6,000 members now:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/calgaryplanes
There's another group but Bigtime banned me from it so...  check out mine! 
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06-15-2025, 02:30 PM
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#1985
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Stumbled my way into a post worthy spotting today at a plane and car show. Didn’t get to talk to the owner, but someone knowledgable said it was late 30s early 40s. Kid also said it’s specialized for short take offs and landings…. No kidding. The thing jumped right up in the air easiest of the day.
Links to videos of start up and take off with sound. https://i.imgur.com/4mjMWq5.mp4
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There is something about those planes starting up that is just stupidly and perpetually satisfying. I could listen to that thing idle all day.
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06-15-2025, 02:38 PM
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#1986
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. George's, Grenada
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Originally Posted by Wormius
Anything interesting parked at the airport now?
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RAAF KC-30 apparently
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06-15-2025, 02:42 PM
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#1987
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Byrns
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Question for you. It had a bunch of black wires about 8” long dangling off various points at the back of the aircraft. They were a bit frayed at the ends, reasonably thick gauge, and they just dangled out there. I was hoping someone could tell me what they were. One guy guessed to increase radio frequencies. My guess was static discharge. I wish a took a picture to make this request easier. You can sort of see one at the base of the tail in the photo I posted.
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06-15-2025, 02:44 PM
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#1988
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Question for you. It had a bunch of black wires about 8” long dangling off various points at the back of the aircraft. They were a bit frayed at the ends, reasonably thick gauge, and they just dangled out there. I was hoping someone could tell me what they were. One guy guessed to increase radio frequencies. My guess was static discharge. I wish a took a picture to make this request easier. You can sort of see one at the base of the tail in the photo I posted.
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Most likely static wicks for discharge.
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06-15-2025, 02:52 PM
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#1989
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigtime
Most likely static wicks for discharge.
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#### yeah! Thanks BigTime
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06-15-2025, 02:56 PM
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#1990
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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New York Post has a live web feed up at the airport apparently now for dignitary arrivals:
https://www.youtube.com/live/-3n3mZvwI78
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06-15-2025, 03:11 PM
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#1991
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Franchise Player
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UK plane just arrived.
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06-15-2025, 03:42 PM
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#1992
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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What's the reason for USAF Stratotankers circling Kcountry? I assume one to refuel AF1 of required, but two?
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06-15-2025, 03:53 PM
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#1993
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by browna
What's the reason for USAF Stratotankers circling Kcountry? I assume one to refuel AF1 of required, but two?
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Support for combat air patrol? Assuming it’s not just Canada doing that and a norad tasking. Some of this is also very good training ground. Realistically the threat level is probably pretty low here but they can play for real in this scenario.
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06-15-2025, 03:54 PM
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#1994
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Carney landed. Mics could pick up charter, he chatted hockey with Smith and she seemed less confident than Carney (assuming about the Oilers).
No white hat. Shake some dignitaries hands (Premier, Mayor, a First Nations man) and then off into black Suburbans.
German Air Force arriving now. Odd how it's on flight tracking where other dignitaries planes, including Carney's, isn't (which makes sense why they aren't).
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06-15-2025, 03:55 PM
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#1995
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by browna
What's the reason for USAF Stratotankers circling Kcountry? I assume one to refuel AF1 of required, but two?
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Their fighter jets don’t show up on ASD-B so they could have some patrolling.
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06-15-2025, 03:56 PM
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#1996
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Bigtime
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Now...get on the plane! Get on the plane!
Let Evil Knievel get ON the plane, I want to get in the plane with all you fine folks in uniform! Less WIND in here!
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06-15-2025, 03:59 PM
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#1997
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Calgary, Canada
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So far we have Canada and Germany who have officially arrived?
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06-15-2025, 04:03 PM
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#1998
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by curves2000
So far we have Canada and Germany who have officially arrived?
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Italy arrived yesterday, Japan is enroute as is France.
Oh and UK arrived just before Canada.
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06-15-2025, 04:04 PM
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#1999
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Uh oh....Ze Germans have arrived... 
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06-15-2025, 04:06 PM
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#2000
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Calgary, Canada
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Are the leaders being flown via helicopter or are they being taken downtown and then to the site via motorcade?
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