A few more from Toronto

Following on from my last post, here are a few more photos from Toronto.

Airbus A320-211, C-FKPT, operated by Air Canada

Air Canada Rouge is a low-cost brand of Air Canada's. Think tighter seat pitch and less facilities/ service.

Airbus A319-114, C-FKUG, operated by Air Canada Rouge

Boeing 767-333/ER, C-GHLT, operated by Air Canada Rouge

Airliners at Toronto

Following on from my last Canadian aviation-themed post, here are a few photos from my brief layover at Toronto Pearson International Airport [CYYZ].

Toronto appeared somewhat busier than Ottawa, which was good for seeing a few different aircraft and liveries, although I was disappointed to miss photographing what appeared to be a B727!

Anyway, here we go. Let's start with a Mad Dog from Delta Air Lines. N953DL is a McDonnell Douglas MD88 and is likely one of the oldest aircraft I managed to photograph on this trip [aside from the museum aircraft of course!].

McDonnell Douglas MD88, N953DL, operated by Delta Air Lines

Boeing B737-8CT, C-GAWS, operated by Westjet

Boeing B737-808, C-FTDW, operated by Sunwing

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, C-FNOE, operated by Air Canada

Embraer ERJ-190AR, C-FMZU, operated by Air Canada

Embraer ERJ175LR, C-FRQK, operated by Air Canada Express

Enjoy! There will be a few more pictures from Toronto coming shortly.

Video of the Airbus A350 departing Wellington

Daytime photos of the Airbus A350-941 at Wellington

Here are a few daytime photos of the Airbus A350-941, F-WXWB, which is currently at Wellington, undertaking some testing. First impressions are that it is an awesome looking plane, and fairly quiet also!

The two flights today were rather short - one was just a departure off runway 16, turn right, head out towards Mana Island then in again. The second took the aircraft out toward the Southern Wairarapa for a quick hold then rejoin to land on runway 34.

Airbus A350-941, F-WXWB, operated by Airbus

Airbus A350-941, F-WXWB, operated by Airbus

Airbus A350-941, F-WXWB, operated by Airbus

Airbus A350-941, F-WXWB, operated by Airbus

Airbus A350-941, F-WXWB, operated by Airbus

Airbus A350-941, F-WXWB, operated by Airbus

A few airliners at Ottawa

I have recently returned from a trip to Canada. While I was a little slack on the airport photography [nothing from Vancouver for example!], I did get some photos from Ottawa, Toronto and Edmonton. This post has some Ottawa photos.

First up is Porter Airlines and one of their Bombardier DHC-8-402, C-GLQF. It's no surprise that Bombardier supplies a lot of turboprops and regional jets within Canada...!

Bombardier DHC-8-402, C-GLQF, operated by Porter Airlines

Next up are two Air Canada Express [Jazz Air] regional jets. The first has the legacy livery, the second the newer [and much nicer] version.

Bombardier CRJ-705ER, C-FTJZ, operated by Air Canada Express [Jazz Air]

Bombardier CRJ-900LR, C-GJZV, operated by Air Canada Express [Jazz Air]

The second major airline [after Air Canada] in canada is Westjet. They also use some Bombardier turboprops, such as this DHC-8-402, C-GEEN.

Bombardier DHC-8-402, C-GEEN, operated by Westjet

Last up is an Air Canada-operated Airbus A320-211, C-FKOJ.

Airbus A320-211, C-FKOJ, operated by Air Canada

Anyway, photos from Toronto and Edmonton will be posted in the next week or so. I also have some photos from the Canada Aviation and Space Museum and the Alberta Aviation Museum. These might take a little longer!

A Tomahawk with attitude!

This, I'm sure, will appear on a few aviation spotter feeds in the next few days...

Wellington Aero Club has updated the livery on Piper PA38-112 Tomahawk, ZK-WAC! Now it has some teeth and a black tail. There may be more to come, but you'll just have to watch for it!

I'm pretty sure that this will make the aircraft go faster... :-)

Piper PA38-112 Tomahawk, ZK-WAC, operated by Wellington Aero Club

I hope to have some better photos int he next few weeks.

Airbus A350-941 at Wellington

This evening we had a first-of-type for Wellington; the arrival of an Airbus A350-941, F-WXWB. This aircraft is operated by Airbus and is here for some test flying. I'm hoping to see some circuits tomorrow. I wonder if they will attempt a touch-n-go? I assume not!

Anyway, the A350 arrived after dark, and this is the one photo I got that that is not totally horrible  Hopefully there will be much better photos to publish later this week.

Airbus A350-941, F-WXWB, operated by Airbus

Out of Vancouver and off to Ganges Harbour on Saltspring Island

While in Vancouver, I took a return flight with Harbour Air from Vancouver to Ganges Island [on Saltspring Island]. It's around a 30-minute flight each way, and in my case, both flights were in a DHC3T Turbine Otter, C-FODH. 

First up is the aircraft for the flight, then the control tower, pictures of the flight then from Ganges Harbour itself.

De Havilland Canada DHC3T Turbine Otter, C-FODH, operated by Harbour Air

The control tower

The cockpit of the DHC3 is clearly functional rather than lavish. I like it!

The cockpit of C-FODH

Part of Vancouver

Lion's Gate Bridge

Another picture of Lion's Gate Bridge

The harbour area

The Water Aerodrome wharf at Ganges Harbour

De Havilland Canada DHC2 Beaver, C-GMKP, operated by Harbour Air

More pictures from the the Coal Harbour water aerodrome

Here are a few more pictures from the water aerodrome in downtown Vancouver.  Most of the pictures are of Harbour Air, although there's also a nice picture of a Seair Seaplanes-operated DHC-2 Beaver.

Water aerodrome, CYHC

Three De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beavers

De Havilland Canada DHC2 Beaver, C-FJBP, operated by Harbour Air/ Whistler Air

De Havilland Canada DHC2 Beaver, C-GTBO, operated by Harbour Air/ Saltspring Air

De Havilland Canada DHC3T Turbine Otter, C-GHAZ

De Havilland Canada DHC2 Beaver, operated by Harbour Air

De Havilland Canada DHC6-100 Twin Otter, C-CQKN, operated by Harbour Air

De Havilland Canada DHC3T Turbine Otter, C-FLAP, operated by Harbour Air/ Saltspring Air

De Havilland Canada DHC6-100 Twin Otter, C-CQKN, operated by Harbour Air

De Havilland Canada DHC2 Beaver, C-FZZJ, operated by Seair Seaplanes

Harbour Air, Vancouver

I am on holiday at the moment and for the next couple of days I'm in Vancouver. For today's walk-around I went down to the harbour area and took a number of photos of Harbour Air float planes at and in the vicinity of Coal Harbour, downtown Vancouver [ICAO code CYHC].

First up is Harbour Air's Coal Harbour base, followed by three of their fleet.

Harbour Air base at Coal Harbour, CYHC

De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk 1, C-FJOS, operated by Harbour Air

De Havilland DHC-3T Vazar Turbine Otter, C-GVNL, operated by Harbour Air

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De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk1, C-GFDI, operated by Harbour Air

Now the great news is that I've booked myself into a flight with Harbour Air tomorrow. I'll be on the "Mail Run", so heading out to Ganges Harbour on Salt Spring Island. There's sure to be some photos up in the next week or so.

Also, I've got a few hundred photos from around Canada, many of them aviation related, so stay tuned as the next month is likely to be busy with posts!

Off Air - Time for a holiday

I'll be Off Air, or at least slowing down for a short time, as I head off on holiday

I hope to share some photos with you as I trip around, especially of some things you may not have seen before.

In the meantime, I'm off to the lounge to start the holiday in a relaxing and enjoyable manner! See you soon everyone. Keep a lookout for the Mean Green Flying Machine, coming to an airport near yours* :-)





* statements about the existence of a Mean Green Flying Machine may bear no resemblance to reality.

Gulfstream

Here's a Gulfstream I have not properly identified... I've been in a bit of a rush to complete some other stuff. Obviously US government/ military.

Singapore Airline's new departure

Singapore Airlines has recently changed the destination of their trans-Tasman flight out of Wellington, from Canberra to Melbourne. The departure time has also changed to an early/ mid-afternoon departure [around 13:45 - the inbound flight arrives from Melbourne just after midday.]. They still get the ratepayer subsidy for the flight which is likely to annoy Air New Zealand and Qantas as they also fly this route, without and ratepayer subsidy...

Here are some photos of today's departure. First up, taking off on runway 34, the nose is off the ground before 1/2 way...

Boeing 777-212/ER, 9V-SRO, operated by Singapore Airlines

... and airborne before taxiway M4, off into what appear to be dark clouds. It's not really as bad as it looks today...

Boeing 777-212/ER, 9V-SRO, operated by Singapore Airlines

... and off they go. Looks like the local bird population was woken up though.

Boeing 777-212/ER, 9V-SRO, operated by Singapore Airlines