Notes:

"Tanker 275" on takeoff roll, powered up...very short take off distance req'd for these 215's.

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C-GOGW - Canadair CL-415 - Canada - Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

These 415's can fill thier tanks with water in 10 seconds and with an infrared sensor on the nose, detect the fires hotspots while flying through smoke

Kevin Prentice C-GOGW
5,891 1 0 Canadair CL-415
C-GOGW - Canadair CL-415 - Canada - Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Getting ready to scoop off McKenzie Lake to fight a nearby forest fire

Ian Beatty C-GOGW
4,460 0 0 Canadair CL-415
C-GOGW - Canadair CL-415 - Canada - Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

C/N: 2037

Luc Brousseau C-GOGW
2,812 1 0 Canadair CL-415

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N138FE - Boeing 767-3S2F(ER) - FedEx

Galen Burrows N138FE
2 0 0 Boeing 767-3S2F(ER)
C-FRAX - Boeing 737-8 MAX - WestJet Airlines

On final for 29

Mike MacKinnon C-FRAX
2 1 0 Boeing 737-8 MAX
C-GJWI - Airbus A321-211 - Air Canada

Janos Englert C-GJWI
257 1 0 Airbus A321-211

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69-5829 - Lockheed HC-130N Hercules - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Part of an SAR exercise here at YYC this weekend, this was a welcomed sight!! Notice how "advanced" these SAR aircraft are compared to the Canadian ones, as this even has a FLIR pod under the nose

Neil Young 69-5829
4,106 1 0 Lockheed HC-130N Hercules
C-FEHU - Bombardier CRJ-701 - Bombardier Aerospace

Mark McWhirter and Chris Sands and I luckily got to see 2 of these this day

Neil Young C-FEHU
3,082 1 0 Bombardier CRJ-701
N158UP - Airbus A300F4-622R - United Parcel Service (UPS)

A very nice new scheme indeed!! Just starting "taxi practice" after doing an engine run up, and this was my first sighting in YYC of a new schemed UPS

Neil Young N158UP
2,895 0 0 Airbus A300F4-622R

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C-GOGW

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Aug 02, 2003

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Notes

"Tanker 275" on takeoff roll, powered up...very short take off distance req'd for these 215's.

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C-GOGW - Canadair CL-415 - Canada - Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

These 415's can fill thier tanks with water in 10 seconds and with an infrared sensor on the nose, detect the fires hotspots while flying through smoke

Kevin Prentice C-GOGW
5,891 1 0 Canadair CL-415
C-GOGW - Canadair CL-415 - Canada - Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Getting ready to scoop off McKenzie Lake to fight a nearby forest fire

Ian Beatty C-GOGW
4,460 0 0 Canadair CL-415
C-GOGW - Canadair CL-415 - Canada - Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

C/N: 2037

Luc Brousseau C-GOGW
2,812 1 0 Canadair CL-415
N138FE - Boeing 767-3S2F(ER) - FedEx

Galen Burrows N138FE
2 0 0 Boeing 767-3S2F(ER)
C-FRAX - Boeing 737-8 MAX - WestJet Airlines

On final for 29

Mike MacKinnon C-FRAX
2 1 0 Boeing 737-8 MAX
C-GJWI - Airbus A321-211 - Air Canada

Janos Englert C-GJWI
257 1 0 Airbus A321-211
69-5829 - Lockheed HC-130N Hercules - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Part of an SAR exercise here at YYC this weekend, this was a welcomed sight!! Notice how "advanced" these SAR aircraft are compared to the Canadian ones, as this even has a FLIR pod under the nose

Neil Young 69-5829
4,106 1 0 Lockheed HC-130N Hercules
C-FEHU - Bombardier CRJ-701 - Bombardier Aerospace

Mark McWhirter and Chris Sands and I luckily got to see 2 of these this day

Neil Young C-FEHU
3,082 1 0 Bombardier CRJ-701
N158UP - Airbus A300F4-622R - United Parcel Service (UPS)

A very nice new scheme indeed!! Just starting "taxi practice" after doing an engine run up, and this was my first sighting in YYC of a new schemed UPS

Neil Young N158UP
2,895 0 0 Airbus A300F4-622R
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