Canadian trip photos from DeeKnow

[deeknow]

Hey lads. Am on a working holiday trip in Canada at present so gonna take as many pics along the way as I can and post any worth looking at here. Gonna be busy and not likely to have the luxury of time to be scoping out viewing points etc so take em or leave em

First leg, Auckland to Vancouver

Loading up ZK-OKB B772 at Auckland, my lift to CYVR (see flightaware log)


Auckland was loaded with 777s, there were 4 on the ground that I could see. Also a China Southern 777 and China Airlines 747 (Skyteam livery) but couldn't get a decent shot of them sadly


Arrived in Vancouver, in a Canadian Airlines 787 sandwich, here's the one on the Starboard side...


And the other on Port, looks pretty snazzy in this livery I reckon...


And a JAL 787 on the opposite side of the terminal makes three on one airport, coooool !!!


A Philippines 777, not an airline I've seen in the flesh before...


From the airport took the sky-train into town to my hotel on the waterfront, and whadya know, within 100m of my room is the Vancouver float-plane dock... sweet !!! A gaggle of radial Beavers...


Closer. I sat in Maloney's Irish pub right beside the pontoons and watched these guys coming and going for an hour or so, absolute gold..


And the turbo-prop powered Otter cool kids around the corner...


That's it for today. Staying in Vancouver until Friday when I head in to Calgary, more pics then

[Ian Warren]

Sweet photos .. don't ya love being a plane nutter at an airport ..... and look at that a spear ANZ 777 in the background
And just to make you all warm and fuzzy at nights

[Splitpin]

Looking forward to your next installment deeknow .... thanks for taking the time to post what you have so far.
Travel safe

[Fozzer]

From the glorious Summer warmth of NZ, to the freezing cold (and wet) Winter of Vancouver (and Canada)!

A shock to the system?... ...!

Winter here in England....waiting for Summer to arrive!

Northern Hemisphere stuff!

Most on my flight simming is done at the lower end of California, Arizona, and New Mexico, where its warm and cosy!.... ...!

(I hate the cold!).... ....!

Keep wrapped up DeeKnow!

Paul....freezing my Crown Jewels!.... ...!

On my bike, shopping to Sainsbury's this morning .....6 degrees C...feels like 1 degree C.... ...!

[Ian Warren]

(I hate the cold!).... ....!
!

AGREE ..

[Fozzer]

(I hate the cold!).... ....!
!

AGREE ..

I watch "Ice Road Truckers", etc, on the TV, and I cant understand why anyone would want to live, and remain, in those awful conditions!

I like sun, sand, and palm trees....

...and Bikini-clad Beach-babes!!... ...!

Paul...(dreaming of)..... ...!

[Ian Warren]

(I hate the cold!).... ....!
!

AGREE ..

I watch "Ice Road Truckers", etc, on the TV, and I cant understand why anyone would want to live, and remain, in those awful conditions!

I like sun, sand, and palm trees....

...and Bikini-clad Beach-babes!!... ...!

Paul...(dreaming of)..... ...!

LISA

[Fozzer]

...she can blow my air-horn....any time....even in the snow!... ... ... ...!

Paul... ...!

[deeknow]

Ian, Marty, Paul: thanks lads. It's actually pretty mild at the moment, 2deg overnight and about 4 or 5 first thing this morning. I went for a 12k run before breaky this morning along the waterfront and around Stanley Park. Bloody lovely...

[Fozzer]

WOWZERS!

A 12,000 mile run before breakfast, Dean?..... ...!

I get out of breath just running up the path to the garden shed!

...... ....!

Looks like you are coping with the cold temperatures!

...more pics.. ...!

Paul....Central Heating on.... ...!

[Ian Warren]

A different city scape for sure ... San Diego almost looks the same but for an aircraft carrier as a museum on the waterfront, reason that is on a bucket list.

[deeknow]

Hey lads. Well after 5 days in Vancouver I'm now in Calgary. It's a balmy -10deg tonight so not mucking about outside if I can help it

Flew in-land today in an Embraer 190 and is the first time I've been in one. Lovely little aircraft. First impressions when you jump on board is that its like a super size ATR or something, a little wider and a lot longer. Turns out the cabin height is pretty cozy, e.g. couldn't stand up straight when taking a wizz in the loo. Nice to fly in though, seemed fairly quiet in the climb and cruise and super stable in the air.

Anyway, here's a couple of pics from today, was dark by the time we got to Calgary so nothing from that end...

First up, the E190


There are Dash-8's galore here in Canada, funny that


Air Transat A330 : not an aircraft model we see a great deal of in NZ - this one on its way to London

[Ian Warren]

Calgary .. New Zealand's Olympic computer games contender next maybe now you have to choose your best discipline, and start training for it. Maybe the FSX Dash8 .. saves you on your 12km morning run .. sweet update,

[deeknow]

Another update lads. This time a flight back from Calgary to Vancouver. Was getting dark in Calgary as we left so slim pickings I'm afraid as had to rark up the ISO setting on the camera, but did get a few salvageable shots. Glad to be back in Vancouver, was bloody nippy in Alberta, and mild really by their standards. Minus 10deg with another 7deg wind-chill at times and a snow flurry for most of the day.

There's an Air Canada A330 under there somewhere, I swear....


DHL 737-400 freighter operated by Southern Air, I think mostly in the Caribbean. Looked quite cool against the down town Calgary city-scape...


Air Canada Rouge (their budget subsidiary) taxiing in to the gate. First time I'd seen an A319 in the flesh...


An aircraft we see regularly in NZ but not often with ground air pumping into the rear cargo hold to stop the show freezing up...


And finally on board the E190 for our flight only to have to park up on the ramp to get a nice hose down with Glycol ...


That's it for today. I've got a day hiking in the hills around Squamish tomorrow and a nosey at Whistler mountain. Then on Sunday have a flight to Dallas via Denver so should be some aero eye candy along the way.

Toodle-pip

[Ian Warren]

COOL .. no really OK cool , I really are not a cold weather person these days .. love the tropic 30 suits me fine , they are great photos tho

[HamiltonWest]

Dean

[Splitpin]

im loving this trip .... but forget about the 12k before breakfast torture I'll be inside with pancakes and bacon , a good coffee ... and then a quick walk down to the 7/11 for some ciggis
Take care out there fella .... keep posting.

[deeknow]

Thanks guys, and heh yeah Marty don't worry the running has gone out the window pretty quick. Decided a warm coffee and muffin in-doors is the more sane option for now

[deeknow]

Well, not supposed to be an aviation day today but did go for a hike up Squamish mountain aka The Chief, and while up there the following air ambulance landed on the tops. Was quite a view from up there, and a nice big granite spot for them to touch down on. Spectacular countryside for flying I bet...



a wider angle shot...


and a shot of us looking back down the mountain after the 2 and a bit hour climb,...

[Ian Warren]

Arrr so that is what the run was for ..... seen that before