darrylcn
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Looks to be an RAF C-130 at YHZ right now, parked in front of the Innotech hangar. Definitely a herc and I think it has a small RAF mark on the vertical stab.
Spotted at CYHZ
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Dang, I must have missed him, was out there earlier. I did catch this guy though, ever heard of Aero Union? :
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darrylcn
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Looks like a firefighting P-3?
nodak1crdet3
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Yep that's a Fire Fighting (Bomber) P-3A. I'm sure You tube has tons of video's of them in action.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N927AU
Aerial Firefighting - Airtankers - Aero Union Corporation
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N927AU
Aerial Firefighting - Airtankers - Aero Union Corporation
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Thanks for the info guys, and links! Found some great vids on youtube..check this one if you havent seen it already :
‪World's Largest Firefighting Aircraft Takes Off‬‏ - YouTube
‪World's Largest Firefighting Aircraft Takes Off‬‏ - YouTube
Good to hear, I've heard them before, so I was thinking it was training, but I never heard them say it was, like they have in the past, must have missed that transmission. Thanks for the info.
Speaking of fire, this pic I got out at YHZ might interest you, and this was not a drill, apparently this guy had a some engine problems of some sort, they chased him down the runway with the trucks and all :
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SYOTT
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Wow.... great shot!!!!!!!!
Hey guys, caught 2 somewhat interesting aircraft at HIA today, and on Friday, the first was a USMC C9B Skytrain..maybe someone can correct me if its otherwise, he had a weird callsign, which I can't remember lol. The other was a USN or AF? C-130, his callsign was Convoy something.
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darrylcn
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Nice! Sweet vapes on the Herc's props too. I know where you were standing for that shot I think, and wow, that's closer than I could get with my current lens. If all goes as planned I'm about a month from getting my T3i. I'll ask for the IS 250mm for Christmas.
Thanks Darryl, they turned out ok, I didnt even see the vapors till I got it on the computer screen
Hey guys, just a heads up for anyone with some time to kill..there's a USAF C-17 sitting out in front of the Air Canada repair hangar at HIA. Apparently hes been here most of the day according to a friend. Get your cameras and get out here if you can.
Warthog1
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The C-9's have been monitored using the callsign LOBO.
Slipperypete
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Hey Guys first time posting. Here are a couple pics i took at YHZ
darrylcn
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Great shots Pete, thanks! What lens/cam?
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say a 20D and a 100-300mm lens
And welcome to the thread "Pete" darrylcn
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Heh sounds like you're getting more than even Exif would provide
Slipperypete
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thanks guys, yeah its a 20D, 300mm...
CBFD
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Here's something for you plane buffs to watch...
Documentary disputes Swissair crash findings
Author suggests terrorists brought down jet in 1998
by Lisa Brown
COUNTY - A documentary by the CBC's "Fifth Estate" is about to make new and startling claims about what brought down Swissair Flight 111 off the South Shore in 1998.
The program, scheduled to air on September 16, will suggest that terrorists were responsible and that the fire on the plane wasn't accidental, but instead was caused by an incendiary device or a failed bomb.
Chester Basin author Paul Palango, widely known for three books about the inner workings of the RCMP, is behind the project.
Mr. Palango says it began more than two years ago when he was contacted by a retired RCMP sergeant and ident officer who worked on the Swissair investigation.
Tom Juby, who spent four years as the lead forensics investigator on the disaster, led Mr. Palango to 13,000 pages of documents about the Swissair crash.
"The story he is able to tell is a very powerful one," says Mr. Palango, an associate producer on the documentary.
Sgt. Juby claims investigators decided within days, even before recovering the plane's black boxes, that they would ultimately conclude the crash was an accident. They followed that determination throughout the investigation, issuing safety advisories which many airlines followed.
The premise is that they discovered too late that the fire didn't start accidentally.
"As they start to reassemble the plane ... they begin to realize the fire damage is much greater than any short-circuit could have ever caused. Then they find scientific evidence of the constituents of an incendiary device or possibly failed bomb on the plane, yet no criminal investigation ever takes place," Mr. Palango says.
By then, the Transportation Safety Board had opened itself up to legal action by the airlines that had spent millions of dollars to correct suggested safety deficiencies.
The larger part of the picture, Mr. Palango suggests, is the political climate of the day. No one wanted to talk about terrorism because of the impact it could have had on the airline industry and the American economy, but the world now knows of al-Qaida's interest in planes.
Swissair 111 was one of four planes that left JFK and crashed into water in four years. All were declared accidents.
Mr. Palango understands people may doubt the veracity of the theory. He had trouble selling the story from the outset.
"Every publisher in Canada and the United States that I contacted turned down the story and wrote it off as a conspiracy theory," he says.
Eventually, he got Swiss television interested and then the CBC.
"When you see Tom Juby on camera, you're going to be blown away by how impressive he is. He's a real honest guy and the documents that are used to tell this story - there are a number of key documents," Mr. Palango says.
Those, he claims, include internal files which reveal efforts to suppress any suggestions of terrorism.
"It's going to change the way people perceive not only the Swissair crash, but a number of other things, like how can you cover up something in plain sight like this," Mr. Palango says.
"This is about secrecy and what's really going on."
Documentary disputes Swissair crash findings
Author suggests terrorists brought down jet in 1998
by Lisa Brown
COUNTY - A documentary by the CBC's "Fifth Estate" is about to make new and startling claims about what brought down Swissair Flight 111 off the South Shore in 1998.
The program, scheduled to air on September 16, will suggest that terrorists were responsible and that the fire on the plane wasn't accidental, but instead was caused by an incendiary device or a failed bomb.
Chester Basin author Paul Palango, widely known for three books about the inner workings of the RCMP, is behind the project.
Mr. Palango says it began more than two years ago when he was contacted by a retired RCMP sergeant and ident officer who worked on the Swissair investigation.
Tom Juby, who spent four years as the lead forensics investigator on the disaster, led Mr. Palango to 13,000 pages of documents about the Swissair crash.
"The story he is able to tell is a very powerful one," says Mr. Palango, an associate producer on the documentary.
Sgt. Juby claims investigators decided within days, even before recovering the plane's black boxes, that they would ultimately conclude the crash was an accident. They followed that determination throughout the investigation, issuing safety advisories which many airlines followed.
The premise is that they discovered too late that the fire didn't start accidentally.
"As they start to reassemble the plane ... they begin to realize the fire damage is much greater than any short-circuit could have ever caused. Then they find scientific evidence of the constituents of an incendiary device or possibly failed bomb on the plane, yet no criminal investigation ever takes place," Mr. Palango says.
By then, the Transportation Safety Board had opened itself up to legal action by the airlines that had spent millions of dollars to correct suggested safety deficiencies.
The larger part of the picture, Mr. Palango suggests, is the political climate of the day. No one wanted to talk about terrorism because of the impact it could have had on the airline industry and the American economy, but the world now knows of al-Qaida's interest in planes.
Swissair 111 was one of four planes that left JFK and crashed into water in four years. All were declared accidents.
Mr. Palango understands people may doubt the veracity of the theory. He had trouble selling the story from the outset.
"Every publisher in Canada and the United States that I contacted turned down the story and wrote it off as a conspiracy theory," he says.
Eventually, he got Swiss television interested and then the CBC.
"When you see Tom Juby on camera, you're going to be blown away by how impressive he is. He's a real honest guy and the documents that are used to tell this story - there are a number of key documents," Mr. Palango says.
Those, he claims, include internal files which reveal efforts to suppress any suggestions of terrorism.
"It's going to change the way people perceive not only the Swissair crash, but a number of other things, like how can you cover up something in plain sight like this," Mr. Palango says.
"This is about secrecy and what's really going on."
darrylcn
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Wow, thanks! I'm setting it to record now. Appreciate the heads up.
CBFD
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I thought you'd like that I cant wait to watch it myself...that plane shook the house I was renting in Haddon Hill in Chester when it hit the bottom.... the subsonic boom was just something else... I've been to rock shows where the sound system left my chest hurting but this... it was nothing I ever experienced before my whole house shook... the windows, the dishes... the floor, stuff in the basement that was just leaning up against the wall fell over... it was unreal.
I cant wait to watch it myself...that plane shook the house I was renting in Haddon Hill in Chester when it hit the bottom.... the subsonic boom was just something else... I've been to rock shows where the sound system left my chest hurting but this... it was nothing I ever experienced before my whole house shook... the windows, the dishes... the floor, stuff in the basement that was just leaning up against the wall fell over... it was unreal.- Status
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