Spectacular take-off!

Some bad gossips claim that the Airbus 340 can only take-off with the help of the curves of the Earth... Maybe this is not so wrong...

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Air France

Airbus 340-311

Reg: F-GLZG

22 May 09

Spotting with a snakes family...

What I like when i'm going to take pictures around the airports is that there are often surprises...

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These two planes are coming from Paris with 3 minutes intervals

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While continuing to photograph the arrived, I found myself surrounded by some small snakes ... I counted 7.

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Special livery for a celebration

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My first Corsair of '09... It was F-HSEA

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And finally, this A330 coming from Athens with "children's wish" sticker.

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15 May 09

AF 344

Air France

Boeing 747-428

Reg: F-GITA

24 Apr 09

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Anecdote: this 747 likes to swim in the warm waters of Tahiti ...

http://b747f-gita.ifrance.com/

So much things today!!

These 2 tankers were in Montreal before leaving to Alaska for the Red-Flag Alaska 09-2...

Armée Française

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

Reg: 738 et 739

After the sun disappeared behind some light cirrus, creating a halo...

Some lenticular clouds...

And finally, some unexpected visitors... Great!!!

Alpha-Jet
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This AF 747 playing the vaccum cleaner...

I hope I don't get it disturbed during its meal

And finally, a nice take off from this Dash!

17 Apr 09

Late afternoon spotting...

...And a different view of heavy planes coming @ YUL... Pictures were taken in the 24R axis and Papineau Avenue. Nice spotting place :)

Maybe a Malaysia Airlines B747...

19 Mar 09

Some "heavy"

Today, the last AC'340 made a small roll... You can see him with a brother, an A330.

Air Canada

Airbus 340-313X

Reg: C-GDVZ

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Swiss at take-off to Zurich

Swiss International Air Lines
Airbus 330-223
Reg: HB-IQQ
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Last departure before sunset

Air France

Boeing 747-428

Reg: F-GITF

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14 Mar 09

Contrails...

Korean Air B744 & Qatar Airways B773

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Continental B772
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Cathay Pacific B773

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13 Mar 09

Sunwing

Yesterday during my spotting, I took 3 Boeing 737 of Sunwing. Have some fun to find many differences between these 3 planes... :)

Sunwing Airlines (Former Eurocypria Airlines / 5B-DBW)

Boeing 737-8Q8

Reg: C-GLBW

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Sunwing Airlines (Former Transavia Airlines / PH-HZC)

Boeing 737-8K2

Reg: C-GHZC

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Sunwing Airlines (Former XL Airways / D-AXLD)

Boeing 737-8BK

Reg: C-FYLD

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7 Mar 09
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When I saw the registration C-FYLD, I remembered having seen somewhere ... It was an Airbus 340 of Air Canada ...

Now, this one is flying for Iberia (EC-KSE)

Landing at sunset...

Air France

Boeing 777-328/ER

Reg: C-GSQC

15 Fev 09

2 new aircrafts to my collection!

American Airlines with a special levery... Yellow ribbon. "Flagship Liberty - In support of all who serve"

American Airlines

Boeing 737-823

Reg: N905AN

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And the surprise of that day, a KC-10 coming for a night stop before leaving to Reno (Nevada) the next day.

Netherlands Air Force

McDonnell Douglas KDC-10-30CF

Reg: T-264

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15 Feb 09