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Saw my first A400M yesterday, sadly no pics as I was finishing a long day's drive from PEI. It was French airforce parked at YHZ.

The news isn't good. The only thing to be thankful for is the crash was away from the crowd. RIP to the pilot.

I shot this bird a couple of years ago here in Halifax, she sure gets around!

recon flights are unarmed to avoid provoking the other side. If this flight had a pair of fighters with it, it could've caused an international incident/war. The flights are taking place over disputed territory so the Chinese already see it as an invasion of their airspace, throw in armed fighters and it makes things much worse. Same as when Russian TU-95s test our reaction they do it alone and without fighters.

I have friends who had to evacuate, no word yet if their home has been damaged in any way but they're safe. Also have a cousin who is a civilian fire fighter and EMT from Cold Lake who is on the front lines fighting the fire. It's a terrible situation but it's really great to see the country coming together to help out.

Sabre jet ;-)

It is yup, first time I've seen one. Last time I saw Cubana here was the delivery flight of their first AN-158. While they do operate flights from Halifax during the winter for tourists they lease A319's and A320's from Avion Express for those flights.

Went spotting for the first time in a long time, saw the usual local stuff but of note got a glimpse at one of the Coast Guard's new choppers looks like a new version of a jet ranger can't remember the designation and didn't have my camera ready for it when he came in. What I wanted to see was this... Stopped I assume to top the tanks on the way from Madrid to Havana as it was scheduled and not a diversion and I believe they have done this in the past when there's a strong headwind across the pond.

Sounds like santa may have moved from the north pole to Japan...

Got a couple of "blood moon" or whatever the internet says is right, shots myself. Almost every eclipse around here is blocked by clouds or I was otherwise occupied(work, kids, etc...) so getting to see this one was extra special for me.

From The Atlantic Canada Airshow this past weekend in Summerside

Last week we were in PEI enjoying a day at the beach when all of a sudden this popped out of the blue at fairly low level(this is without my zoom lens). Was taking part in a SAR exercise.

I don't have the patience to do that kind of detail but I love seeing others do it and this looks fantastic!

Dcs for sure, for civilian I preferred fsx but x plane is good too and a bit more realistic fsx just ran better on my machine. But for any of these you really need a flight sitck of some sort. I need a new one myself. It can become an expensive hobby like modelling, but thanks to the Internet deals can be found all over.

Can't wait to see her this summer

Oh I stand corrected. I thought I read they only had the one's abandoned during the raid but it was a long time ago maybe I just remembered it wrong.

I believe it is Tim, if I'm not mistaken all the '53s they use were abandoned by the US so their numbers are small. Tony

I don't know about when the queen visits other countries, but when she comes here we foot the bill and send one of our CC-150s to pick her up. I'm pretty sure it's the same for any of the Commonwealth nations. Then if the prez is flying commercial, would the public be on the same flight? No that's a security risk so he'd charter a commercial jet for trips thus the cost savings wouldn't be there. However the USAF has many transport aircraft at their disposal that he could use just like service personnel have to like a C17. May not be so cozy but more cost effective than maintaining a fleet of

Amazing!

The other day saw an Air France 772 that diverted to YHZ, wasn't out spotting so no pics in fact I was driving and it was early morning. Wasn't sure what I saw until I got home and checked flight aware. I am hoping to get out with my camera soon while I still have this nice winter light (the only thing I like about this season)

I'm pretty sure they wanted originally to make just a transport chopper but community pressure to arm it would explain the inaccurate armament. Other than that most of the sim community isn't as concerned with the small details as the modelling community is. Don't get me wrong there are folks who I'm sure also noted these inaccuracies in the community but their numbers are small. Most are more interested in the flight dynamics than the external model as you can't see it from the inside.

I'd like to finish something this year, so let's see...

I saw Ukrainian Mig-29s at Chatham NB in 1992, was the first time I had ever seen any Russian hardware and it was amazing. I remember reading articles on the Abbotsford visit as a kid living in envy on the opposite coast.

Amazing job! She looks fantastic