Air Canada Airbus

Decent shot of an Air Canada A319 taking off from wet runway in Vancouver.

Leaving YVR

Climbing out of Vancouver aboard an Embraer E75. Very impressive winglets on these aircraft. The Embraer guys who checked out Airplane-Blog after this post, will think I have something against these aircraft. I don't. In fact, as a passenger they are tremendously comfortable. However - it does seem the Embraer has reliability problems. The aircraft in this picture is not the Embraer we were supposed to be on - it was grounded for mechanical reasons in Edmonton - and this flight was an hour late. At the end of this flight the overhead bin a couple of rows up was finally opened with a lot of force - and a BMW key! Maybe just bad luck?

Air Canada Busy Day

On the Saturday morning 8am flight to Vancouver. Busy ramp outside the plane. YYZ still recovering from Thursday's storm. Long line-ups in Terminal 1 and many unhappy passengers. I feel for them, thankful I'm not them....and have to say the Saturday flight was as great.

Re the Embraer - like the one in the pic - my seat mate - who had good inside info on these things - was telling me how the Embraer is very unreliable. Not a pilot fave because it's unreliable. Interesting.

Air Canada A-340

Dirty underside of an A-340 passing overhead. Somewhere over the Atlantic.

Low-vis Landing

Into Heathrow. AC 767.

Thomas Cook Airlines A-330

Somewhere over the Atlantic. Taken by Bill Pratt, Air Canada, from the pointy end of a 767.

Air Canada from Las Vegas

Down Westjet and back Air Canada. Excellent flight. Left early, caught a strong tail wind. Home way ahead of schedule.

Only glitch - sound not working on new touch screen entertainment system - which seriously reduces its functionality!

Terminal 2 lounge at Vegas overlooks the various private jet terminals at the airport. Private jet traffic is non-stop. Gotta stop losing money first!

Colourful Jazz

Got a few evening pics. Great sunset. Air Canada Jazz.