I only log my personal favorites so not everyting that was seen i note
The Air Canada A330 took us from Amsterdam to Toronto at 9-9-2024, 2 highlights for me there, A310 HZ-NSA Al-Atheer Aviation and impounded VDA An124 RA-82078, also a unknown Boeing 737-200 was seen at the fire exercise area without engines.
Next flight a Air Canada A321 to Calgary. WFU 737-200 C-GWJU at Calgary another nice one, at that moment used for training the de-icing personel.
Its time to pick up the rental car now for a short drive to the first hotel, close at the airport and close to the first stop of our trip.
Next day, 10-9-24 we visited the first stop, the Hangar Flight Museum at Calgary, some shots here:
After the short visit to the museum we were heading north, to see wat was visible at Red Deer.
It turned out a lot was visible at Red Deer, when we arrived a lot could be seen from outside the fences but good pictures were hard to make, so i decided to walk to some Air Spray people who were lunching at a picknick table in front of the hangar and asked if it was possible to make some pictures of the L188's. The answer was something i totally not expected ! They said, wait, i'll hook you up with Ray.
They guided me to the reception which was after a door that could only be opened with a employe pas.
Ray came out of his office and was surprised someone from overseas was interested in the airplanes. They only get about 2 people a year from overseas that visit the company. Some pictures from the visit:
Because we were interested Ray took us a airside tour around the dump areas as well
A log:
Air Spray L188:
C-GZVM tailcode 485
C-FDTH tailcode 498
C-FZCS tailcode 487
C-FLJO tailcode 482
C-FLXT tailcode 481
C-GJTZ tailcode 492
Buffalo Airways:
L188:
C-FBAQ tailcode 417
C-FIJX tailcode 416
C-GXFC
C-FYYJ stored ex Conair
C-GIZU stored ex Atlantic Airlines
C-GLBA stored ex Atlantic Airlines
DC4 (C54):
C-GBNV stored
Conair stored Convair 580:
C-FKFM tailcode 54
C-GKFO tailcode 53
C-GYXC tailcode 42
At the dump were 6 L188's present that have been there for ages including Convair 240 C-GTFC
Not all the dump stuff was allowed to photograph.
A huge thanks to Ray for his time to show us around
Soon part 2 of the roadtrip
