Aviation Enthusiasts!! - Sunday March 11

[Penguin_Racecar]

Originally posted by dino_martini
This is not antonov related, but! A Cargolux Boeing 747-800F is coming into calgary this morning. Scheduled to land around 9:50am. I will be up there to check it out.

When I worked for UPS at the airport that Cargolux 747 used to be there every Wednesday - is that no longer the case? I always remember how tiny our A300 looked in comparison.

[dino_martini]

I'm really not too sure what the cargo schedule is like. I set up an alert on flight aware so every time the 748 comes in, it sends me an email. Planes are landing from the south this morning.

[Maybelater]

So any idea when the take-off is then? I work evenings and disappointed I won't be able to see it land.

Just in time for the possible AC strike, possible the union will be picketing around the area?

[Maxt]

Delayed till Monday 8 pm or something..

[rossi]

Originally posted by n1zm0


i would think oilfield equipment, i believe thats what the 124 picks up here mostly on whenever they come. could be wrong though

It's picking up some natural gas plant skids from Enerflex. The plane will not be full. It'll be about 1/3 full. It's final destination is Nigeria.

[schocker]

Originally posted by rossi


It's picking up some natural gas plant skids from Enerflex. The plane will not be full. It'll be about 1/3 full. It's final destination is Nigeria.

Those tricky scammers
I suppose they will be loading it at the north then as enerflex is in that area?

[Stealth22]

You'd have to follow the wind forecast for tomorrow and see what runways Calgary Tower is using.

http://www.flightplanning.navcanada....p&TypeDoc=html

http://atm.navcanada.ca/atm/iwv/CYYC

But an aircraft of that size, it will most definitely be landing on 16 or 34. So it'll be landing north or south, depending on the winds.

www.liveatc.net if you want to hear it come in.

[Go4Long]

any updated times on it other than 8:00pm tomorrow? I can't get on the twitter here at work.

Originally posted by Stealth22

But an aircraft of that size, it will most definitely be landing on 16 or 34. So it'll be landing north or south, depending on the winds.

www.liveatc.net if you want to hear it come in. [/B]

any idea of what frequency I would listen in on a scanner on?

[rossi]

Originally posted by schocker

Those tricky scammers
I suppose they will be loading it at the north then as enerflex is in that area?

I think it'll be loading at the south end. The 124 was scheduled initially but it was struck by lightning in Seattle. So, the 225 is coming but it'll be very empty.

[Stealth22]

Originally posted by Go4Long
any idea of what frequency I would listen in on a scanner on?

Courtesy of LiveATC.net

Edmonton Center (Banff Sector)
133.300

Calgary Arrivals
125.900

Calgary Tower
118.400

[Go4Long]

so about 10 minutes out I'd probably hear him on 125.900 getting his clearance and then he'd switch over to 118.400 as he came in? or do I have that backwards?

[Stealth22]

Yeah, pretty much. Around 10 or 12,000ft, Center will hand them to Arrival. You'll hear them get clearance to descend, and turn to final approach. After that, they're handed off to Calgary Tower.

http://www.canairradio.com/alta.html

After landing, you can listen to em on Calgary Ground, either on 121.9 or 125.35, depending on whether they land on the North or South end.

[Go4Long]

Apparently the Delay was due to a hydraulic fault of some kind. It's currently flying to Minneapolis, no outgoing flight plan filed yet.

[Resurrected RA]

It finally departed at 3:05 am EDT.

[Cooked Rice]

You have to listen to Edmonton Centre to find what frequency they get handed off to. A lot of times they use terminal for arrivals. You could always just use flightaware

[schocker]

New ETA is 22:15 going to be pretty dark

edit: Now it is 0115 tuesday

[DboyNismo]

yea its set for 0115 tuesday im dropping my dad to the airport at 12 for the red eye to toronto so i might stick around to see it. im gonna check out the weather forcast and see what runway will be in use.

[gam0s]

heads up antonov 225 is landing in calgary early tomorrow morning!

[gam0s]

eta 0915

[5.0]

where did you get the eta from