Ktachiya From Japan, joined Sep 2004, 1732 posts, RR: 2 Posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2232 times:
Does anybody know what this bird was doing there?
It was completely white and parked at D66 when I was watching. At first, from the distance, I mistaked it as JL17 (JA8921 in old colors) but apparently it wasn't. The pilot also had a British accent on this bird parked in D66. It was a long time since I've seen a classic jumbo at YVR, ever since JL got rid of their 747-300 service in October of 2004.
Eitherway, this plane pushed back shortly after JL. When it took off 26L, it was climbing like a rocket. So, I assume that there weren't any pax or anything on the bird, but can anyone provide more info?
Jayce From Canada, joined Nov 1999, 520 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1974 times:
It was an Excel charter from MAD. There was also a Corsair 747-400 from MAD that came in with the -300. I believe they were bringing Spanish troops to a training exercise in YYJ.
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