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Amateur photographer. Airplanes. Outdoorsy stuff. #AvGeek #Planespotter #Planespotting #yyc
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Dear Bluesky. Enjoy this formation flight of a Beechcraft Expeditor 3NM (Canadian Queen) & three Harvards seen at Chatham Airport on June 21st. #aviation #avgeek

Finnair Airbus A350-941 Reg. OH-LWC Calgary International Airport (YYC) August 9, 2022 🛩️📸

A bolide, or large meteor, broke up over South Carolina and Georgia earlier today, creating a fireball that was bright enough to be captured by GOES-19.

I’m about to be seeded.

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An old friend. WestJet Airlines Sorcerer Mickey livery Boeing 737-800 Reg. C-GWSZ Calgary International Airport (YYC) August 21, 2023 🛩️📸

I don't think a day goes by I don't see news about false information perpetuated by AI. 😒

Skycardiacs! Lockheed Tristar up north of Bakersfield, California. #Skycards @marlo.ooo @tacotuesgay.bsky.social @staceyryn.bsky.social @specter177.bsky.social @ziaturtle.bsky.social @jen-niffer.bsky.social @cageyratfish.bsky.social @flyingphotog.bsky.social

The coffee is broken today. 🥱

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) De Havilland Canada CT-142 Dash 8 Reg. 142805 Calgary International Airport (YYC) May 27, 2024 🛩️⚔️📸

#Skycards alert: DC-8-70, 9.94 rarity, heading from Miami to Port-au-Prince, currently near the Bahamas!

Good morning, Skycardians! Just learned that the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s (CWHM) Avro Lancaster “VeRA” will be airborne starting on Tuesday July 1st! Keep your eyes on Southern Ontario. #Skycards Details here: www.warplane.com/events/upcom...

Privately owned Embraer Praetor 600 Reg. N459M Calgary International Airport (YYC) October 7, 2024 🛩️📸

We rarely use the ‘commentary’ tag at @theaircurrent.com. It was time. AI slop fills the information void of Air India crash investigation theaircurrent.com/commentary/a...

Skycardians! An InnoVation FX-1 popped up near Long Beach, CA #Skycards @tacotuesgay.bsky.social @staceyryn.bsky.social @jen-niffer.bsky.social @flyingphotog.bsky.social @cageyratfish.bsky.social @marlo.ooo @ziaturtle.bsky.social @specter177.bsky.social

User design that tries to trick you into... - downloading an app instead of using the mobile website - using a new AI function you don't want - turning on a feature that will cost you money

Feb 20 1941, Sir Frederick Banting was killed when the Hudson bomber he was on board, crashed here, very near Musgrave Hr. NL after leaving Gander. The photo is of the actual crash scene.The saga of the crash, heard around the world, is told here ganderairporthistoricalsociety.org/_html_war/Si...

"What you see playing out is the enthusiasm of engineers and scientists hitting the cold, hard facts of physics and economics.” Has #Sustainable aviation reached the 'Trough of Disillusionment’ phase? #avgeek #SAF #hydrogen #LCAW2025 www.aerosociety.com/news/welcome...

Porter Airlines plans major international expansion with 13 new routes: • Toronto (YYZ) to Nassau (NAS) • YYZ to Grand Cayman (GCM) • YYZ to Liberia, CR (LIR) • YYZ to Puerto Vallarta (PVR) • YYZ to Cancun (CUN) • Ottawa (YOW) to Nassau (NAS) • YOW to Grand Cayman (GCM) • YOW to Liberia, CR (LIR)

WestJet Airlines Sunwing livery Boeing 737-8 Reg. C-FTXF Calgary International Airport (YYC) June 3, 2025 🛩️📸

Happy 12th birthday WestJet Encore. 🎉 De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 Reg. C-GWEU Calgary International Airport (YYC) October 19, 2023 🛩️📸

Skycardians! A SAAB Gripen is flying NW of Rio De Janeiro, BR. #Skycards @staceyryn.bsky.social @tacotuesgay.bsky.social @jen-niffer.bsky.social @flyingphotog.bsky.social @ziaturtle.bsky.social @specter177.bsky.social @cageyratfish.bsky.social @marlo.ooo

The use of swearing to relieve stress, anger, pain or frustration is known as ‘lalochezia’.

Air Force One United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing VC-25A (747-200B) Reg. 29000 Calgary International Airport (YYC) June 15, 2025 🛩️⚔️📸

Hey, look who's back in town: our friends from @bas.ac.uk‬ 🐧 as manifested by VP-FBB, a mere 8,533 kilometres from Rothera Research Station in Antarctica. Welcome back to Calgary, folks, it's always great to have you here. | 🛩️ 📍 🇨🇦

🔴 Airbus has rolled out SWISS’s first Airbus A350-900, featuring the Wanderlust special livery. It has just emerged from the hangar in Toulouse. #Airbus #avgeek

Last week I was lucky enough to see Air Force One as it arrives at YYC for the G7. With 35L/17R closed for construction it made runway choices easy. @kz1022.bsky.social @jasonchampton.bsky.social @yyzbound.bsky.social @yyccowboy.bsky.social @ondisasters.bsky.social @marcotwentysix.bsky.social

This is an exciting development given CYYC is one of my local planespotting haunts: « Development of YYC AeroNex will position Calgary and the region as a strategic centre for development, training, and innovation in aviation and its ancillary services … » Press release with link. | 🛩️ 📰 📍 🇨🇦

Video captured the moment a road buckled and sent a car flying as a heatwave impacted Missouri on Sunday.

WestJet Airlines Boeing 737-800 Reg. C-FPLS Calgary International Airport (YYC) June 13, 2025 🛩️📸 (Spot the Sunwing bit.)

Qatar is temporarily closing its airspace “in order to ensure the safety of citizens, residents, and visitors.” There are currently 100 flights bound for Doha. flightradar24.com/airport/doh