Toronto on a nice day.....finally
I have been to London, Ontario quite a few times now and the weather is often less than ideal. It is either raining, foggy, hazy or in the middle of a snowstorm. The other morning when we were preparing for our departure it snowed almost 4 inches in 45 minutes. It was very windy and cold so no snow actually stuck to our aircraft, therefore we did not have to de-ice. Did you know you have better visibility if the snowflakes are bigger than if they are smaller? Who would have thought?
After a short 25 minute flight from London, we arrived in Toronto. It was a beautiful morning with clear skies and a temp of -10. The sun had just come up and how lucky was I to be in the right spot just as the mighty Antonov landed on Runway 33R?
This aircraft is often seen in Toronto and from time to time can be seen in Montreal with a load of parts for the Bombardier factory. Have a look at the Antonov link above, for some fun facts. This aircraft looks archaic from the inside but can sure haul a lot of stuff. (The Dash 8 has more advanced avionics.) Here is a picture of an Antonov 124 flight deck and a 747-400 cockpit for comparison. The designers have gone from a crew of 6 down to a computerized cockpit only requiring 2 crew.
I always love seeing this aircraft taking off or landing. It has a very different method of take off than most other jets. It must be an air traffic controllers nightmare. It requires 6 minutes on the runway to gradually spool up its engines until take off power is achieved. At an airport that has landings approximately every 45 seconds, this can cause quite an "air" traffic jam. Ha ha.
I have posted this picture before without snow. It is the west end of Lake Ontario where Hamilton and St. Catherines are located. It is quite a nice winter shot from up at 23000 feet.
Lake Ontario
And.... we have also seen this picture before, but not in white! Downtown Toronto and its City Centre airport over on the right.
After a short 25 minute flight from London, we arrived in Toronto. It was a beautiful morning with clear skies and a temp of -10. The sun had just come up and how lucky was I to be in the right spot just as the mighty Antonov landed on Runway 33R?
This aircraft is often seen in Toronto and from time to time can be seen in Montreal with a load of parts for the Bombardier factory. Have a look at the Antonov link above, for some fun facts. This aircraft looks archaic from the inside but can sure haul a lot of stuff. (The Dash 8 has more advanced avionics.) Here is a picture of an Antonov 124 flight deck and a 747-400 cockpit for comparison. The designers have gone from a crew of 6 down to a computerized cockpit only requiring 2 crew.
I always love seeing this aircraft taking off or landing. It has a very different method of take off than most other jets. It must be an air traffic controllers nightmare. It requires 6 minutes on the runway to gradually spool up its engines until take off power is achieved. At an airport that has landings approximately every 45 seconds, this can cause quite an "air" traffic jam. Ha ha.
I have posted this picture before without snow. It is the west end of Lake Ontario where Hamilton and St. Catherines are located. It is quite a nice winter shot from up at 23000 feet.
Lake Ontario
And.... we have also seen this picture before, but not in white! Downtown Toronto and its City Centre airport over on the right.
2 Comments:
Adam, so what about the icicles going upwards. That Antonov is quite the Aircraft. YOu sure get to see some amazing sunsets and or sunrises.
Keep this up. Thanks so much
Mean Jean
The Antonov is just so powerful, I guess you couldn't sit behind it either when its using 6 minutes to rev up.....would it blow you all the way to Montreal? Can you imagine that plane full of Formula 1 racing cars, a neat sight for sure, when its used for that purpose.
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