My eye was caught by the modern building originally but, wondering around, I couldn't help but notice the wonderful curves in the old building that neighboured it.

C-FDAH - Canadair CL-601 Challenger - Navigatair

(in ex Luftwaffe -c/s)

at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

c/n 3053 - built in 1986 for the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) and operated as 12+05 until 2011 -

sold to Discovery Air/Top Aces -

to Navigatair 2015

Navigatair is part of the CargoJet-group

C-GUAJ - Boeing B-767-35EER (BCF) - CargoJet Airways

(leased from Guggenheim Aviation Partners)

at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

c/n 26.063 - built in 1992 for GECAS and operated by EVA Air -

converted to freighter 2014 -

leased to CargoJet 09.10.14

C-FWVJ - Boeing B-737-8CT/SW - WestJet

at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)

C-FTOH - Boeing B-737-8HX/SW - Sunwing Airlines

(leased from ACG)

at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)

c/n 29.647 - built in 2009

C.

C-FIJA - Canadair (Bombardier) CRJ-200ER - JAZZ (operating for Air Canada express)

at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

c/n 7987 - built in 2004

still in the old JAZZ-colours -

the remaining JAZZ aircraft in old colour scheme will finally have fully skipped one generation of Air Canada-colours

C-17

C-FZCV - Gulfstream / I.A.I. G-280 - SkyService Business Aviation

at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)

The Gulfstream G280 is a twin-engine business jet built under license by IAI in Israel for Gulfstream Aerospace.

C-FCSX - Boeing B-737-8CT/SW - WestJet

at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

c/n 60.126 - built in 2014 - FIN 832

Best viewed Original size (1280 x 853 pixels).

English-Electric Type 3 (Class 37) 6725 (31B) stands at Cambridge ostensibly in charge of freight train 8J21 (the lunchtime Whitemoor to Temple Mills) - c.1971.

Please do not share or post elsewhere without permission of the copyright holder(s).

© 2024 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 35mm colour transparency; photographed by the late D M Harrison.

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C-GYLP - Boeing B-737MAX-8 -

SWOOP (leased from SMBC Aviation Capital)

at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

named #Halifax - FIN 382

c/n 42.844 - built in 2019 - Norwegian Air Sweden SE-RTK ntu -

leased to SWOOP `10/2022

C-GSWJ - Boeing B-737-7CT/W - WestJet -

(leased from BOC Aviation)

at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

c/n 37423 - built in 2010 -

retired and returned to lessor 07/2024 -

ferried Calgary (YYC) - Coolidge/AZ (P08) 24.07.24 - canx. 24.09.2024

C-FPCU - SF34 (338) - Vancouver - 12th July 2015

C-GSJZ - Bombardier DHC-8Q-402 - Air Canada express (operated by JAZZ Aviation)

at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)

c/n 4510- built in 2015

operating the YHM-YUL-service instead of the usual CRJ-200

C-GOAB a Falcon 2000 arriving RWY27 -Thrust reversers !

C-17A 10-0215 "Reach-888" from Charleston AFB at Patrick AFB, 21 Jan 2016

C-FRTG Air Canada Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

Airframe Details

Manufacturer Serial Number (MSN)

37184

Line Number

558

Aircraft Type

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

Age

0.6 Years

Production Site

Charleston (CHS

I had used another well placed half day of vacation to get over to St. Louis to shoot a High Iron Special and did a little exploring and familiarizing myself with the Lindenwood Yard and north end of the BNSF River Sub (STL to Memphis line). Although they have been around for a year or more, I finally had an opportunity to catch a CREX leading a BNSF train. While waiting for the special, BNSF brought north this empty Rush Tower coal train.

This is Watson Road in Shrewsbury, MO - old Route 66. The advertising harkens back to the days of the Frisco and this being a major highway. Amazingly, the message on the bridge still looks good. And "It" was shipped as this is an empty coal train heading north back to the mines in Wyoming.

05-29-2015

C-FLAJ- Boeing B-757-23A/F - CargoJet Airways

(leased from AWAS)

at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

finally fully painted !

c/n 24.567 - built in 1990 for AWAS/North American Airlines - converted to freighter in 2005 -

operated by CargoJet on lease from AWAS since 09/2014

C-GLWS - Boeing B-737-7CT/W - WestJet

at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

Telsiai Cathedral

US Navy C-40, 168980, at a dull Prestwick 10/9/21.

C-FTAY Canadian Regional F28 taxiing out of Calgary on 26/06/2002

C-GWAZ - Boeing B-737-7CT/W - WestJet

at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)

C-FLBV - Boeing B-737-8CT/SW - SWOOP

at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

c/n 40.836 - built in 2015 for WestJet-

transferred to SWOOP 10/2018

Named # Chinook

Portrait x Honda Fit

C-GDEJ - Boeing B-737-73V - Enerjet

at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)

c/n 32.427 - built in 2004 for easyJet -

operated by Enerjet since 04/2011

to ASL Airlines France in 04/2017 -

leased to Air Transat as C-FTQK in winters 2017 + 2018

C-GTCJ - Boeing B-757-223F/W

at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

c/n 25.730 - built in 1993 for American Airlines -

converted to freighter in 2017 -

operated by CargoJet since 04/2017

The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction, aerial reconnaissance, ground support, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and nuclear deterrence missions. The Rafale is referred to as an "omnirole" aircraft by Dassault.

In the late 1970s, the French Air Force and Navy were seeking to replace and consolidate their current fleets of aircraft. In order to reduce development costs and boost prospective sales, France entered into an arrangement with UK, Germany, Italy and Spain to produce an agile multi-purpose fighter, the Eurofighter Typhoon. Subsequent disagreements over workshare and differing requirements led to France's pursuit of its own development program. Dassault built a technology demonstrator which first flew in July 1986 as part of an eight-year flight-test programme, paving the way for the go-ahead of the project. The Rafale is distinct from other European fighters of its era in that it is almost entirely built by one country, involving most of France's major defence contractors, such as Dassault, Thales and Safran.

Many of the aircraft's avionics and features, such as direct voice input, the RBE2 AA active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar and the optronique secteur frontal infra-red search and track (IRST) sensor, were domestically developed and produced for the Rafale programme. Originally scheduled to enter service in 1996, the Rafale suffered significant delays due to post-Cold War budget cuts and changes in priorities. The aircraft is available in three main variants: Rafale C single-seat land-based version, Rafale B twin-seat land-based version, and Rafale M single-seat carrier-based version.

Introduced in 2001, the Rafale is being produced for both the French Air Force and for carrier-based operations in the French Navy. The Rafale has been marketed for export to several countries, and was selected for purchase by the Indian Air Force, the Egyptian Air Force, and the Qatar Air Force. The Rafale has been used in combat over Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Iraq and Syria. Several upgrades to the weapons and avionics of the Rafale are planned to be introduced by 2018.

C-GIAC - Gulfstream G-V-SP (G-550) - Nutrien Ltd

at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

c/n 5593 - built in 2019

Nutrien (form. known as Potash Corp.) is a Canadian fertilizer company based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It is the largest producer of potash and the second largest producer of nitrogen fertilizer in the world

C-GCJZ - Boeing B-727-225A/F - CargoJet Airways

at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

c/n 21.854 - built in 1979 for Eastern Airlines -

in service with CargoJet since 05/2003 - retired 31.12.2018 - 56,577.7 hours with 41,476 cycles

sold to USA Jet Airlines as N725US - stored YIP (used for spares)

C-FWSO - Boeing B-737-7CT/W - WestJet -

at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)

Operated by Air Georgian during 2016 when this was taken. She was built in 1999 for Midway Airlines of the USA as N584ML.

Over to Canada as C-GKFR with Air Canada Regional in 2002, along with Air Canada Jazz, Jazz Air and then Air Georgian.

To desert storage at Marana and registered as N583CC from the end of 2020. Presumably replaced by the A220.

C-GCIJ - Boeing B-767-306ER/SF - CargoJet Airways

(leased from AerCap)

at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

c/n 26.263 - built in 1995 for ILFC/KLM -

operated by Zoom Airlines between 2006 and 2008 as C-GZNC -

converted to freighter in 2015 -

reg. to CargoJet 04.01.2016 - FIN 638