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Hello, everybody,

It is a notice to all ‘RA-85123 Fan Club’ members that we’ve got a new fellow into our enthusiastic group.

Let me introduce ‘Tom the Dutchman’ to you

I know Tom, we’ve been in touch for a pretty long while, talking on a number of aviation topics, - TU-154 aircraft included. In fact, Tom even dared to consider an idea of going over to Russia, and looking for a flying job there!

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Let it be the ‘Mountain Flying Guide’: here’s just a quick tour at 39-40 thousand feet over the Rockies

It was such a beautiful day today, and Rockies were showing off in all their beauty as we shuttled back and forth betwen Edmonton and Vancouver

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There is always a chance to see something interesting at the Calgary International Airport. Less than two weeks ago I ’spotted’ English Vickers VC-10..

..and yesterday it appeared again

Well, it may be said with regard to any airport though. But as long as I start my pairings from Calgary, I respectively collected more information on what’s going on around our airport.

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Just a quick notice that should be put in with regard to Black Sea and what’s going on down there: a Black Sea resort town of Gelendjik is hosting an airshow which is known as ‘Gelendjik Hydro Aviation Salon‘.

They run in once in every two years, in the early days of September, and the next one is going to be in 2008.

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What do you think you see on this picture? - Mountains, of course. Sorry, color-wise this image wasn’t perfect, and I converted it into B&W. You might think ‘Hey, he’s got tons of Rockies’ images, what the reason he’s trying to sell this one?’

OK, here’s another couple: of mountains…

..and a wheat farm field .

‘Well, if this is all about REGIONS, so - it’s Alberta, isn’t it, but, - why?’, you may shrug it off.

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(Related topic here)

So, if you lost your bearings - use this pole, track yourself down on the map. You may find it would also be a good spot for various kinds of ‘fresh starts’ I tell you, come to Newfoundland, regain your connections with the world, and start over again!

Them guys in Newfoundland seem to know how to found and settle life on the solid rock.

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Since yearly 90s Boeing’s got a pretty strong foothold in Russia. And it is getting only stronger. Not even to mention a recent news of Aeroflot announced it wants to buy a bunch of 787s from Boeing.

And it is not only the flag carrier that is looking for the Boeing product. (In fact, with regard to the Dreamliner, Aeroflot was not the first one who finalized its future fleet consideration by electing 787s. S7, a second largest carrier in Russia, was ahead of Aeroflot striking a deal with Boeing)

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September, the 1st. Calgary International Airport.

I was heading towards Gate 48 in the concourse D to join my crew for the first pairing in this month, and all of a sudden I noticed something that made me stop. It was a view of the plane looming outside on the tarmac, bridged to Gate 43.

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I. e., what’s coming up soon on the blog? (Well, as it is always with amateurs: “I wish I had more time to ‘play with it”

Anyway, I’m going to keep posting as possibly regular as I can. Here’s a quick outlook for some next topics:

We’ll pay more attention to the An-2. Hopefully, our effort will pay us back

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We’ll look more into ‘Boeing affairs in Russia’. ‘How many Western built aircraft fly now in this country’, - we’ll try to find out.

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