Airbus 380 to arrive for the 1st time today.

[sicsol]

Emirates to fly Airbus A380 Superjumbo on

Toronto-Dubai route from June 1, 200.

Emirates Airline, owned by the government of Dubai, will make the first commercial flight of Airbus A380 Superjumbo aircraft to Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada, on June 1, 2009.

http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/airbus-a380-picture-emirates.jpg Photo: Airbus A380

[SilentJay]

Luxury condo with wings :P

[FoXy]

MAN that plane is ginormus!!

[Flagrum_3]

Anyone know the ETA for this flight, would like to watch her come in!


_3

[STeeLy]

MAN that plane is ginormus!!

That's what she said... bahahaha

I want to see it come in, but I can't... cuz I'm still in Ottawa... FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFKKKKKKK

[marvin24k]

at about 3:45 p.m. today as per:

http://mississauga.com/article/27959

[marvin24k]

here's the news wire, which confirms time & flight# EK241

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2009/01/c9232.html

[marvin24k]

Pearson Tracking Info:

http://www.gtaa.com/en/travellers/search_results/details?key=6/1/2009%203:45:00%20PM|id:EK241|al:UAE|s1:|s2:|s3:|al :EMIRATES|ci:|ap:DUBAI&submit.x=31&info=arrivals&query=EK241&submitting=true&submit.y=15

[SilentJay]

Its kinda cool - I heard about all the ammenities this thing has last year. Hot showers on board!

[STeeLy]

Flight Aware has it set as a Boeing 777... maybe they haven't yet developed a code for the A380 yet.

[shuller1458]

oH OH, guys, which landing strip do airplane use for today arrival? the one on airport side or as usual Dixie side? It's actually possible for me to come by. I would like watching it righ above me. :)

[sicsol]

I plan on seeing it arrive today since I work in the airline industry.

[shuller1458]

So, sicsol , which run way they going to use?

[FoXy]

That's what she said... bahahaha




lame... lol as if I didn't see THAT one coming, although I did try to avoid it by putting PLANE in there lol hahahaha :chuckle

[STeeLy]

yeah... It just had to be done... woulda worked wonders if you said thing instead of plane.

[sicsol]

So, sicsol , which run way they going to use?

I'm not sure, it will all depend on the weather, since there calling for a T-Storm. At the moment aircraft are landing from east to west.

But it's anyone's guess, just follow the crowd.

Damm it I forgot to bring my camara

[bunchi]

ok guys don't use your laser pointers at the pilot :chuckle

[shuller1458]

sicsol. are they still landing east to west? I am going, I am bringing my camera. Thanks.

[FoXy]

Somebody PLEASE get pics. I wanna see this.

[STeeLy]

They finally list it as A388 for A380-800...

Estimated to land in about half hour... Just under 200 miles out of Toronto

I'm gonna try tuning into the ATC and see if I can hear anything.

[STeeLy]

ATC even advised a WestJet flight if they were facing a certain direction, they could see the 380

[-cj-]

If the friggin planes were landing West-East I could probably shoot (a picture) it from my house.. Wait a minute, they are landing west-east... I just saw an air canada jet come in....

[STeeLy]

Want PICS!

[bunchi]

picpic!

[-cj-]

The revised time for this plane is 15:36... It must have already landed :(

[STeeLy]

FlightTracking still has it descending from 5200ft

[-cj-]

I see it

[STeeLy]

Want PICS!

[-cj-]

That thing is #$@#EN HUGE

[SpeedBaby]

http://www.airbus.com/cabin-showroom/preview/index.jsp?article=0

[STeeLy]

There was a chick pilot who sounded pretty cute...

FFFFKKKK I need a life.

[-cj-]

http://www.clubnet.org/~clave/A380-0.jpg
http://www.clubnet.org/~clave/A380-1.jpg
http://www.clubnet.org/~clave/A380-2.jpg
http://www.clubnet.org/~clave/A380-3.jpg

[Fobio]

I see it


That thing is #$@#EN HUGE

you can see this from your work?...nice...

[-cj-]

I'm actually working from home today. =) BUT!! If I was at work, I probably would have had better shots. :) I work directly across the street from the airport....

[STeeLy]

Pics not showing...

[bunchi]

is it just me? i can't see the pics

[-cj-]

Seriously? Anyone able to see the pics? Those not able to, what error are u getting?

[bunchi]

just a square with x in the middle. I tried copying the link to the picture and opened it in a new window, didn't show too... saying the domain clubnet.org was expired

[STeeLy]

Seriously? Anyone able to see the pics? Those not able to, what error are u getting?

This is all I see
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/superfly1031/tm3picfail.jpg

[-cj-]

Well that explains that... *renews domain* Thanks for the reminder lol

[bunchi]

tease!!! :chuckle

[-cj-]

I'll upload them elsewhere... gimme a sec.. ;)

[bunchi]

http://ep.yimg.com/ip/I/rnrdist_2051_24157188

lol

[Fobio]

http://ep.yimg.com/ip/I/rnrdist_2051_24157188

lol

:chuckle

[-cj-]

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt242/mazdaspeedcj/A380-0.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt242/mazdaspeedcj/A380-1.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt242/mazdaspeedcj/A380-2.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt242/mazdaspeedcj/A380-3.jpg

[shuller1458]

I just saw it, too. That thing is HUUUGE!!! :)

[bunchi]

you should post your pic in cp24! :) thanks for sharing!

[-cj-]

Here's a blow up from the full res image:

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt242/mazdaspeedcj/A380Master.jpg

[-RJ3-]

Man, I was around that area too..... If only I knew I would have delayed what I was doing and drove up there instead.

[STeeLy]

Flights come in Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, they may not ALL use the A388... but I'm willing to bet some of them will.

[sicsol]

Great shots. I was on airport rd with the other 250 people.

[-cj-]

There was a chick pilot who sounded pretty cute...

FFFFKKKK I need a life.


Apparently someone on my FB says the crew is staying at her hotel... I asked her to confirm your suspicions on whether one of the pilots was hot ;)

[STeeLy]

LOLs... it wasn't the pilot of the 380... it was some other Air Canada flight.

[iconicrocket]

Here's a blow up from the full res image:

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt242/mazdaspeedcj/A380Master.jpg

This picture makes the A380 look like a flying model.

[-cj-]

Yeah tell me about it. That's why I tried to get that one picture where it's flying over my neighbor's house (Well, not really, it's miles away lol)... Apparently the bloody thing is 8 stories high. I can only imagine how out of place it would look parked outside my house. ;)

Oh yeah, that reminds me... Further back in this thread I posted a very excited "I SEE IT!" post... I kept looking outside my window at home and normally I'll see planes flying in in their usual pattern and they're so far away that they don't look out of the ordinary. When I looked back and saw this massive slow moving beast, I was like "WOAH!"... If anyone's interested, I snapped a few pics with a different camera minutes before the A380 came in... They were large air canada planes, but next to the A380 they look tiny. ;)

[STeeLy]

please post them too!

[-cj-]

http://www.clubnet.org/~clave/AirCanada1.jpg
http://www.clubnet.org/~clave/AirCanada2.jpg

[-cj-]

The first one is with the same camera and gives you a good comparison..

[STeeLy]

Except the first one is an Embraer 175 I think... which in any scale will look significantly smaller along side the 380

However, the next pic which appears to be either a 777 or 767, that... really put the 380 into perspective

[Reaper]

my family is coming in tomorrow from Dubai in that....damn I wanna be in it...awesome pics.

[JashiK]

Some nice ass homes in your area cj...

[ardeep]

the star (http://www.thestar.com/videozone/643788) has some footage.

[-cj-]

Some nice ass homes in your area cj...

Wish I could take credit for building them. :P


the star (http://www.thestar.com/videozone/643788) has some footage.

The pilot said they didn't have to worry about other planes behind them, which makes sense... They switched run ways around the time the A380 came in... They started landing west->east and after the A380 came in, I don't recall seeing many more planes landing in that direction. Then again, I stopped watching... It's not like I can hear the planes from my house... If it weren't for this thread, I'd have no idea it was even inbound lol.

[-cj-]

Ha, cool, they included my picture on Pulse24...
http://www.cp24.com/gallery/html/a380_090601/photo_12.html

[FoXy]

Sweet, maybe theyll send you a free t-shirt lol hahaha

[Fobio]

Ha, cool, they included my picture on Pulse24...
http://www.cp24.com/gallery/html/a380_090601/photo_12.html

good stuff!

guess they didn't want CSCS pics eh...hehe...

[-cj-]

guess they didn't want CSCS pics eh...hehe...

LOL, hey, if I got to decide what was considered "Breaking news", I'd definitely want to see CSCS pics... But who understands those news agency type people :)

[STeeLy]

There were definitely planes in front because as I was listening to the ATC one of the controllers said: If you had a rear view mirror, you'd see that 380.

[-cj-]

There were definitely planes in front because as I was listening to the ATC one of the controllers said: If you had a rear view mirror, you'd see that 380.

That's hilarious..

Those Air Canada flights I took pics of were the ones in front... Plus there were two smaller craft that I didn't bother including pics of... They were barely visible :)

[STeeLy]

Even the Controllers were Ecstatic about the 380 landing in Toronto.

[JashiK]

Ha, cool, they included my picture on Pulse24...
http://www.cp24.com/gallery/html/a380_090601/photo_12.html

call their HR department and ask when you'll be added to their payroll.

[Anrky]

Torontoist has some really great pics...

"We Like Big Jets and We Can Not Lie"
http://torontoist.com/2009/06/a380_superjumbo.php

[MAZDA Kitten]

Here's a blow up from the full res image:

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt242/mazdaspeedcj/A380Master.jpg


Thats sooooooo wicked!! Thanks for the pics. My companies old building was right at Courtney Park & Dixie. I had the perfect view of the runway and just watch planes land and take off all day.

Is this the one that is schedueld for tomorrow? 3:45PM




Flight:EK241Arriving From:DUBAI Airline:EMIRATESPhone Number:N/AScheduled Time:Jun 3, 15:45Revised Time:Jun 3, 15:45Check-in:3 hours prior to departureTerminal:1

[STeeLy]

According to FlightAware, the flight coming in on Wednesday will also be using an Airbus A380.

[solo.]

Saw it and it pretty much dwarfed the planes that landed before them...ahha

[rktsci]

According to FlightAware, the flight coming in on Wednesday will also be using an Airbus A380.

The 380 will be on that route every Monday, Wednesday and Friday arriving at 3:45 and departing the same night around 9:45.

[Thrizzl3]

i seen it take off last nite..wow that plane is HUGE!

[MAZDA Kitten]

You were there too?? So was I!! It was massive!! You have to see it person. Pictures and video do not do this thing justice