It ain’t much, but it’s honest work

Real World Aviation Spotting
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Greetings, here’s something different from my usual screenshot topics. Recently I took a flight to Edmonton ON, Canada. On the return flight I had a 3 hour layover in Ottawa. Like the nerd I am, I spent those 3 hours walking around the airport taking pictures of the planes. I know the photos ain’t great, but for an iPhone 13, and the apple photo editor, it’s honest work. Hopefully I’ll get a camera one day when I’m not a broke college student.
Enjoy.

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Camera: iPhone 13
Airports: Ottawa MacDonald Cartier International, Toronto Pearson, and Edmonton International.
Date: February 16 & February 22, 2025

Outbound flight | AC163

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Toronto was getting the snow storm of the decade when I left, here’s a view of my flight (AC163) at the gate.

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On the contrary, here’s the same plane, after arriving in Edmonton. It was sunny and no snow, only a cold -28° C. (-18.4° F for my American friends)

Fun fact, this plane is the same one we have in Infinite Flight, registration C-FRTG

Ottawa Layover

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Porter 280 from Edmonton, this was my flight.

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Porter 2352 from Thunder Bay, ON

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Air France sends their 777’s to YOW from Paris now, so that’s pretty cool.

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Here we have Jazz 8860 from Washington D.C

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AC452 from Toronto

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AC456 from Toronto

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My final flight, Porter 2260 from YOW to YTZ. Here’s a nice view of Toronto city at night from my window

Thanks for viewing, please ignore the grain 🙏 🙏🙏🙏

shoutout @Humanguy for helping me figure out flight history tracking

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Really nice photos - the snow makes it look all the more chilling…

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You can, and if you don’t know how, I can find them for you if you’d like. Also, using ADS-B Exchange, I’ve checked aircraft history as far back as seven years ago. Yes, it showed the flight path and everything—albeit not very clearly—but it was still workable. I digress. If you want, I’d be happy to find those flights for you if you provide me with a time. 😀 Great post! I love the Air Canada black and white livery so much.

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Thanks :)
Also thanks for the info! I figured it out now, I’ll see if I can grab the information, appreciate the help!

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Nice pics!

How’d you like flying on the Dash 8? I enjoy them but I’ve also heard mixed opinions so I’m curious about yours.

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Was not bad, leg room was great, it was better than the E2 legroom, had a few extra inches between my knees and the seat at 5’ 10”.

Everything was extremely old on the plane, but understandably, and seats were fairly comfortable. Would fly again

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Btw were you referring to Porter 2260?

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That I was, thanks for the correction

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Nice pictures, they’re pretty cool, especially the last one. Can’t wait to fly on Porter one day.

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Sounds like a fun time—thanks for sharing and letting us vicariously experience the joys of a layover and plane spotting in the terminal.

I love that you pointed this out! I have a fascination spotting the reg’s of the IF fleet too

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nice photos!

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The snow sends shivers down my spine, figuratively and physically.

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Thanks @Bonnie! I would highly recommend Porter, I was seriously surprised by the quality of everything they do, even the food was fresh. Their E2 Jets have free wifi, and all flights serve free drinks as well.

food

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Greek yogurt I ordered.

Haha, glad you enjoyed, it was the only thing I could do keep myself sane while I waited for my flight, it had been a long day lol.

Alberta definitely was a cold one that week. :cold_face:

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Definitely cold that day! Great shots! Cool seeing the Toronto city lights and the huge glare in the sky!

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Thanks! it certainly was cold, saw ground crew doing jumping jacks on the ramp to warm up :joy: