Category: Pearson International Airport

C-FTWJ

For this shot I was camped out right at the start of runway 23, so that the planes were passing directly overhead. To give you an idea of just how close this Boeing 737 was, this was shot with an 18-70mm lens at 18mm and is not cropped. The plane was probably no more than 50 or 60 feet overhead. Yes, it was scary. Scarier still is that this same plane experienced engine failure at 3300 feet on March 11, 2003, shortly after takeoff from Kelowna, BC. It returned to Kelowna and landed safely. (It’s amazing what you can find out on the Internet.)


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Emirates A380 Landing in Toronto

The massive Airbus A380, operated by Emirates Airlines as flight EK241 from Dubai to Toronto, completes its journey on runway 23 at Lester B. Pearson International Airport. The A380 is now the world’s largest commercial passenger plane. Scheduled arrival time at the gate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays is 3:45pm, but on this day it touched down at 3:03pm and was at the gate just a few minutes later.

AA N928AN

American Airlines Boeing 737-823 N928AN had its first flight Jan. 25, 2000, and was delivered to AA on Feb. 7 that year. Others have photographed this same plane in Toronto, Miami, Philadelphia, New York, Montreal, San Jose, Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale, Mexico City, Boston and Reno.