For pics, see http://www.yyznews.com/sept.html Rockliffe is a former RCAF base. It's been around for a while and is the airfield to which the Canadian Aviation Museum is based. In fact you can land there, and taxi right up to the exhibits, park, and visit the museum entering from the back door. The rest of the airfield is one of the GA fields for Ottawa. They also landed a CF-18 there recently, donated by the Air Force (since the museum is gov't owned, I guess the right hand gave the left hand a gift), but had to use a mobile arrester cable. Mike Gammon > > From: Matthew Montano <mmontano@direct.ca> > Date: 2002/09/16 Mon PM 01:54:45 EDT > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: A Piece of History > > Pics please! > > I blew through YUL a week or so ago, and it was quite sad to see the > Energizer's sitting on the sidelines. > > Rockliffe Airport? Must be real small, never heard of it. > > I'm with you, those DC9s were exceptional craft. Even a trip on a BWIA > MD83 a few weeks back came close to the excellence of the bird, but it > will never be the same. > > Matthew > > On Monday, September 16, 2002, at 10:25 AM, Mike Gammon wrote: > > > This coming Saturday, at 08h30 local, Air Canada will deliver by air, > > a 1967-vintage DC9-32 to the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa. > > CF-TLL hit the registry on July 11 1967. Now, 35 years later, > > restored to its original livery, it will make its last flight. No > > doubt I've flown on this bird at some time in my past. > > > > Here's the kicker though. The airfield at Rockliffe Airport, where it > > will land, is only 3000 ft long! Weather and schedule permitting, I > > might make the hop up there in the Cherokee to witness this historic > > event, and mark the passing of my favourite all-time airliner. > > > > Mike Gammon >