Actually I was lucky enough to do a touch and go at Mirabel in Sept 2000. Took a C172 from a local school at St. Jean - sur- Richeleau) and flew over Montreal. What was amazing that you had to fly over some open land before you get to Mirabel. YUL was too busy for us, but at least we flew over it and have a nice shot of an An-124 parked in the cargo area. Ahh the memories of Canada.. :) BAHA ACUNER - CFI,CFII,MEI www.bahadiracuner.com www.acuwings.com -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of JoeThree@aol.com Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 8:04 AM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: Speaking of Montreal... In January, 1989, I flew through Mirabel on a British Airways L-1011, flying DTW-YMX-LHR. We landed well after dark, and taxiied for nearly ten minutes before we arrived at the terminal. During the time we were taxiing, I did not see a single sign of life other than the runway and taxiway lights. No hangars, no ground vehicles, no other aircraft, until we were within sight of the terminal. It felt as though our TriStar had landed in a small airport in the Canadian bush, instead of at the international gateway for one of the world's most exciting cities. We were on the ground for about an hour for servicing and to pick up additional passengers (at that time, Detroit did not have a big enough traffic base to support nonstop transatlantic flights), and in that time, I saw just six other aircraft: two Minerve DC-8s, a Sabena DC-10, and a 747, an L-1011, and a 767 of Air Canada. I'm sure working in the tower at YMX was one of the lowest-stress ATC jobs in Canada! Joe Wolf Minneapolis, Minnesota Airport Codes: DTW: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Michigan YMX: Montreal Mirabel LHR: London Heathrow