I doubt that they'd be IL76 unless on cargo (don't know if they have any for cargo). For pax, most likely an IL62 or TU154. A couple of years ago I even saw a Cuban IL18 on cargo at YMX. What a beauty! Practically a Bristol Britannia copy. Mike Gammon > > From: Matthew Montano <mmontano@direct.ca> > Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 19:40:09 -0800 > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: YVR - Cubana? > > Do Cubana IL-76s (is that what they are?) make regular visits to > Vancouver? > > Where I usually see a surplus CP/AC 737 about to be 'painted' into the > latest Zip/Tango/AC scheme there was a (rather beautiful) Cubana jet. > > If these have been regular visits as of late, that would explain the > extremely noisy departures I've heard while standing in the parking lot > of Lansdowne Mall a mile or two away. > > Any insight? > > Matthew >