It does not look like an IL-76 to me Matthew - will get a closer look later today, and hopefully the reg.. Hope it's still there! I wonder if the I.O.C. folks are using it? Surely it's not here for MTCE at AC/MTU.... Those VERY noisy deps. are old CP 737's now in the WJ fleet - I think! Liam. YVR. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Montano" <mmontano@direct.ca> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:40 PM 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