That makes sense. Fidel regularly stays in Vancouver on his way to Asia. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shingo Kawase" <skawase@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 6:52 AM Subject: Re: YVR - Cubana? > Hello. I know something. > > Fidel Castro visited Asia and stopped in Japan for > a few days. He left Tokyo for his country with 3 > Cubana aircrafts on March 4th. They were > CU-T1282, CU-T1283 and CU-T1284. > > Apparently, he cannot enter in the United States, > so these Cubanas landed at YVR. > > regards, > > Shingo Kawase > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Montano" <mmontano@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 12:40 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 > > >