Sure enough Fidel showed up Tuesday, yet the (single) IL62 was there Monday. So I guess it was a scouter 'plane. Matthew On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 12:43 PM, Mark wrote: > That makes sense. > > Fidel regularly stays in Vancouver on his way to Asia. > > Mark > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shingo Kawase" <skawase@yha.att.ne.jp> > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > 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@direct.ca> >> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> >> 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 >>> >> >