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Second Visit by the Airbus A380 to Vancouver International Airport

October 25th, 2007

Earlier this year, in a cynical (and successful) attempt to increase my traffic, I linked to a bunch of photos of the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet landing at Vancouver International Airport, and even had the keywords in my tagline, just in case. After getting back from Toronto last week, I read that the airplane made another visit to YVR (in fact, it was the increased search activity to my site which tipped me off), which Vancouver-area planespotters documented on Flickr. Below are the Creative Commons licensed photos that I found so far:

A380 at first light

A380 at first light. by John M (2007)

A380 Gear Up

A380 Gear Up by John M (2007)

A380 Ready for sunrise

A380 Ready for sunrise by John M (2007)

A380 Taking Off

A380 Taking Off by John M (2007)

The following images are full copyright, so therefore don't appear in this blog post, but they're worth checking out:

I did a simple search for 'yvr' and a380' in Flickr tags, so if there are more I've missed, I'll add them here.

Exclusive video of Airbus A380 landing in Toulouse from the cockpit »

Pretty shaky, I think I just got airsickness from watching it.

Over 3,000 photos of the Airbus A380 on Flickr »

That gives me hope that someone in Vancouver will get a good shot of the plane, despite the 7:30 landing/4:30 takeoff.

Vancouver excited to host superjumbo »

"(Diehards might get a decent takeoff or landing view from a couple of popular plane-spotting locations at Flight Path Park on Russ Baker Way at the eastern end of the south runway or on Templeton Road near the east end of the north runway.)"

YVR to Vancouver planespotters hoping to see the Airbus A380: take off eh? »

(The Seattle PI already used the "take off" metaphor, but I wanted to give it a Canadiana twist.)

Airbus A380 will make Vancouver stop, but only "accredited media" can attend »

That didn't stop me from applying (late, and without processing fee) on behalf of Urban Vancouver.

Route-proving flights take Airbus A380 to Vancouver »

"The A380 will supplant Boeing's 747 as the world's biggest commercial jetliner once it has entered airline service."

James Surowiecki says don't count out Airbus just yet »

Newspapers, shockingly, don't take the long view.