Kelowna British Columbia 25-9-2018 , drive by pics from a coach
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:15 am
Went past this airport in the Okanagan valley during my recent holiday and snapped these as the coach carried on it's merry way. I fully admit they are crap but are really intended as information for anyone else travelling that route to be on the look out for the place (it's a popular route for those driving between Jasper in the Rockies to Vancouver).
It's a very busy g.a. airport and also sports all sorts of other types including some stored aircraft on the east side and a few scheduled services. If I'd been driving I would have stopped for an hour or two. It's quite well visible from the main road Highway 97 and there are local roads to get closer including one on the east side judging by some pics I've found whilst researching the i.d.s of the Convairs etc on that side (what a task that was!).
this was a surprise, VP-BAT has been in storage since May but left on 3rd October, a week after I took this, the stored 727 is N231WL btw.
VP-BAT B.747SP Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3361 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
some more of the western side;
C-GUJV DHC.2 & C-GASR Ce.525 Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3319 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
C-GGMZ DHC.8 Air Canada plus Metroliners Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3324 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
I only found the i.d. of one of the Metroliners - C-GKLN
C-GGMZ DHC.8 Air Canada plus Metroliners Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3324c by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
C-GGMZ DHC.8 Air Canada, C-GKLN Metroliner, C-GVWX Rockwell 700 & C-FIIX Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3330 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
now the western side, the stored Convairs (N4753B, C-GNCB and N157JR) and an F.27 C-GCRA
C-GCRA F-27, N4753B C-131F C-GNCB CL-66B Cosmopolitan and N157JR C-131F, Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3376 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
B.727 N231FL
N231FL B.727 Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3376 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
the g.a. park - it's very extensive and a very affluent (not effluent) area apparently and a road runs the full length of the western boundary
GA park Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3332 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
GA park Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3335 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
GA park Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3337 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
GA park Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3340 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
GA park Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3345 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
hope all that's useful to somebody
andy
It's a very busy g.a. airport and also sports all sorts of other types including some stored aircraft on the east side and a few scheduled services. If I'd been driving I would have stopped for an hour or two. It's quite well visible from the main road Highway 97 and there are local roads to get closer including one on the east side judging by some pics I've found whilst researching the i.d.s of the Convairs etc on that side (what a task that was!).
this was a surprise, VP-BAT has been in storage since May but left on 3rd October, a week after I took this, the stored 727 is N231WL btw.
VP-BAT B.747SP Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3361 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
some more of the western side;
C-GUJV DHC.2 & C-GASR Ce.525 Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3319 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
C-GGMZ DHC.8 Air Canada plus Metroliners Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3324 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
I only found the i.d. of one of the Metroliners - C-GKLN
C-GGMZ DHC.8 Air Canada plus Metroliners Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3324c by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
C-GGMZ DHC.8 Air Canada, C-GKLN Metroliner, C-GVWX Rockwell 700 & C-FIIX Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3330 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
now the western side, the stored Convairs (N4753B, C-GNCB and N157JR) and an F.27 C-GCRA
C-GCRA F-27, N4753B C-131F C-GNCB CL-66B Cosmopolitan and N157JR C-131F, Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3376 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
B.727 N231FL
N231FL B.727 Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3376 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
the g.a. park - it's very extensive and a very affluent (not effluent) area apparently and a road runs the full length of the western boundary
GA park Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3332 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
GA park Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3335 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
GA park Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3337 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
GA park Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3340 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
GA park Kelowna BC 25-09-2018 3345 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
hope all that's useful to somebody
andy