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10-03-2009, 12:53 AM
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| Anyone around Poco today around 5:00 and saw this?
was driving through coquitlam today at around 5pm and saw this huge jet looking like it was gonna crash or something it was loooooooooooooowwww to the ground and 3 of its engines had like light brown fumes coming out
it was so low that if i stopped my car (like some did around me) i would be able to see the pilots 
c17 it looked like that
it was headed east, towards costco/pitt river bridge
weirdest thing ever, ppl who were on the street were gawking... i don't know how big a c17 is irl though, but this thing was pretty damned big
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10-03-2009, 08:26 AM
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10-03-2009, 09:03 AM
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10-03-2009, 09:13 AM
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holy shit...
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10-03-2009, 09:19 AM
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canadian or amercian markings on it?
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10-03-2009, 09:51 AM
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prob headed to pitt airport
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10-03-2009, 10:14 AM
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it couldnt have been a globemaster. Those things are FRICKEN HUGE. Your ears would blow up if it was that low.
My guess would be it was a CC-150 Polaris going to abbotsford.
Ive seen the Polaris going in and out of Abbotsford dropping and picking up military troops. Maybe for the Olympics or overseas. I dont know and dont want to get in shit from OPSEC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CC-150_Polaris
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10-03-2009, 10:55 AM
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well it had 4 engines, that cc-150 (pictures) only has 2 huge ones
it was grey, i was trying to take a picture of it, but i was driving and almost rear-ended the car in front of me cuz he slammed on his brakes to take a look -_-
was sure there'd be tons of sightings :/
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10-03-2009, 11:00 AM
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oh shit lol...must be a cool sight!
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10-03-2009, 11:06 AM
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if these guys came in a convoy like this.....i would shit bricks if i was the enemy....or i was call out the battery of flak guns and waste their asses...haha
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10-03-2009, 11:07 AM
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10-03-2009, 12:16 PM
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^ Maho Beach. I was there in February... Got tons of photos of the planes landing.
I stood right behind a 737 taking off. Super loud and was getting sandblasted... Good experience.
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10-03-2009, 12:53 PM
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Yeah I saw one of them heading east above PoCo around 5-6 pm
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10-03-2009, 01:17 PM
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10-03-2009, 02:05 PM
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He said Poco, not Surrey :O
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10-03-2009, 04:41 PM
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damn, i would've liked to see that haha
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10-03-2009, 06:13 PM
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C17's..
You can see them fly 24/7 at the base in Seattle.
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10-03-2009, 06:45 PM
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maybe it was crab people?
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10-04-2009, 12:03 AM
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10-04-2009, 03:12 AM
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mustv been a cool scene !
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10-04-2009, 11:43 PM
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There've been a ton of C17 and CC-150's coming in and out of YYJ lately, wonder why.
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10-05-2009, 12:40 AM
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C-17's are by far the coolest looking military cargo planes ever. I saw one in person for the first time at this year's Abby Airshow. The C-5 Galaxy may be bigger but doesn't look as badass.
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10-05-2009, 08:45 AM
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I saw it a couple of days before the airshow.. thought it was going to abbots airport or something.. and ya it was flying so low! in poco too
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10-05-2009, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by metal There've been a ton of C17 and CC-150's coming in and out of YYJ lately, wonder why. | Olympics.
The military is going to take over the lower mainland.
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