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==Official Spotting Locations==
==Official Spotting Locations==


===Russ Baker Way===
===Flight Path Park===
The only official location is a park off Russ Baker Way under the apporach to 26L.
 
This runway is primarily used for airline departures and private aircraft.
Flight Path Park is a park off Russ Baker Way under the apporach to 26L, a runway primarily used for airline departures and private aircraft. All movements can be logged from here with decent optics, but photography is limited.
All movements can be logged from here with decent optics, but photography is limited.
 
The park has a small, humped map of earth, giving you the effect of standing "on the top of the world." Aircraft fly directly overhead, as the park is directly in their "flightpath."


To the north of this place is the Institute of Technology in which you can log WestJets' B-737-200 C-GWJT.
To the north of this place is the Institute of Technology in which you can log WestJets' B-737-200 C-GWJT.