YS-11 In Action

[Aharon Dayan]

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Here is interesting history about Air Caribbean airline!!!  This airline based in Trinidad lasted about 7 years of operation from 1993 to 2000 serving home base for flights to Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, and Miami as well as handling many charter flights.  The airline used YS-11 and 737-200. The airline was direct competitor of mighty and bigger BWIA for those routes.  Air Caribbean was doing well with about seven units of YS-11 until it made mistake buying fuel hog 737-200s without hush kits which ultimately drove the airline to bankruptcy.

Here is a nice whole day of office work abroad Air Caribbean YS-11 from TVSC Canouan Airport located on the island of Canouan in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to TTPP Piarco International Airport located in Piarco 16 miles east of Port of Spain's central business district in Trinidad to TTCP A.N.R. Robinson International Airport formerly known as Crown Point International Airport located 6.8 miles from the capital Scarborough on the next door island of Tobago.

At gate being boarded with passengers



Starting engines after finished with pushback



Taxiing to short of runway 13



Taxiing to beginning of runway 13 for backtracking



Backtracking



On hold on runway 13 awaiting for take off clearance with background view of Nen's Bay and trees of Kate Hill



Airborne on climb to FL200 passing view of Rumereng Bay



Still climbing passing Friendship Bay with background view of islands of L'Islot and Canouan Beleine



Time to make left turn toward destination above Friendship Bay







Gonna love Caribbean waters



Now cruising at FL200



Leaving rich colors of Caribbean sea to cross deep blue waters of Caribbean





Passing TGPYMaurice Bishop International Airport formerly known as Point Salines International Airport located about 5 miles south of St. George's which is the capital of the island nation of Grenada.



Leaving Grenada



Cruising at FL200



Ahead is view of Tobago at left and Trinidad at right



Approaching island of Tobago to cross it



Passing Man O' War Bay in Tobago



Passing background view of Batteaux Bay while making right turn to fly along Tobago's southern shore





Passing Carapuse Bay



Passing Goldsborough Bay while cruising along Tobago's southern shore



Approaching Trinidad on way to runway 28



Darn rainstorm is starting that results into windy approach









Seconds before touchdown



TOUCHDOWN



Exiting from runway 28 into taxiway C on way to gate 4



Arrived at gate 4 to drop off passengers and picking passengers bounded for next door island of Tobago



Starting engines for flight to next door Tobago



Waiting for taxi clearance while in background the plane arrived from long flight from KJFK in New York



Arrived at Tobago to approach gate 3





Nice gate approach view





Arrived at the gate



















Night departure back to Trinidad!!





Thank you for viewing!! Stay tuned for next exciting flight!!

Regards,

Aharon