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Sunday, July 07, 2019
Wynyard, Saskatchewan, Canada
After departing 30 minures late from Dublin, we safely landed at Calgary International 40 minutes later than the original scheduled time Sunday afternoon. It was a sold out flight, 320 people on board.
The flight from Dublin to Calgary was on WestJet's first Boeing 787-9, or the "Dreamliner" as it's known.  This was not our first flight in a Dreamliner, but it was the first Dramliner that we boarded without a jetway.  We realize it's a big plane, but it seems MUCH bigger when we are standing on the tarmac next to it.  It has a wingspan of about 200 feet / 60 metres and stands over 55 ft or 17 m tall, that's over 5 storeys!
This was Westjet's first 787 and they were serving a Big Rock beer that was specially made for their largest aircraft.

We cleared Canadian Border Services without delay on arrival in Calgary, even though each of us brought back a wee bit more than the allowed liquor amount - hey, we were in Ireland!  As we didn't leave the secure area, we didn't have to pick up our luggage in Calgary, it was automatically forwarded on to Regina.  It was new to us that we got to carry our duty free purchases with us right from the duty free store in Dublin to landing in Regina.

Our flight back to Regina was delayed about 30 minutes due to our plane's late arrival in Calgary plus there was a tornado and thunderstorm warning for the Regina area.  It was a bit concerning to see the weather system on the radar before we left but the flight was pretty smooth on our Q400 prop plane.  We basically went from WestJet's biggest plane to their smallest plane (capacity 78 passengers, wingspan 93 ft, length 108 ft.)

Happy to report we and our breakables arrived safe at home Monday afternoon after spending the night in Regina.  Time to do laundry, get back to real life and think about the next adventure!

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Darlene
2019-07-09

Glad that all went well and you had a great time and arrived home safely!!!

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