Originally Posted by
tcook052
I was a frequent visitor to YXE back in those days as my father traveled for work several times a year and back then you could walk right up and put your nose on the big windows that looked out onto the apron and gates. The aircraft came right up close so it was a unique experience as a kid that's seldom found with more modern airport design.
Slightly OT, but I grew up in Saskatoon and remember (as a kid) going out onto an outside viewing deck that was up some stairs and looking at the planes.
But my first flight on AC was much later and was before I graduated from the U of S and flew to YOW for job interviews. I'm pretty sure that one of the flights was AC157, but can't recall if I routed through YYZ or YUL. But I think it was a B727-200. IIRC, my potential employees might have even put me in Concierge class or whatever it was called back then.