Runway 08 Right is
the Runway 08 of book and movie fame.
It's common for Vancouver International to have arrivals on 08L and 08R, but departures only on 08R. It's longer, and less of an issue for noise abatement, since you're climbing out over Richmond farmland rather than rattling windows along the North Arm of the Fraser River.
Even the little planes I fly can be noisy. At Langley, departures to the south (Runway 19) have defined noise abatement procedures to avoid annoying people in Brookswood. Runway heading to Fraser Highway, then course 160 to 1000 feet before proceeding on course.
This fall was the first time anybody called me "skinny" in years, when somebody in a store I frequent greeted me with "Good morning skinny lady!" My doctor's favourite adjective for me at the moment is "svelte". With increasing tummy clearance I've tilted Gumdrop's steering wheel as low as I can, since if it went any lower it would block my view of the gauges.
Word to the wise: whining about having to buy new clothes because you've lost so much weight that nothing fits any more gets about as much sympathy as bitching about jet lag.
...laura, looking forward to her next flight