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This is an airplane post, not a political post. Despite feeling under the weather today, I had to run out to CLT to try ...
30/10/2024

This is an airplane post, not a political post. Despite feeling under the weather today, I had to run out to CLT to try to grab a shot of this beauty. This is a former US Airways 757-2B7, originally delivered to US Airways as N632AU, later reregistered N201UU. As an interesting side note, I have a personal connection to this bird. N201UU was the first US Airways 757 to be retrofitted with winglets, and I happened to be on the first flight of the wingletted plane, from CLT to FLL. Nice to see her still flying.

N629NP; B.757-2B7 (w); MSN 27810; New Pacific Airlines; Harris-Walz colors; originally delivered to US Airways as N632AU, later reregistered N201UU;

Here are a couple of beautiful biplanes at the NC39 fly-in on 19 October
22/10/2024

Here are a couple of beautiful biplanes at the NC39 fly-in on 19 October

After a pleasant breakfast with the Winstor-Salem chapter of the Piedmont Silver Eagles, I took the "scenic" route home,...
19/10/2024

After a pleasant breakfast with the Winstor-Salem chapter of the Piedmont Silver Eagles, I took the "scenic" route home, stopping at Davidson County Airport (EXX) and Rowan County Airport (RUQ) to take a look at traffic on the ramp...and to grab a couple of copies of Issue 951 of Flying magazine, which has my photo of the three yellow-and-white T-34s in tight formation. I caught four good-looking bizjets at EXX, and a Citaton X at RUQ.

There's something about a Cessna 195 that commands attention.N195BV; CESSNA 195B; MSN 16057
09/10/2024

There's something about a Cessna 195 that commands attention.
N195BV; CESSNA 195B; MSN 16057

I was able to photograph three Bonanzas at Long Island Airpark yesterday.
08/10/2024

I was able to photograph three Bonanzas at Long Island Airpark yesterday.

It's been nearly 20 years since the final flight of the iconic Concorde. I flew on her twice. The first time was on the ...
04/10/2024

It's been nearly 20 years since the final flight of the iconic Concorde. I flew on her twice. The first time was on the Braniff interchange from Dulles to DFW. That flight was, of course, subsonic. Then I flew on her again in 1993, from Heathrow to Dulles. That flight took 3:49. Maybe I will see supersonic airline travel once again.

6 July 1998 was a sad day for airplane photographers, as the last flights arrived at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. It co...
28/09/2024

6 July 1998 was a sad day for airplane photographers, as the last flights arrived at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. It could be a nightmare for passengers (who really cares about passengers anyway? 😉), but it's hard to imagine a more perfect airport for photography. Single runway, picturesque views from both sides, a unique final approach, and a wonderful mix of exotic traffic. Wikipedia says, "Because of the geography of the area, with water on three sides of the runway, Kowloon City's residential apartment complexes to the north-west and 2,000-plus ft (610 m-plus) mountains to the north-east of the airport, aircraft could not fly over the mountains and quickly drop in for a final approach. Instead, aircraft had to fly above Victoria Harbour and Kowloon City, passing north of Mong Kok's Bishop Hill. After passing Bishop Hill, pilots would see Checkerboard Hill with a large orange-and-white checkerboard pattern. Once the pattern was sighted and identified, the aircraft made a low-altitude (sub-600 ft; 180 m) 47-degree right-hand turn, ending with a short final approach and touchdown. For pilots, this airport was technically demanding, as the approach could not be flown by aircraft instruments, but had to be flown visually because of the right-hand turn required." But for airplane photographers, this was usually #1 on the "photo bucket list." 26 years later, there's still no equivalent.

Chaparral sported one of the more unique paint schemes in its day. Based in Abilene TX, Chaparral was a natural to becom...
22/09/2024

Chaparral sported one of the more unique paint schemes in its day. Based in Abilene TX, Chaparral was a natural to become part of the American Eagle system.

How did USAir wholly-owned regional airline Jetstream International come to be renamed PSA, even though the company bare...
22/09/2024

How did USAir wholly-owned regional airline Jetstream International come to be renamed PSA, even though the company barely flew west of the Mississippi? It started this way. In the 1989/1990 time frame, Robert Peach, Jr., son of the President of the original Mohawk Airlines, formed a new commuter airline and named it Mohawk. His father's airline merged with Allegheny Airlines in 1972. USAir screamed "Foul!", but the time frame for owning rights to the name had expired. So USAir jumped to protect the names of its predecessor airlines. Jetstream International became PSA, Henson Airlines was renamed Piedmont, and Pennsylvania Airlines became Allegheny (later merged into Piedmont).
N6778R; Beech 1900C; MSN UB-6; Mohawk Airlines; originally delivered to Ryan Air Alaska

Ah, to be at DCA in the late 70s/early 80s. The close-in parking lot overlooked the commuter ramp, and the action was no...
22/09/2024

Ah, to be at DCA in the late 70s/early 80s. The close-in parking lot overlooked the commuter ramp, and the action was nonstop. The Beech 99 was one of the first purpose-built commuter airplanes, and N7099N held the MSN of U-1.

We finished up the weekend at the T-34 formation clinic by performing a flyover of the Cleveland Browns season opener. T...
09/09/2024

We finished up the weekend at the T-34 formation clinic by performing a flyover of the Cleveland Browns season opener. This flight gave me a chance to focus (pun intended!) on Lisa "Badass" Colletti's T-34.

In my short visit to CLT yesterday, there was a reasonable amount of biz jet activity.
03/09/2024

In my short visit to CLT yesterday, there was a reasonable amount of biz jet activity.

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