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KTUS Spotting (lots of pics)

PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:38 am
by BAW0343
This was my first time out. Found a beautiful spot at the end of runway 11L. A dirt patch almost directly under the glide slope and I was as close to the airport as I could get.  ;D I was pretty happy  ;D  Now for your viewing enjoyment 11 photos,

First one up high to get us started
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Airbus?? Cant quite tell and I have no idea what airline (its heading south over Tucson if that helps)

Now for the landing aircraft,
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Next 3 have some nice paints:
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What is this?  :-? ^^^^^ Its cool  ;D

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Personal favorite airline:
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After I had been there an hour they decided to change runways on me... I wasn't too happy, a Lufthansa was due to land which I didn't expect to see here and I had to race about 5 miles to the other end of the airport. I got there in time to see a Fedex land but didn't see the Lufthansa so I'm not sure it made it in  >:( Either way its was really fun to go check out the area and it was fun to use my camera for the use I intended it for  ;D

And yes post is under 500kb  ;D

Re: KTUS Spotting (lots of pics)

PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:32 am
by Mictheslik
The cool one is a Piaggio P180 Avanti.

Wooo...Im in first (makes a change)

Makes a change to see all american carriers...Im so used to the bog standard british holiday operators. Thanks for sharing!

.mic

Re: KTUS Spotting (lots of pics)

PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:19 am
by Omag 2.0
Nice variety of birds and PERFECT weather!  :)

Re: KTUS Spotting (lots of pics)

PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:04 pm
by BAW0343
Nice variety of birds and PERFECT weather!  :)


Yea Arizona is known for that  ;D  When it rains there are 2 reactions:
#1. What did we do wrong!?
#2. THE SKY IS FALLING THE SKY IS FALLING!

#2 is my personal reaction  ;)

Its funny I see these all the time, I love seeing European planes, thats why I was disappointed when I didn't see the Lufthansa  ;) Anyway I'm happy to share  ;D

Re: KTUS Spotting (lots of pics)

PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:18 pm
by SideWinder9
The first one looks to be a Song 757....


Nice shots  :o

Re: KTUS Spotting (lots of pics)

PostPosted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:28 am
by BAW0343
lol funny the P-180 just got uploaded to Sim-V  ;D

Re: KTUS Spotting (lots of pics)

PostPosted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:13 am
by deadkennedy
Look at that blue sky. Perfect spotting weather.

Great pics. Image

Re: KTUS Spotting (lots of pics)

PostPosted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:12 am
by Willit Run
Great shots!! :)

 You did a nice job!!

Re: KTUS Spotting (lots of pics)

PostPosted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:07 pm
by Clipper
Great variety in the set Stephen. Very rare to see an Avanti. Nice one.  :)

Re: KTUS Spotting (lots of pics)

PostPosted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:32 am
by CSM
very nice pics of some very nice birds

Re: KTUS Spotting (lots of pics)

PostPosted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:39 am
by Mictheslik
Great variety in the set Stephen. Very rare to see an Avanti. Nice one.  :)


Yeah...I've only ever seen one...leaving farnborough about an hour before the airshow began.

.mic