Passing through KCLT again

[beaky]

Working in- where am I again- oh yeah, Myrtle Beach, SC this week... had another nice flight with a bearable layover in Charlotte. Wish it had been longer so I could slip away to check out the museum; maybe some other time.

Anyhoo, here's some snaps.

Dash 8 heading out...


     


Another look at the mysterious 727: I was wrong about the wing; it looks fine. Maybe this bird is just being cannibalized for spares.


     


A Cessna 414 arrives as we wait for departure:


     


Another classic 737 takeoff... or blastoff, depending on how you look at it.


     


Descending through layers towards KMYR.

[Willit Run]

Some nice shots, Sean!!

Looks like some nasty cloud cover you had to go through!!

Hey, while your in Myrtle Beach are you going to do a round of Miniature Golf?  I think the Mrytle Beach area has a couple coarses!!  :D

[DaveSims]

One possibility for the 727 is an ARFF trainer (Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter).  When they retire aircraft for that, they usually remove the engines.  Fedex just retired a bunch of 727s and gave them to airports to use for trainers.  They would even fly it in for you and then remove the engines.

[Mictheslik]

I've been corrupted by the Q400.....that Dash 8 now looks tiny!

.mic

[Omag 2.0]

Darn! That's a steep take off... rocket assisted?  ;D

[Ravang]

Hey, Your in my area of the country now, I live about 1.5 hours from CLT, the museum got a few old tanks, and display planes (most of which have seen better days), but they do have a running DC-3, which sometimes goes on flights.

[Alonso]

Great! Did you fly in a 737-200? or was it a later one?

[beaky]

Great! Did you fly in a 737-200? or was it a later one?

I think it was a 200, but I forget.

[The Ruptured Duck]

nice ID'ing the 414.  So many people mistake it for a 421

[beaky]

nice ID'ing the 414.  So many people mistake it for a 421

So many people don't know how to Google a N-number.

I did actually know it was a 414, but what I'd forgotten is that the model name is actually "Cessna Chancellor"...

[Mitch.]

Nice capture on the Chancellor. Good work. 8-)