Happy Easter! I drove down to the Idaho Falls Regional Airport this afternoon to do a little spotting. Needless to say, traffic was pretty dull, but not surprising since it was Sunday but I thought different considering it was the Easter holiday; but I stand corrected... But having my airband radio on me, I heard the radio chatter between aircraft and the tower, including what happened to a SkyWest flight upon landing; from the sounds of it, it looks like there was a bird strike on a Delta Connection-branded CRJ. Today also included a double Allegiant Air sighting, which was strange because the schedule called for only one flight when I arrived. I think what happened was that the earlier scheduled Las Vegas flight got delayed long enough to the point it was in Idaho Falls when I got to see the Phoenix/Mesa flight (or vice versa). Sucks for the passengers but for me, two MD-80s for the price of one at Idaho Falls is pretty good! Anyways, here's the link:
Idaho Falls (IDA) 5
Preview:
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| Again, don't mind the chain link fence, but this is the Delta Connection/SkyWest CRJ that suffered a bird strike when it landed. This aircraft did not return to Salt Lake City as originally scheduled. |
Now, compare and contrast this double Allegiant sighting:
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| Allegiant Air MD-80 in the older livery departing IDA; couldn't tell what the tail-number was... |
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| Allegiant Air McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (N427NV) in the updated (with more orange) livery having just arrived at IDA. |
Did you notice the slight variations in paint jobs between the old and new livery? Here's a better photo of the last one WITHOUT that cursed chain link fence:
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| N427NV departing IDA. |
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