One month after the
2014 Oregon International Air Show, not to mention after a well-deserved break from any major aviation photography and planespotting, I found myself back at the Portland-Hillsboro Airport. This time, I came up to attend the annual Hillsboro Air Fair hosted by the Port of Portland,
which I started attending last year. For a small event, it was a good one because I still got a decent amount of pictures from the displays and the bus tour around the airport. Due to high winds, the event had to be shut down earlier than usual but I still had a good time. In addition to the displays, I also did a little spotting of what air traffic was flying. Here are the links:
Hillsboro Air Fair 2014
Portland-Hillsboro (HIO) 2
Preview:
 |
| A line-up of helicopters belonging to the flight school, Hillsboro Aviation on display. |
 |
| Israeli Aircraft Industries IAI-1125A Astra SPX, also known as the Gulfstream G150 (N248SL) parked in one of Global Aviation's hangar. |
 |
| Bombardier CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 (N904JK) parked in Golbal Aviation's hangar. |
 |
| Dassault Falcon 900EX (N901MM) parked in Global Aviation's hangar. |
 |
| Another Dassault Falcon 900EX (N76PW) parked in Global Aviation's newest hangar facility. In fact, the aircraft has the hangar all to itself when the photo was taken! |
 |
| Learjet 60 (N600LJ) with reverse thrust deployed after arrival into Hillsboro. |
 |
| An incredible sight at the Portland-Hillsboro Airport had to be this McDonnell Douglas MD-87 (N293EA)! A former Iberia passenger jet, it has since been converted as water-bomber for the Erickson Aero Tanker company. |
