This morning, I had to go up to PDX and pick up my uncle, who was flying in from Salt Lake City. Since this was my typical opportunity, I drove up two hours before he arrived and got a good session of spotting in. This is the first time spotting from the short-term parking garage structure at Portland International Airport with my new camera and the photos all turned out well! The morning hours are the best time to catch the best variety of traffic and I got some new stuff as well. Here is the link:
Portland (PDX) 13
Preview:
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| Air Canada Jazz De Havilland Canada Dash 8 DHC-8-301 (C-GHTA) departing for Vancouver. Surprised to see there are still Air Canada Jazz-brand aircraft still in the old paint job. |
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| Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-251 (N530US) departing on 28R. This is a former Northwest Airlines bird. |
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| Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-890 (N559AS) in special "Salmon Thirty Salmon II" livery in partnership with Wild Alaska Seafood pulling up to the gate. Note the split-scimitar winglets. |
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| Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-890 (N557AS) with the Hawaiian lei adorned next to the Eskimo taxiing for departure. Also equipped with the split-scimitar winglets. |
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| Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 DHC-8-401 Q400 (N400QX) in University of Idaho Vandals livery slowing down upon arrival on 28L. Haven't seen this one in a while... |
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| I know it's just a plain Southwest Airlines livery but it IS a 737-300. Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-3H4 (N622SW) smokin' the mains upon arrival on 28L. |
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| I FINALLY photographed the new Southwest Airlines livery!!! Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-76N (N7723E) taxiing out for departure. This aircraft is a former AirTran bird, which was acquired when Southwest bought AirTran (formerly registered as N285AT). |
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| Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-990/ER (N457AS) taxiing for departure. |
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| United Airlines Airbus A320-232 (N419UA) departing on 28R. |
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| United Airlines Airbus A319-131 (N847UA) departing on 28R. |
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| A new sight at PDX: SkyWest Airlines Embraer E-175LR (N110SY) flying for United Express taxiing out for departure. Note the new winglet design for this particular aircraft. Brazilian metal is back at PDX after all the SkyWest EMB-120 services ceased. |
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| N110SY climbing away from PDX, with a glass-smooth Columbia River and neighboring Vancouver, WA as a nice backdrop. |
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| SkyWest Airlines (d/b/a Delta Connection) Bombardier CL-600-2C10 CRJ-700 (N614SK) vacating Runway 28R after arrival from Seattle-Tacoma. |
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| Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-832 (N3769L) taxiing out for departure. |
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| American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (N9618A) taxiing for departure to Dallas/Fort Worth. This is a former TWA bird. |
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| Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-4Q8 (N756AS) slowing down upon arrival on 28L. |
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| SkyWest Airlines (d/b/a Alaska Airlines) Bombardier CL-600-2C10 CRJ-700 (N216AG) slowing down upon arrival on 28L. This is a former Horizon Air bird when they operated regional jets before going to an all-Q400 fleet (formerly registered as N606QX). This aircraft was also the second CRJ-700 to receive the Alaska Airlines livery. |
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| Compass Airlines (d/b/a Delta Connection) Embraer E-175LR (N620CZ) vacating Runway 28R after arrival from Los Angeles. |
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| US Airways (now operated by American Airlines) Airbus A321-211 (N162UW) taxiing for departure to Phoenix-Sky Harbor. This is only my second A321 photographed and it's still in US Airways colors. US Airways and American Airlines just recently received a single operating certificate. So while it may be in the US Airways livery, it now flies with the call-sign 'American.' Catch what's left of these US Airways liveries while you still can! |
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| N162UW departing on 28L. |
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