Gallery Update: A Smorgasbord of Activity at Provo and Spanish Fork!

Another busy day today. Before going into work this morning, I stopped over by the dike road at Provo Airport to chase another Allegiant Airbus; but this time, it was an A320! That's right, Allegiant has finally brought out a few of their longer Airbuses out west, initially basing them at their focus city Phoenix-Mesa. After seeing nothing but A319s and no MD-80s recently, it's nice to see that Allegiant is finally mixing things up out here. We'll see how far the A320s spread.

After my "prize catch" at Provo, I headed down to Spanish Fork for work. While there, I managed to get a few more interesting shots at the airport throughout the day, including a record-setting aircraft, and a Twin Otter!

Provo (PVU) 56

Spanish Fork-Springville (SPK) 27

Preview:

Provo

Allegiant Air Airbus A320-214 (N220NV) on short final for 13, arriving from Phoenix-Mesa as AAY132. This is Allegiant's first ever, scheduled A320 flight into Provo! This is also only my second time photographing an Allegiant A320 (the last time was when the carrier sent a sports charter into Provo). It's so nice to finally see Allegiant mixing up their Airbus fleet around in the western half of the country!

Airframe first delivered to Iberia as EC-HKI in July 2000. It was then re-registered shortly after a year after delivery. During it's service with Iberia, the aircraft was nicknamed "Ciudad de Ceuta." It then went into storage at Madrid in January 2013 before acquisition by Allegiant in September 2013. 

Spanish Fork

Lancair Legacy "Turbulence" (N707MM) holding short of 30 prior to departure. This Mike Patey's record-setting turboprop, which currently holds the record for fastest average speed (438.02 mph!) in a single-engine turboprop!

CubCrafters Carbon Cub EX1 (N43EX) on short final for 30.

Van's RV-9 (N6538Z) on final for 30.

Twin Otter International De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 (N615AR) on short final for 30. Talk about a surprising visitor for Spanish Fork! Twin Otter International is a Las Vegas-based aerial survey, surveillance, and airborne research company. They're also in the business of buying Twin Otters, converting them to Vistaliners, and leasing them with full parts and technical support to airlines and tour operators throughout the world.

Airframe first flew for Seaborne Aviation as N220SA sporting floats out of the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. It was then converted for land-use and flew for Carib Aviation out of Antigua and Barbuda until the airline ceased operations in 2008. Twin Otter International then took up the airframe and converted it for aerial research.