Futbol Club Barcelona from Spain has been in Portland since this past Tuesday evening, and they happened to fly in on an Iberia Airbus A340-600; THAT would've been a great catch had I known about it sooner! The soccer club was in Portland for a few days and they're touring around the country. After making a few inquiries on the web, I found out that they were scheduled to depart Portland today on a charter flight by Atlas Air on one of their 747-400s. Of course, I decided to chase after this one! In addition to my main objective, I managed to photograph a few new sights and notable highlights for me as well on this spotting trip. I kept this spotting trip short and didn't photograph as much compared to a normal spotting trip to PDX because I was fairly busy; good thing too, because the commute to and from Portland was absolutely horrible today! And it was so stinkin' hot outside too!
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| United Parcel Service - UPS Airlines Boeing 757-24APF (N419UP) arriving on 28L as UPS2972 from Los Angeles/Ontario. I finally get a good shot of one UPS's 757s! |
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| Arizona Air National Guard General Dynamics F-16DM Fighting Falcon (89-2163) from the 162nd Fighter Wing out of Tuscon, Arizona arriving on 28L following a sortie part of America's Aerospace Control Alert CrossTell 2018 live-fly exercises, which includes practice intercepts. I can't remember the last time I photographed a D-model of the F-16! |
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| Arizona Air National Guard General Dynamics F-16D Fighting Falcon (84-1325) of the 162nd Fighter Wing out of Tuscon, Arizona arriving on 28L following sortie as part of Aerospace Control Alert 2018. |
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| Atlas Air Boeing 747-481 (N322SG) arriving on 28R as GTI8515 from Victorville-Southern California Logistics. Only my third time seeing a 747-400 overall, and my second passenger-version photographed! It's also my first time photographing a variant of the Atlas Air livery and logo! |
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| Chartered by FC Barcelona and scheduled to depart Portland for Los Angeles as GTI8516 with the soccer club later in the day. |
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| Formerly B-LFD with Oasis Hong Kong Airlines. Also formerly operated by Atlas Air on the behalf of SonAir for thrice-weekly services between Houston-Intercontinental and Luanda, Angola for the Angolan national petroleum company Sonangol Group. |
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| Delta Air Lines Airbus A321-211 (N330DX) taxiing for departure as DAL2544 for Minneapolis/St. Paul. My first time photographing a Delta A321! |
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| JetBlue Airways Airbus A320-232 (N606JB) "Idlewild Blue" departing on 28R as JBU1521 for Long Beach. |
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| GTI8515 taxiing on Taxiway A to the Atlantic Aviation FBO. |
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| This is definitely another plane-spotting highlight of the year for me! |
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| Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-76N (N7884G) taxiing for departure to Kansas City as SWA248. Formerly with Kenya Airways. |
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| Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-990 (N302AS) taxiing for departure to San Francisco as ASA400. This airframe is the prototype 737-900, the first ever built! |
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| GTI8515 taxiing onto the FBO ramp. |
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| DAL2544 departing on 28R for Minneapolis/St. Paul. |
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| Two Oregon Air National Guard F-15C Eagles arriving in style as part of Aerospace Control Alert 2018! |
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| Oregon Air National Guard McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (85-0100) from the local 142nd Fighter Wing arriving on 28L. |
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| Oregon Air National Guard McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (78-0470) of the 142nd Fighter Wing arriving on 28L. |
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| Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-8H4 (N8308K) departing on 28L for Baltimore as SWA347. |
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| Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-8H4 (N8529Z) arriving on 28R from Denver as SWA2109. |
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