Last night, I noticed on FlightRadar24 that a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 was scheduled to fly into Portland on a military charter. On top of that, it looked to be a good day to go spotting for a Thursday on a summer day (in spite of the fact that air travel is still down and recovery is still at a plateau due to the repercussions from the COVID-19 pandemic!) so I decided to make the trip despite the fact I was tired from work!
Aside from the United Triple 7, I also finally saw Cathay Pacific's new, modified livery on one of their Boeing 747-8Fs, as well as a few special liveries I've been waiting to get. I also got some military aircraft action as well!
Portland (PDX) 55
Preview:
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| United Airlines Boeing 737-924/ER (N73445) arriving on 28R as UAL584 from Chicago O'Hare. |
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| Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-900/ER (N929DZ) airborne off 28R as DAL721 for Minneapolis/St. Paul. |
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| Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 (N291WN) airborne off 28R as SWA949 for Oakland. |
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| Empire Airlines (d/b/a FedEx Feeder) Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster (N859FE) arriving on 28L as CFS7977 from Klamath Falls. |
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| SkyWest Airlines (d/b/a Alaska Airlines) Embraer ERJ-170-200LR E-175LR (N402SY) departing on 28L as SKW3420 to Los Angeles. |
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| Sun Country Airlines (d/b/a Amazon Prime Air) Boeing 737-83N/BCF (N7907A) arriving on 28L as SCX3010 from Ontario, California. Only my second time seeing a Sun Country freighter flying for Amazon! |
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| American Airlines Airbus A321-231 (N141NN) taxiing for departure as AAL1316 for Dallas-Fort Worth. |
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| AAL1316 departing on 28L for Dallas-Fort Worth. |
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| Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-867F/SCD (B-LJA) arriving on 28L as CPA83 from Los Angeles. My first time seeing the new, updated livery and logo of Cathay Pacific! |
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| American Airlines Boeing 737-823 (N874NN) arriving on 28L as AAL1437 from Phoenix Sky Harbor. |
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| American Airlines Boeing 737-823 (N837NN) in the OneWorld livery arriving on 28L as AAL1460 from Dallas-Fort Worth. My first time seeing anything sporting the OneWorld logo! |
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| Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-990/ER (N248AK) sporting the 100th anniversary of Boeing livery (which took place back in 2016!) taxiing for departure as ASA134 for Boston. I'm thrilled to finally catch this special livery! |
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| ASA134 departing on 28L for Boston. |
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| Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 (N212WN) airborne off 28R as SWA1491 for Sacramento. |
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| A flight of two F-15s from the local 142nd Fighter Wing arriving overhead as they always do! With no air shows to look forward to this year, this is the only way I'm going to see any military action! |
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| Oregon Air National Guard McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (86-0151) arriving on 28L after a sortie. |
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| Oregon Air National Guard McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (78-0482) arriving on 28L after a sortie. |
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| Oregon Air National Guard McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (85-0094) taxiing back to the Guard ramp after a sortie. Apparently, I missed another flight of two Eagles during their arrival! |
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| Oregon Air National Guard McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (84-0005) taxiing back to the Guard ramp following a sortie. |
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| N837NN taxiing for departure as AAL1083 for Phoenix Sky Harbor. |
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| AAL1083 departing on 28L for Phoenix Sky Harbor. |
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| United Airlines Boeing 777-222/ER (N223UA) arriving on 28R as UAL2572 from El Paso. My first time photographing a United Triple 7 200-series! Better yet, this is one of the legacy-United Triple 7s! |
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| On board is the first of two groups of Oregon National Guard members of Task Force Arrow after a yearlong mobilization overseas in Qatar. The Task Force underwent a COVID-19-mandated 14-day quarantine at Ft. Bliss, Texas before being flown to PDX. |
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| Since United doesn't fly their Triple 7s out to PDX on any scheduled flights, this was quite a treat to catch! UAL2572 taxied over to the Boeing ramp to offload the taskforce. |
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| Oregon Army National Guard Eurocopter UH-72A Lakota (12-72237) airborne after departing from the FBO ramp. Based out of Salem and was in PDX running circuits in the Class Charlie airspace. |
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| Atlas Air (d/b/a Amazon Prime Air) Boeing 767-306/ER/BDSF (N1321A) taxiing for departure as GTI3731 for Wilmington, Ohio. |
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| GTI3731 departing on 28L for Wilmington. |
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| B-LJA taxiing for departure continuing on as CPA83 for Hong Kong via Anchorage. |
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| CPA83 crossing 28L. Note all the construction where the old Concourse A used to be. |
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| CPA83 departing on 28L for its technical stopover at Anchorage before returning to Hong Kong. Always a pleasure to see the Queen of the Skies, considering that Boeing has only just announced recently the end of the production for their iconic 747. |
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