M. Wynn: "Wild Card" Aviation Photography & Images: Gallery Update: A Friday Morning Spotting Trip to Portland

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The primary purpose of this blog is to showcase the best of my aviation photography. As such, you will find links to my main aviation gallery on Facebook containing photos from aircraft spotting, some kind of aviation event such as air shows and fly-in events, as well as aviation museums. I also critique my flights on commercial airlines and the services they provide. Occassionally, you'll find personally written, independent articles based on news and current events involving aviation. And of course, I'll put up links to official and unofficial aviation-related websites when I find them. And when time permits, I'll talk and discuss about anything involving aviation. But most importantly, this is my way to document my journey into the aviation industry!

Friday, July 15, 2022

Gallery Update: A Friday Morning Spotting Trip to Portland

This morning, I had to drive my dad and uncle to the airport so they could catch their flight to Idaho Falls in order to attend a family reunion. I was excited to make a spotting trip to PDX because the Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Wing was hosting a squadron of United States Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets from Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192) out of Naval Air Station Lemoore, California for dissimilar air combat training (DACT) with the local F-15 Eagles all this week and into next week. As always, the photos will speak for themselves.

Portland (PDX)

Preview:

Horizon Air (d/b/a Alaska Airlines) Bombardier DHC-8-402 Q400 (N421QX) departing on 28L as QXE2171 for Reno/Tahoe.

Frontier Airlines Airbus A320-251N (N312FR) "Chocolate the Moose" arriving on 28L as FFT2171 from Las Vegas.

Alaska Airlines Airbus A320-214 (N636VA) arriving on 28L as ASA822 from Santa Ana.

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 (N291BT) taxiing for departure as ASA28 for Newark.

ASA28 departing on 28L for Newark.

Boeing Company Pilatus PC-12/45 (N21AU) arriving on 28L from Moses Lake as BOE1AU. Likely a ferry platform for Boeing test pilots when picking up/dropping off new Boeing jets at the paint shop.

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 (N975AK) taxiing for departure as ASA889 for Honolulu.

Allegiant Air Airbus A320-214 (N207NV) arriving on 28L as AAY9 from Idaho Falls. This would be the plane that takes my dad and uncle to IDA.

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-990/ER (N237AK) departing on 28L as ASA686 for Chicago O'Hare.

ASA889 departing on 28L for Honolulu. This airframe was originally intended for SunExpress as D-ASMA but was not taken up and became a "white-tail" before Alaska scooped it up.

Air Transport International - ATI (d/b/a Amazon Air) Boeing 767-381/ER/BCF (N431AZ) arriving on 28L as ATN3517 from Anchorage.

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-790 (N607AS) taxiing for departure as ASA529 for Seattle/Tacoma. Previously painted in the Portland Timbers special livery. I have to say, it breaks my heart seeing that Alaska repainted this frame to their current standard livery; though there are rumors floating around that the Timbers livery will be reapplied on a future 737 MAX airframe.

FedEx Express Boeing 767-3S2F (N131FE) arriving on 28L as FDX2772 from Indianapolis. N-number previously used on a FedEx 727.

Alaska Airlines Airbus A320-214 (N361VA) taxiing for departure as ASA206 for San Francisco.

ASA529 departing on 28L for Seattle/Tacoma.

ASA206 departing on 28L for San Francisco.

United States Navy Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet (169745) of Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192), the "World Famous Golden Dragons" of NAS Lemoore arriving on 28L after a sortie.

United States Navy Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet (169736) of Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192), the "World Famous Golden Dragons" of NAS Lemoore arriving on 28L after a sortie. Nice to catch VFA-192's CAG bird!

169745 taxiing to the ramp.

169736 taxiing to the ramp.

United States Navy Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet (169739) of Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192), the "World Famous Golden Dragons" of NAS Lemoore arriving on 28L after a sortie.

United States Navy Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet (165867) of Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192), the "World Famous Golden Dragons" of NAS Lemoore arriving on 28L after a sortie.

169739 taxiing to the ramp.

165867 taxiing to the ramp.

"Chocolate the Moose" taxiing for departure as FFT2170 for the return-trip to Las Vegas.

United States Navy Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet (168356) of Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113), the "Stingers" of NAS Lemoore arriving on 28L after a sortie. Clearly on loan to VFA-192.

United States Navy Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet (169737) of Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192), the "World Famous Golden Dragons" of NAS Lemoore arriving on 28L after a sortie.

FFT2170 departing on 28L for Las Vegas.

American Airlines Airbus A321-211 (N197UW) arriving on 28L as AAL2655 from Dallas-Fort Worth.

168356 taxiing to the ramp.

169737 taxiing to the ramp.

Temporary "Hornets Nest" at PDX!

N207NV taxiing for departure as AAY10 for the return-trip to Idaho Falls. My dad and uncle are on board this flight!

AAY10 departing on 28L for Idaho Falls.

WestJet Encore (d/b/a WestJet) Bombardier DHC-8-402 Q400 (C-FTEN) taxiing to the gate after arriving on 28R as WEN3628 from Calgary.

Oregon Air National Guard McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (84-0005) of the local 142nd Wing, 123rd Fighter Squadron arriving on 28L after a sortie with the Navy.

Oregon Air National Guard McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (85-0106) of the local 142nd Wing, 123rd Fighter Squadron arriving on 28L after a sortie with the Navy.

Oregon Air National Guard McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (84-0026) of the local 142nd Wing, 123rd Fighter Squadron arriving on 28L after a sortie with the Navy.