Though I consider PDX to be my "home airport" when it comes to flying commercial, my actual hometown airport is the Salem Municipal Airport/McNary Field (SLE) in Salem, Oregon. And today, I actually decided to go do some spotting at SLE even though I was initially not expecting to see much. The airport offers a great vantage point thanks to the
Flight Deck Restaurant and some of the real estate it has; the only factor that's lacking about this spotting location is the traffic at SLE, as I mentioned
when I critiqued SLE nearly two years ago. Otherwise this would be my ideal kind of place to do some planespotting. It looks like I got lucky with my timing because I saw quite a bit of activity at the airport, making this a spotting trip worth while. Here's the link to the gallery:
Salem (SLE) 3
And here's the typical preview:
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| An Aérospatiale SA-330J Puma (N338EV) getting ready to taxi out and lift off for departure from SLE. |
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| A Cessna 525B Citation CJ3 (N1KA) sitting on the FBO ramp. |
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| This was a pleasant surprise and a treat to catch; a Dassault Falcon 2000EX (N515PV) taxiing to the FBO to refuel after arrival into SLE. |
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The Dassault Falcon 2000EX (N515PV) turned right in front of the Flight Deck Restaurant just to get close to the FBO! From this perspective, the Falcon 2000EX is a pretty big business jet.
Talk about being close to the action! |
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