Gallery Update: Spotting from My Hometown Airport

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:

An Aérospatiale SA-330J Puma (N338EV) getting ready to taxi out and lift off for departure from SLE.

A Cessna 525B Citation CJ3 (N1KA) sitting on the FBO ramp.

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.

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!