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Sunday, July 10, 2022

Gallery Update: Interesting Sights at Salem

Before going up for a flight today, I did some spotting from my flight club hangars at Salem. Needless to say, there were some interesting sightings. I'll let the photos speak for themselves.

Salem (SLE)

Preview:

Gulfstream Aerospace GVI G650ER (N449MT) taxiing for departure.

N449MT airborne off 31.

Rans S-21 Outbound (N229PW) taxiing to parking after arriving on 34 from Bend.

I really like this livery!

Air SF Flight Service Pilatus PC-12/47E (N731NG) taxiing for departure as XSN73 for Healdsburg, California.

XSN73 departing on 34 for Healdsburg.

Beechcraft A45/T-34A Mentor (N4WL) taxiing for departure to Medford. This was a pleasant surprise to see!

Arrived earlier from Bremerton, Washington, stopping in Salem for fuel before continuing on southbound.

Registered as a Beechcraft A45, the civilian model designation of the T-34 trainer. It was designated as such because there was no defense budget for a military trainer at the time while Beechcraft and Walter Beech (who developed the T-34) hoped they could sell it as an economical alternative to the North American T-6 Texan family of trainers, which was still in widespread use at the time.

Always neat to see a post-war era warbird!

Piper PA-28R-180 Arrow (N3287R) taxiing for departure to Corvallis.

Flight Design CTSW (N248CT) taxiing for departure to McMinnville.

N4WL airborne off 34 for Medford.

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