PHL, Christmas Eve and Cargo Crazy! [Image Heavy]
I was finally able to get to PHL for the cargo rush, during the final push before Christmas.
ABX587 from Cincinnati arriving 20 minutes before sunrise.
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UPS1194 arriving from UPS's Worldport, Louisville.
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While she still wears Star Alliance titles, AWE1744 arriving from CLT.
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FDX1439 arriving from FedEx's super hub, Memphis at sunrise however there was a large layer of clouds sitting near the horizon.
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Another UPS SDF arrival, flight 237.
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The daily flight from England inbound.
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Daily flight from Germany landing on runway 27R with the sun slightly peaking out of the clouds.
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Then "Yay", the sun was finally out in all its glory.
Flight 203 on short final.
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The daily flight from Indianapolis inbound for Cargo City.
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UPS9746 from Dulles gleaming on approach.
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FDX1780 from Stewart Int'l.
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After the FedEx 310 I had an overly exciting race to catch the highlight of the day.
GTI2195 operating for UPS departing runway 27L for Louisville. It's always great to see a 747 at PHL!
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I stayed with the departures long enough to catch FDX3620 departing for IND.
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Then I hurried back to the arrivals to catch UPS218 from France.
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Then it was back to departures, just in time to catch one of the other Star Alliance jets departing to the Bahamas.
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A hawk stopped by for a quick look.
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FDX851 headed for MEM.
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UPS2116 from JFK decending for runway 27R above a group of UPS 767 and 757 tails.
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UPS237 seen here climbing-out between two over-flights.
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And back to the arrivals for a small parade of UPS 757s.
UPS9616 from New Hampshire, already its 2nd rotation into PHL that morning.
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UPS9702 arriving from Norfolk flashing its strobe.
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Another usual night-owl on final for runway 27L.
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Then back to departures.
UPS3612 en-route to O'Hare.
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At around 11:30am the UPS hub sprang a leak and dozens if not a hundred UPS/Ryder/Penske/U-Haul trucks came pouring out in all directions.
I had no idea UPS had so many different types of trucks!
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Back to the arrivals for UPS2930 from Dulles.
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Then back to departures.
By about 1pm a thick layer of clouds started to move in...
UPS3136 departing for Albany, NY.
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An increasingly common winglet-ed 767 departing runway 27L as flight 3326 to Orlando.
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UPS3020 headed to Boston.
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UPS204 continuing on its way to Louisville.
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With the clouds overwhelming the sky I decided to head home.
On my way I spotted this little jewel hiding behind the Atlantic Aviation hanger.
N148TW, a rare Dassault Falcon 20C.
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Merry Christmas!
Hope you enjoyed,