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Favorite catches of 2014
Let's see your favorite catches of 2014. They don't have to be your best shots (I'm sure a best-of 2014 thread will pop up soon), but they do have to be something rare, or that you've been chasing for awhile, or were just plane pleasantly surprised to see on final!
For me there were four:
NOAA P3
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2945/...fdd747f3_z.jpg
Surinam Airways A340
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5560/...89297d34_z.jpg
Super Guppy
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7230/...a90bfd12_z.jpg
Chengdu J-7:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3831/...5cb06809_z.jpg
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I didn't even know they had one of these until this taxied past me while I was waiting for a flight at T5!
http://www.moose135photography.com/A...BAB_001-XL.jpg
This was never going to visit CLT (or even JFK) so I'm glad I was able to catch it at SEA, again, while waiting for a flight.
http://www.moose135photography.com/A...8AS_001-XL.jpg
Another one of those "I didn't even know it existed" until I caught it at CLT for a NASCAR charter.
http://www.moose135photography.com/A...6CA_001-XL.jpg
Probably the first time I've seen a Garuda plane of any sort - they're not exactly regulars at CLT.
http://www.moose135photography.com/A...GIG_010-XL.jpg
Final DC-9 flight by a US airline, arriving at CLT for the museum. I ran down to the airport on my lunch hour, and was refreshing FlightAware on my phone every 23 1/2 seconds to track its progress, hoping it would arrive before I needed to head back to the office...
http://www.moose135photography.com/A...9NC_003-XL.jpg
Insel comes into CLT once a week, and always uses the "wrong" runway for spotting - I have plenty of distant, heat-hazed shots of it arriving on Rwy 23 - so when I saw it taxi up to 18C, next to the overview, on a nice day, I knew the spotting gods smiled on us!
http://www.moose135photography.com/A...MDF_003-XL.jpg
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2014 was a very good year for me. A few rare encounters here in San Antonio that I probably won't see again.
Caught a DC-6 coming here for maintenance, 1st time to see one ever.
http://e1.photos.flightcdn.com/photo...af64201f7d6e34
Got to see a brand new Embraer Legacy 500 that was here on demo.
http://e1.photos.flightcdn.com/photo...81b8748de2a2ce
And the Honda Jet
http://e1.photos.flightcdn.com/photo...baa8ee3500a72e
This just popped in one afternoon
http://e0.photos.flightcdn.com/photo...1f64164e86df3f
Never thought I see the inside of a Gulfstream 650, thanks to Mike at Landmark for making that happen.
http://e1.photos.flightcdn.com/photo...03eecb42e36af6
And recently a fire bomber that came for maintenance
http://e0.photos.flightcdn.com/photo...171ed86a4521ca
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I didn't have that many good ones this year, but here are my favorites
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7541/...6d5abd7c_b.jpg
Don't know it this one counts, but it's the carbon fiber A350 flying over CLT on its way to DFW
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5239/...094e22c4_b.jpg
My first time seeing a 787
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7408/...1eeb9786_b.jpg
First time catching a "west" US Airways plane
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7533/...7414ea09_b.jpg
That's all for me.