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John, well done! Hope all is well with you.
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Thanks, Mark!
Another campaign visit to Charlotte on Sunday. I'm still missing Mike Pence's plane. He's supposed to be in NC, but not Charlotte, this week. With a couple of weeks to go, I still may have a chance.
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Turns out Pence did fly into CLT this afternoon - his first campaign stop was in Salisbury, about 45 minutes north of Charlotte. Left the office a little early and was able to catch it - this makes the full collection of 2016 campaign planes for me!
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That light on AF1 and the jets you got while waiting for it is absolutely incredible, and the angle really flatters the jets. Nice job!
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Thanks, Mark!
Seems like forever since I've been out to CLT, but spending last week in NY killed a lot of my local spotting time.
A couple from Friday night:
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This morning, we had a pair of AH-1W Super Cobras at CLT. They are assigned to HMLA-773 Det B out of Joint Base McGuire in NJ.
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After midnight last night, we had an Antonov An-124 drop in, so I went out this morning to grab a few shots. It's one I haven't caught before.
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That Antonov has me drooling.... I really need to catch one of those beasts one of these days!
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John, the AF1 touchdown shot with the runway sign in it is poster-worthy. Colors of the plane and sky are just perfect
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The evening rush...
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It's 23 departure images stacked, shot from the Overlook over a 35 minute period Wednesday night.
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Conditions weren't great today, but two of the three L-US A320s that I haven't shot yet were both going to be in, within about 20 minutes of each other, plus I got an E190 that I didn't have yet. The DL 767 brought the Atlanta Falcons in to play the Panthers. As a bonus, I got the Frontier A320 with sharlets.
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Those bastards...I headed over to CLT Sunday afternoon, and as I rolled through the cargo area, I saw the Prime Air (Amazon.com) 767 taxi in and park on the ramp. Checking FlightAware, I saw they were running about 3 hours late. Hoping they might try to make up some time, I stopped on the hourly deck thinking I might catch their departure. I waited and waited, shooting some 36R departures. Every time I refreshed FA, the estimated departure time kept changing to match the current time. I finally gave up, and dropped by the overlook. Just as I got there, I hear tower clear them onto 36R... :-(
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I love Amerian Dash-8s. Great set!
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We had a different Kalitta bird come in a couple of days ago, and I hear it's going to be around for a few more days.
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Nice shots, Moose as always!
Rich B
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We had a line of strong storms roll through the southeast Wednesday night ahead of a cold front, which caused this Turkish Airlines A330 bound for ATL divert to CLT, even though our weather wasn't all that much better at the time. The rain picked up again just about the time I got to the airport - I had to find a spot to keep out of the wind and rain as best I could.
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Great night shots John!! Good catch!!
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John .... keep'em coming! Ditto on the night shots.
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That Falcon is a nice add to the collection...a classic bizjet turned cargo hauler
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I got an alert that N304JB, JetBlue's Blueprint, was inbound to CLT this afternoon from Boston. They were landing to the south, so I assumed they were going to come in on Rwy 23. Looking at FlightAware, the were seemingly lined up for 23 for a couple of hundred miles, and I was up on the hourly deck to catch it. As it got close, it made a jink to the west, and came in on 18R. I hung around a while, and was able to catch it departing on 18L back to Boston.
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I caught a McGuire C-17A on Saturday evening down in the cargo area. They fueled it, then buttoned up for the night.
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We had an Evelop Airlines A330-300 come in to CLT on Thursday night. It was bringing a plane load of State Farm Insurance employees back from a trip to Stockholm, Sweden. They had left a week ago on an Air Austral 777 (I missed it, you don't need the story...) The A330 arrived around 9pm and headed back out just after Midnight.
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The Austral 777 also came to JFK a couple of weeks ago on the XL flight.
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I haven't been to CLT in several weeks - I have been out shooting, and will share some of that stuff too - but I was out for a bit Friday night after work.
A whole bunch of Via Air action:
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A new look for Swift Air. This is an old US Airways 734, N438US.
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The extension for A-Concourse is coming along nicely.
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Some of the ARFF folks were out and about - they were ramp side when I got to the Overlook, so they probably escorted someone to the terminal. I caught them as they crossed 18C heading back to the barn.
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The PGA Championship will be played in Charlotte next week, and the preparations are well under way. They always park a large number of these in a fenced-in lot near the Wilson FBO, but I found a bunch on the top of the hourly deck as well. This is a major tournament, and will have a big turnout, so it looks like they have extra vehicles.
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John, nice catch on the Qatar 777 and the Evelop A330. Keep'em coming!