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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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