My Florida trip (Nov 2007)

[tipek]

Hi All,

Below are pictures from first day at MIA airport. I was there entire week and almost every day I had a chance to spend at least couple of hours at the airports.
In this first post I will post pictures from Miami 11/11/2007. As I edit more pictures I will add them here to this post instead of starting new topics.

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http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/varig75.jpg


Rafal

[SengaB]

Nice shots Rafal :)
I hope you got some good stuff.

Senga

[Iberia A340-600]

Some very nice shots, Rafal. Makes me want to get down to MIA even more!

Although what happened to the tail of my Iberia A340-600?! :lol:

[AirtrafficController]

Nice to see many foreign and cargo airlines at MIA. Great Job Rafal.

[tipek]

Senga,

As you can see I've got my Varig LOG 757. That was my highlight of the day.

And Iberia picture came like that because I wasn't paying attention what was coming in. When I saw it I started running like hell to the other side of the street, but when I got there I still couldn't fit it in my lens :)

More pictures will follow shortly.

Rafal

[MarkLawrence]

Great shots Rafal - it seems like I'll have to make the trek down there one weekend to catch all this good stuff! Looking forward to the rest!

[Eddie.]

Great shots! You got luckt with the SB757, it's not often that it comes out during the day.

[tipek]

After MIA airport we went to Opa Locka to catch up with stored frames. Here are some pictures and log of stored stuff can be found in registration forum.

http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/aeropostal72.jpg
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http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/avia261.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/avia262.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/bluedc8.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/caribex26.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/coastalconv.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/dc7aa.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/easterndc7.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/fuselage.jpg
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http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/short330opa.jpg
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More pictures will come tomorrow.

Rafal

[cancidas]

who does that Shorts-30 belong to? Why's it have an ED tail code?

[SengaB]

Nice shots Rafal,
I see they moved A LOT of stuff around since my last visit. I never get any special visitors when I visit OPF.
That white "Russian" aircraft you told me about earlier..that a dornier 328.

Matt,
Those USAF C-23s were based at Edwards AFB 412th Test Wing.
Rafals was regisered as 83-0513.
I shot mine at (MKE) Milwaukee in 1999,2000 or so.
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/sherpa.jpg

Senga

[tipek]

Next round of Florida shots. This time 3 visits to FLL airport resulted in some nice stuff. Pictures are from Nov 12, 14, 15 2007

http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/airbornex11.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/alleg87.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/bahdhc8ol.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/dehavmiami.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/del764.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/gbairlink.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/homer.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/juanvaldez.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/spirnewcs12.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/sunshine.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/sunshineemb.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/vpchim.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/vppri.jpg

Take care,
Rafal

[Eddie.]

Nice shots, I was at FLL on the 17th :lol:

What equipment are you using?

[T-Bird76]

wow Rafal some great stuff! That AA DC-7 and the EAL bird are awesome catches. I'd love to see them in person.

[SengaB]

Don't worry you will too a few weeks Tommy :)

Senga

[Tom_Turner]

Great shots Rafal.... I see FL remains the last refuge of Convair props still....

Great stuff with the DC-7s. Three of them? The AA still flies right? EA being restored?

That old Shorts was a surprise too.

Tom

[T-Bird76]

Don't worry you will too a few weeks Tommy :)

Senga

Wait that AA DC-7 is at MIA along with the EAL bird?

[SengaB]

They are at OPF....I'm assuming you plan to stop off at OPF for a little bit?
You can get all 2 DC-7s 1 DC-6 and the C-54/DC-4 at OPF
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff1/aviophotog/dc4.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff1/aviophotog/dc701.jpg
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http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff1/aviophotog/eal04.jpg
Senga

[tipek]

Actually there are two DC-7s and one DC-6. Tommy, if you stop by Opa Locka make sure to go to the gate near the terminal. There is security guard right next to the entrance to GA ramp. Just go and ask if you can walk and take pictures of those DC-7s. We did and he took us in his golf cart around entire ramp. In the worst case he will tell you that you have to walk, but I'm sure he will let you roam around.

Yes, Florida is one of the last places where you can find so many Convairs. (another comes to mind is Reckenbacker Field in Columbus Ohio). For the full list of stuff from OPF you can check my log posted in Registration forum. We were running out of time so me missed few frames.

Rafal

[Eddie.]

Great shots Rafal.... I see FL remains the last refuge of Convair props still....

Great stuff with the DC-7s. Three of them? The AA still flies right? EA being restored?

That old Shorts was a surprise too.

Tom

Yeah they regularly fly cargo runs to the Bahamas. The blue and yellow one does also.