moose135
2012-08-13, 01:51 PM
I spent my first weekend in Charlotte exploring the local area, and stopped by the Airport Overview Park at CLT on Sunday afternoon for a little spotting. I spent about an hour trying to make RJs look sexy and waiting on the main attraction, the daily LH A340. Such is life for spotters in CLT...
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-mRZqR9L/0/XL/JM20120812N460AW001-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-GRvvnWh/0/XL/JM20120812N438AW001-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-FdGVnVg/0/XL/JM20120812N178US001-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-rM3WJF2/0/XL/JM20120812N329EN001-XL.jpg
i did get a couple of good shots of the US Steelers jet.
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-fTQGkmT/0/XL/JM20120812N733UW002-XL.jpg
And of course, just as the Lufty was approaching, the "partly cloudy" skies became more "cloudy" and less "partly"...
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-Ptcp8fT/0/XL/JM20120812D-AIHV005-XL.jpg
After he arrived, I did a little more exploring, then came back a couple of hours later, just as he was ready to taxi for departure.
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-KpZptwJ/0/XL/JM20120812D-AIHV003-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-qG6jhjB/0/XL/JM20120812D-AIHV006-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-c8tZGdm/0/XL/JM20120812D-AIHV004-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-Dt6SjBL/0/XL/JM20120812N912DL001-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-m8GFSvd/0/XL/JM20120812N274AY002-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-dd6GvxQ/0/XL/JM20120812N251AY001-XL.jpg
In checking out the area, I saw the remnants of two T-2 Buckeyes in the yard of a business in the Cargo area (I didn't really see a sign saying who they were). Here's one of them, the second had more parts missing, and less paint.
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-pwRPkbr/0/XL/JM20120812T-2Buckeye148238001-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-mRZqR9L/0/XL/JM20120812N460AW001-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-GRvvnWh/0/XL/JM20120812N438AW001-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-FdGVnVg/0/XL/JM20120812N178US001-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-rM3WJF2/0/XL/JM20120812N329EN001-XL.jpg
i did get a couple of good shots of the US Steelers jet.
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-fTQGkmT/0/XL/JM20120812N733UW002-XL.jpg
And of course, just as the Lufty was approaching, the "partly cloudy" skies became more "cloudy" and less "partly"...
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-Ptcp8fT/0/XL/JM20120812D-AIHV005-XL.jpg
After he arrived, I did a little more exploring, then came back a couple of hours later, just as he was ready to taxi for departure.
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-KpZptwJ/0/XL/JM20120812D-AIHV003-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-qG6jhjB/0/XL/JM20120812D-AIHV006-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-c8tZGdm/0/XL/JM20120812D-AIHV004-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-Dt6SjBL/0/XL/JM20120812N912DL001-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-m8GFSvd/0/XL/JM20120812N274AY002-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-dd6GvxQ/0/XL/JM20120812N251AY001-XL.jpg
In checking out the area, I saw the remnants of two T-2 Buckeyes in the yard of a business in the Cargo area (I didn't really see a sign saying who they were). Here's one of them, the second had more parts missing, and less paint.
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Charlotte-Douglas-Airport/i-pwRPkbr/0/XL/JM20120812T-2Buckeye148238001-XL.jpg