DFW: 3/2/13- AA 777-300ER London Inaugural & More!

[NickPeterman]

Hello All,

This weekend I decided to trek back up to Dallas again to try and catch a few AA birds that I have yet to see, such as the Astrojet, OneWorld Birds, and New Liveried aircraft. Sadly the Astrojet was delayed until past sunset, but today was still highly successful.


Aparently I have some sort of fated connection with this aircraft, as it seems that I see it every time I catch a China Airlines freighter

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My first good-weather shots of the British One World 747-400 was a pleasant surprise, as I had no idea that she had operated the inbound earlier today

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DFW was, of course, populated by many narrowbodies this afternoon, none of which were of particular rarity or interest, aside from MD-80s, which I shoot like crazy in light of their upcoming eventual retirement

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And lastly, for the star of the show, American's new 777-300ER on her maiden flight to Heathrow. The tower put her on the far runway, but thankfully I was expecting this, and managed to reposition in time

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Anyhow, I hope you enjoyed! I think you guys will be getting this beauty at JFK pretty soon, so I expect you guys to catch her from HoBe soon!


Cheers!

Nick

[Zee71]

Great catch on the 777, and looks like you had some nice weather as well.

[NickPeterman]

Thank you! Yes, weather here in DFW has been great for this weekend. That 77W does look fantastic in person, both at the gate and in the air. I had the fortune to see 2 of them parked over at the AA ramp in the morning, and in good light, the tail stands out a lot, whether you like it or not...

[MSN007]

Nice historic catch.

[megatop412]

Nice lighting and processing as always, Nick

[NickPeterman]

Fasil, William, thank you both. I was back out at DFW today to catch the return flight from LHR. I will hopefully edit them tomorrow, if my midterm schedule doesn't get too intense.

[megatop412]

Hey Nick the Astrojet looks like its scheduled to come your way @ 12:30pmCST