MIA Spotting 01/28 (Image Heavy!)

[Iberia A340-600]

In my first spotting adventure of 2015 I spent the day down in MIA, a trip I had long been hoping to make. I flew into FLL and rented a car and made the short drive down to the MIA airport where the weather was perfect (albeit a little brisk for Miami). The airport was operating on runway 27/30 which meant that the "holes" and the El Dorado spot where out of commission. However, I was able to find a pretty decent vantage point to capture the many movements of the day! If you'd like to catch South American metal or AA metal before the livery transition is complete than I would highly recommend a trip down to Little Cuba. Enjoy. :)

Full set here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/79883547@N04/sets/72157650129578987

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[Zee71]

Wow ... Truly jealous of all your shots! MIA is on my list, I hope to have the same success spotting. Well done!

[megatop412]

Fantastic set! I will be down there in a few weeks, hopefully I can catch some of these, that sb 767 is awesome

[torch]

Great set and an unusual spotting location. Where are you located, I'm guessing in a hotel room?

[MarkLawrence]

Great stuff Gordon!!!

[Smoketrails]

Counting down the weeks till I am out there too! Nice set Gordon and only makes me want the days to go faster!

[Jared Blech]

woah... so jelly!

[sdspinelli2]

This set is GOLD!

[Iberia A340-600]

Thanks, gents! Still in disbelief as to how great of day it was. That's MIA for you.

[captmjk16]

Nice shots Gordon, it's cool to see pictures from that elevated perspective.

[jerslice]

Man, that is some gooooood stuff!

[MSN007]

Instead of starting a new thread with only a few days difference, I'm just going to continue here and add pics only not covered above. Miami is a must visit airport at least once a year. I am smacking my self for not being there all this years.

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End of day 1

[GY757]

Great job guys. Thanks