I managed to hit KPHX 3 times during my cross country trip. The following images are an amalgamation of shots from these three days. All in all, it was a good time for sure. Hard to believe it was my first time spotting in my home town! While these pale in comparison to Steve's recent offerings, I managed to nag some nice traffic, and one bird that had very special meaning to me.
Managed to catch a different Continental bird all three days, the first time I'd shot a Continental mainline jet
Have to support the state bird! Sadly haven't yet shot the WN equivalent.
Lots of Delta action
A regular for me in DFW, yet I only seem to shoot them elsewhere
A rather smokey incident on pushback
A lucky break light-wise
A little artsy
My first Alaska bird
We were getting lucky on the good light/dark cloud combos that day
Had tried and failed to shoot one of these before at BWI and ATL
Nice to finally catch the America West specials
My target for the morning one day
Hmmm, this one got filed under strange but true
And now, I get to go all sappy for a second. Growing up in Phoenix, America West was our hometown airline. I remember flying them with great frequency, and watching their jets come and go all the time. I always associated them with the 737, and it was somewhat close to the wire that I realized I never shot a America West, or former America West as it was, 737. By a swing of luck, I happened to be in KPHX the week they were being retired. I managed to shoot them the day before their retirement, departing on a beautiful November morning. A close relative was on a flight that final evening, and when the crew heard about our frantic race to catch a America West 737-300, sent me a little memento to remember them by. Many thanks to them, and to the AWE 737-300s for their many years of faithful service. Blue Skies!
Nick
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