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Anyone Know a Paint Shop Around Here?
Portland International is home to a paint facility owned by Boeing and operated under contract to them. It provides additional paint capacity for their jets assembled up in the Seattle area. One of the jets landed at Portland while I … Continue reading
Row Faster, He’s Gaining on Us
One evening after work I headed down to Kenmore. It is a short distance from my office and, sitting at the top of Lake Washington, it has a nice waterfront park including a pier. I walked out on the pier … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, civil, Pacific Northwest, photo
Tagged aircraft, airplane, civil, crew, de havilland Canada, dhc-3, floatplane, Kenmore, Kenmore air, lake Washington, otter, photo, rowing, turbine, washinton
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If You Can’t See Where You Are Going, It Is Your Fault!
We relocated to the other end of Boeing Field for the return of the Blue Angels. They ran in across the field trailing white smoke. Unfortunately, with little wind, this meant a pall of smoke was now hanging over the … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, military, Pacific Northwest, photo
Tagged approach, arrival, blue angels, Boeing, display team, f/a-18C, field, fighter, Hornet, jet, KBFI, king county, military, Navy, photo, seafair, smoke, USN, visibility, washington
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Finally I Get to See the Mossie
I last saw a Mosquito in flight in the early 1990s when the BAe operated example was on the air show circuit prior to its loss at Barton. I had assumed at that time that I was unlikely to see … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, military, Pacific Northwest, photo, vintage
Tagged aircraft, airplane, bomber, de havilland, Everett, fhcam, fighter, military, mosquito, Paine Field, photo, piston, washington
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Open House at the 142nd
The 142nd FW of the Oregon ANG is based at Portland International airport. They held an open house one Saturday morning and I figured a trip down was worth it. I put together a piece for Global Aviation Resource on … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, military, photo, publishing
Tagged 142nd fw, aircraft, airplane, Boeing, eagle, f-15, fighter, jet, kpdx, military, open house, Oregon ang, photo, Portland international, redwings
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EVA 747s Are the Next to Have Gone
I have documented the demise of some of the fleets of Boeing 747s as airlines progressively send their planes to a new owner or a recycler. The latest airline to join the trend is EVA Air. Based in Taiwan and … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, civil, Pacific Northwest, photo
Tagged 747-400, aircraft, airliner, airplane, Boeing, civil, eva air, jet, photo, retirement
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The Spooks Are in Town
The subject of this post ended up getting some coverage but, when I saw it, I didn’t know about the interest surrounding it. I was at BFI awaiting the departure of another aircraft when a turboprop took off over me. … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, military, Pacific Northwest, photo
Tagged Airbus, aircraft, airplane, Boeing, cn235, field, KBFI, king county, military, photo, seattle, surveillance, turboprop, washington
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Raptor Turning Overhead
The F-22 Raptor that displayed at Seafair took off from Boeing Field away from us. It kept things nice and low building up speed before pulling hard to the vertical. Impressive but a long way away from us. Unfortunately, the … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, military, Pacific Northwest, photo
Tagged airport, Boeing Field, f-22, fighter, jet, KBFI, king county, Lockheed Martin, military, photo, raptor, seafair, seattle, USAF, washington
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Parallax Preferences
This post is really a question about what people like in an image and what they are prepared to tolerate. I was at Concrete for the vintage aircraft fly-in up there a while back. This is an event where you … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, blur, civil, concrete, parallax, photo, piston, preference, shutter speed, vintage, washington
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