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Wolfhound On A Dull Morning

I had to go into the city for a meeting but the time before it was filled with calls.  The only time I could realistically make the drive without clashing with anything was early in the morning.  Consequently, I parked myself up at Boeing Field to sit in a car in the rain and talk to various colleagues.  In a break between calls, the rain had let up and I was treated to the departure of a C-146 Wolfhound.  A Dornier 328 would be a nice surprise at any time, but a Wolfhound was definitely a bonus.

It taxied past me when heading for the departure end and I was able to get a quick couple of shots.  I then had another call and figured that the departure itself was not going to work out.  For some reason, though, the departures were really slow.  Everything was sitting at the hold for ages.  I wonder whether the conditions combined with the departing traffic from SEA meant that they were restricting the releases.  Whatever the reason, they held for over half an hour and my next call ended just before they took the runway.  A lucky bonus as reward for sitting in a parking lot in the rain taking calls for a couple of hours!

A C-146 But Only in the Distance

This shot won’t win any prizes.  I only show it for relative rarity value (although one of my friends has caught a lot of these near his home).  The US Special Forces have their own choices of equipment and the Dornier 328 turboprop has been something they have found a use for under the designation C-146.  This one showed up on the downwind for Nellis during a break in Red Flag.  It was rather far away from me but I wasn’t going to miss taking a shot of it given that it is the first I have seen.  I didn’t even change the camera settings so it has frozen props.  I think the artistic failings are the least of the problems when shooting something this far away!