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Jay Z Coming to Town?
Corporate jets are rarely painted in interesting schemes so, when they are, you notice them. This one showed at at Boeing Field with a puma on the tail. A bit of research when back home suggests it is a project … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing Field, business, civil, corporate, G550, gulfstream, Jay Z, jet, KBFI, king county, photo, puma, seattle, washington
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Never Heard of Them But Now They’re In the News
Until recently I had never heard of Miami Air International. Then I photographed this rather unpleasant yellow 737-800 that landed at Boeing Field. Only FlightAware (and a squint at the text on the fuselage) let me know who operated the … Continue reading
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Tagged 737-800, aircraft, airliner, airplane, Boeing, Boeing Field, civil, jet, KBFI, king county, Miami Air International, news, photo, scimitar, seattle, washington, winglet
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A C-17 at Boeing Field?
Boeing Field does occasionally get military transient traffic at weekend but recently it has had some heavies show up. I saw that a C-5 had been passing through which would have been really cool to see. I was heading down … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing, Boeing Field, c-17, globemaster iii, jet, KBFI, king county, military, photo, seattle, transport, washington
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T-33 Damp Departure
My inability to see a Boeing T-33 jet in nice conditions continues. I was at Boeing Field when one of the T-33s was taking off in support of a Pegasus test mission. The weather was crappy with rain and a … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing, Boeing Field, civil, KBFI, king county, lockheed, photo, rain, seattle, shooting star, t-33, washington
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Rainy Pegasus Takeoff
I have shot KC-46s in bad conditions more often than would seem probable. I got one in conditions so dark it was like a night shoot. This time it was heavy rain. Of course that can mean vapor. The matte … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing, Boeing Field, jet, KBFI, kc-46, king county, military, Pegasus, photo, rain, seattle, tanker, washington
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State of the Pegasus Fleet
January 2019 brought a milestone for the USAF. They accepted their first KC-46 Pegasus. Admittedly they accepted it with a number of deferred issues that Boeing has been given a few years to resolve but that are Category 1 deficiencies. … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, aircraft, airplane, Boeing, Boeing Field, delayed, delivery, Everett, jet, KBFI, kc-46, kpae, military, Paine Field, Pegasus, photo, production, seattle, storage, tanker, washington
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T-38s Only Fly on Cloudy Days
The Boeing T-38 chase jets are something I have not had much success in hunting down. I have got some shots but they were not in great conditions. I did have another chance recently when at Boeing Field but, guess … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing Field, jet, KBFI, military, Northrop, photo, seattle, t-38, talon, trainer, washington
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The Vision Returns
My first encounter with this Cirrus SF50 Vision was in this post. It was scheduled for departure while I was on some calls and I hoped it would time its departure conveniently for me. I was lucky and it headed … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing Field, business, cirrus, civil, corporate, jet, KBFI, king county, photo, seattle, sf50, vision, washington
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Bill’s G650
Another stint in the lots by Boeing Field to deal with some phone calls prior to heading back out of Seattle after some meetings and some more interesting movements. A G650 landed while I was there. I was on a … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing Field, business, civil, corporate, g650, gulfstream, jet, KBFI, king county, photo, seattle, washington
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