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Tourist Boat in the Lock
While watching a bunch of leisure craft heading through the locks at Ballard, a tour boat was coming from the opposite direction and was fed into the smaller lock. I headed across to watch it come into the lock. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballard, boat, Hiram L Chittenden, locks, photo, seattle, tour, washington
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Dreamlifter at the Other End
When planes are arriving at Paine Field from the north, I am usually up near Future of Flight. However, I was down at the south end when a Dreamlifter came in. They used the full length of the runway and … Continue reading
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Tagged 747-400lcf, aircraft, airliner, airplane, Boeing, cargo, civil, dreamlifter, Everett, freighter, jet, kale, Paine Field, photo, washington
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Space Needle Rehabilitation
At some point last year I was driving downtown in Seattle and I realized that the Space Needle had changed. A scaffolding arrangement had gone up around the saucer at the top of the needle and it seemed to be … Continue reading
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Tagged attraction, photo, refurbishment, rehabilitation, seattle, space needle, tourist, washington
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Finally, an Antonov Antonov
There have been quite a few appearances of Antonov AN124s on this blog. They all have something in common. They were operated by Volga Dnepr. There is another operator that I have not had much success seeing. That is Antonov … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, AN124s, antonov, Antonov design bureau, cargo, civil, Everett, freighter, jet, kpae, Paine Field, photo, ruslan, washington
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Tranquility By the Shore
The walk along the beach in Deception Pass State Park starts out in amongst a lot of people. The West Beach near the parking lot had a lot of people enjoying themselves while we were there. However, they didn’t want … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, Deception pass state park, photo, sea, shore, travel, washington
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Turbulence in the Channel
When the bridge was built over Deception Pass, it provided a reliable method of crossing off Whidbey Island. Prior to the bridge, a boat was needed. I was there on a rough day – the weather was lovely – but … Continue reading
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Tagged chop, current, Deception pass, photo, washington, water, waves, Whidbey island
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What Goes On These Pylons?
An older generation of Learjet was heading out from Boeing Field. I almost ignored it but I got a few shots as it rotated and climbed out. As it did so I noticed it had a pod on an underwing … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing Field, business, civil, corporate, electronic, jamming, jet, KBFI, king county, learjet, photo, pod, pylon, seattle, washington
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That Sinking Feeling
I don’t go to airports to photograph boats. That would seem to be a bit of a poor choice but, in Renton’s case, you are right by the water and there are some boats. Still, that wasn’t the goal until … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, flooded, photo, Renton, sink, sunk, washington, yacht
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Finally a VLJ Makes It
About a decade ago, the very light jet was the hot idea. Everyone seemed to have a design and they were bringing tons of investment in to make the planes and sell them in quantities and at prices that had … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing Field, business, cirrus, civil, corporate, jet, KBFI, king county, personal, photo, seattle, sf50, vision, washington
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