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Some Waterfront Freight Traffic

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Rob

The weather was not great for a portion of the holiday period so, when the sun came out, we took a trip to Shoreline to walk along the beach.  A couple of freight trains passed by while we were there.  … Continue reading →

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State of the Pegasus Fleet

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Rob

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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Damp Air Brings the Vortices Out at KPAE

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Rob

Damp and cloudy days are not always ideal for aviation photography but they can provide some interesting options.  One weekend I was up at Everett when they were approaching from the south.  The jets broke out of the cloud at … Continue reading →

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PJC-2, What Are You?

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Rob

I went to Paine Field to get the Air Tahiti Nui 787 which I wrote about in this post.  As I walked up to Future of Flight, there was an unusual looking plane sitting at the hold running up the … Continue reading →

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Seattle Pano from West Seattle

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Rob

 With our visitors, we took a trip to West Seattle.  The afternoon light on the city looked nice and a pano seemed to be in order.  Here is a Zoomify version of it so you can look around the … Continue reading →

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Out with the Old and In With the Nui

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Rob

Sorry for the corny pun but I just couldn’t resist.  One of my favorite airliners to shoot has been the Air Tahiti Nui A340-300.  I have seen them at LAX on a number of visits.  Shooting them taking off on … Continue reading →

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Jimi’s Grave

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Rob

We were heading towards SeaTac to drop a friend off at the airport.  We were coming in through Renton on a back road and had some time to spare so I made a quick diversion to a local cemetery.  This … Continue reading →

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Heron Hunting

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Rob

On our day trip to Fir Island, one of the first birds we came across was a heron that was standing in the water near the parking lot catching lunch.  I am guessing that the fish in these waters were … Continue reading →

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T-38s Only Fly on Cloudy Days

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Rob

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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787th 787

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Rob

The current generation of wide body jets are being built at rates that would have been hard to imagine a few years ago.  Fourteen jets a month is so much more than would have been contemplated before.  That is the … Continue reading →

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