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Kenmore Air’s Base of Ops
With a friend visiting from the UK who was keen to experience some float plane flying, we booked ourselves on some flights with Kenmore Air. Having spent a fair bit of time over the last couple of years photographing their … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, civil, floatplane, Kenmore air, photo, piston, turboprop, washington
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Dreamlifter Video
Here is a bit of video I shot of a Dreamlifter heading out of Paine Field. I was there with a visitor who wanted to see the large beast and, rather than shoot more stills, I figured I would go … Continue reading
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Tagged 747-400lcf, aircraft, airliner, airplane, Boeing, cargo, civil, dreamlifter, Everett, freighter, jet, kpae, Paine Field, video, washington
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Cloudy Arrivals for the Family
I was picking up some family members that were coming to stay. I got to the airport a little ahead of their scheduled arrival time and, since it was some time near an airport, I figured a bit of photography … Continue reading
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Tagged 787-9, aircraft, airliner, airplane, Boeing, civil, cloudy, jet, ksea, photo, seatac, seattle, virgin Atlantic, washington
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Damp Days for Floatplanes Means Prop Vortices!
A couple of Kenmore Air planes departed from Kenmore while I was at Log Boom Park. The conditions were pretty damp and humid (and were about to be joined by pretty heavy downpours of rain!). This meant the departing planes … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, civil, DHC-2T, dhc-3, floatplane, Kenmore, Kenmore air, otter, photo, streamers, tip, turbo beaver, turboprop, vapor, vortices, washington
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The Alaska 321neo Didn’t Keep the Special Colors Long
The merger of the Virgin America fleet into Alaska Airlines started off slowly at first. With Virgin taking delivery of new jets, Alaska pondered how to mark them up. The first of the A321neos came in Virgin America colors but … Continue reading
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Tagged a321neo, Airbus, aircraft, airplane, Alaska airlines, branding, civil, ksea, livery, photo, scheme, seatac, seattle, washington
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Falcon Freighter
Falcon 20s are not that unusual but, if one is coming close to home on a Saturday afternoon when I don’t have anything else planned, why not? This one was coming in to Paine Field and the sun was out … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, alliance air charter, assault, business, cargo, civil, corporate, Everett, falcon 20, freighter, jet, kpae, Paine Field, photo, washington
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Comet Cockpit and Cabin
The Comet may have been the first British jet airliner and the first in commercial service but it is not too well served by Museums. I guess the stragglers got chopped up when they had served their purpose. Everett is … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airliner, airplane, civil, comet, de havilland, Everett, facility, jet, kpae, museum of flight, Paine Field, photo, restoration, washington
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Salmon Waiting to Head to Spawning Grounds
The salmon head to spawn in phases with the three different breeds coming at slightly different times. They head through the ladder at the locks in Ballard in the fall but, before they head into Lake Washington, they pause in … Continue reading
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Tagged aquatic, Ballard, chittenden, fish, ladder, locks, photo, salmon, seattle, washington, wildlife
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Destination Moon Exhibit
The Museum of Flight has been holding a special exhibit this summer for the 50th anniversary of the first manned moon landing. The museum has a number of interesting Apollo exhibits as it is but these were combined with some … Continue reading
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Tagged Apollo 11, buzz aldrin, columbia, command module, Destination Moon, museum of flight, Neil Armstrong, photo, seattle, Tukwila, washington
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