KPHX-Winter 2011

I managed to hit KPHX 3 times during my cross country trip. The following images are an amalgamation of shots from these three days. All in all, it was a good time for sure. Hard to believe it was my first time spotting in my home town! While these pale in comparison to Steve's recent offerings, I managed to nag some nice traffic, and one bird that had very special meaning to me.

Managed to catch a different Continental bird all three days, the first time I'd shot a Continental mainline jet

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Have to support the state bird! Sadly haven't yet shot the WN equivalent.

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Lots of Delta action

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A regular for me in DFW, yet I only seem to shoot them elsewhere

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A rather smokey incident on pushback

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A lucky break light-wise

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A little artsy

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My first Alaska bird

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We were getting lucky on the good light/dark cloud combos that day

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Had tried and failed to shoot one of these before at BWI and ATL

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Nice to finally catch the America West specials

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My target for the morning one day

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Hmmm, this one got filed under strange but true

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And now, I get to go all sappy for a second :cool: . Growing up in Phoenix, America West was our hometown airline. I remember flying them with great frequency, and watching their jets come and go all the time. I always associated them with the 737, and it was somewhat close to the wire that I realized I never shot a America West, or former America West as it was, 737. By a swing of luck, I happened to be in KPHX the week they were being retired. I managed to shoot them the day before their retirement, departing on a beautiful November morning. A close relative was on a flight that final evening, and when the crew heard about our frantic race to catch a America West 737-300, sent me a little memento to remember them by. Many thanks to them, and to the AWE 737-300s for their many years of faithful service. Blue Skies!

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Nick

I love the "artsy" shot.

Ditto on the "artsy" shot and the US Airways specials. A wonderful set to say the least. PHX looks like an awesome place to spot.

Thanks guys! That one seems to be a unanimous favorite with people. It just seemed to beg for B&W when I shot it.


Nick

Great set Nick! I am going to to have to team up with everyone else and agree that that "artsy" AA b&w shot is killer!

I love the shine of AA's bare aluminum and that shot nails it.

Very Nice!!!