Phoenix Sky Harbor 12-15-2012 (Day 1....you guessed it, I brought the rain)
Decided that I'd take a weekend journey out to the desert to visit my spotter friends in the Phoenix area this weekend to sample the holiday cargo rush. Was there any doubt that there would be rain involved with me going on a spotting trip? hahaha!
Anyway, some special arrangements were made for our group to get up close with the cargo birds...and a few extra special subjects were thrown in the mix as well......too bad it wasn't sunny (like it should be tomorrow!)
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Spooling up and sucking vapor!
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I knew friday night that there was a chance that flightaware was correct showing that these two birds were both heading to PHX. Was a nice sight to see them gated right next to one another. Then they departed almost back to back.
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Then came our surprises.....
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That was hands down (bad lighting aside) probably the best 2.5 hours I've ever spent spotting. Then headed back to the airport after the rain stopped and caught a few more night shots.
This one in from Grissom
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Over to the terminal garage
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The weather forecast looks good for Sunday, so hopefully I can get some shots in good light!
