Washington DC (KDCA & KIAD) 9/8/13 - 9/13/13 (Whole Lotta Pix!)

After my NY visit, I spent the past week down in Washington for a business conference. I got over to National and Dulles a couple of times each, and this is a compilation of my shots from the week.

I got in Sunday afternoon, and after checking in, had a free little time, so I headed over to Gravelly Point Park at DCA. They were using Rwy 1, so departures were coming over the park.

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On Wednesday, I was back out to DCA, this time they were landing Rwy 19, so arrivals were coming over Gravelly Point.

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Thursday morning, I headed out to Dulles, which was on Rwy 19L/C/R. I stopped up on the parking deck facing Rwy 19C, and got there just in time to catch the Korean 777 arriving.

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Unfortunately, after that, it was a succession of regional jets in various United Express schemes...

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I did get to see a pair of Silver Airways' Saabs arrive.

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Friday was a doubleheader...DCA early, and IAD late.

National was back to Rwy 1 ops today, on a sunny, cool day. Well, it was mostly Rwy 1 ops - in addition to arrivals and departures on Rwy 1, they were sequencing in some arrivals onto Rwy 33, circling from the Rwy 1 approach. Here, you can see a Delta Connection (Republic) E-170 circling for Rwy 33 while an AA MD-82 departs Rwy 1.

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This came up out of the river at the park's boat ramp.

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I ran back out to IAD later in the afternoon, looking to catch the international departure push. After waiting out a ton of United Express RJs, finally had a Super depart Rwy 1R...

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KAC051 departing for London/Luton. They were on the ground about 90 minutes after a flight from SWF. Looking at FlightAware, they had been in the NY area this week, bouncing between JFK and SWF.

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First time I've seen a 748 in person.

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Awesome shots Moose!!! I love the last KDCA shots there as well

Aw nice!!! Love that Saudi bank.

Very nice!! When I was at Gravelly in early August they were departing Runway 1 when I got there then switched to arriving 19 before I left so I got the best of both!

Great shots John, I like the Austrian departure with the clouds as well as the 748

Lovely shots John!!!...weather looked like it co-operated!!

Great shots Moose!

Awesome and glad to see you had some free time for some spotting. Like that Saab

Love the DCA shots, particularly the banking approach to 19. The cloud formation in the Austrian makes for a great image

Those are great shots Moose, some awesome angles and perfect light in there!