Archive of 2011 May

31May2011
Author
Jason Bong
Category
POTH, Uncategorized
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Photo of the month for May Tim Labranche

We wold like to announce that Tim Labranche is PHX Spotters winner of the Photo of the month for

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22May2011
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Photo of the Month Winner for April!!

Ready and Break!! Lets give a great round of applause for this month's winner Brandon Farris aka Seahawk7757 and his wonderful shot of the Blue Angels. His image was submitted from a airshow he attend at El Centro and few months ago. This is certainly one of the coolest shots I've seen. He managed to include a life sized shot of the moon too!! Way to go

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20May2011
Author
Jason Bong
Category
Friends, PHX, Uncategorized
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So what’s your angle?

About 2 years ago I picked up my first DSLR camera, and took it to one place I knew that I would get the most use and enjoyment out of it. So I hoped in my truck and headed to  Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX) and started clicking the shutter button on my Nikon D3000. There was not a care in the world about how my photos were going to turn out.  I just wanted to capture every aircraft that I saw on my camera. It was just

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19May2011
Author
Jason Bong
Category
Goodyear, Uncategorized
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The First CO 762 To Be Retired to KGYR

The first Continental 767-200 (N68155, 767-224ER, CN 30434) to retire from the new CO/UA fleet and was flown into Goodyear, Arizona (KGYR) today for storage. This aircraft was introduced into Continentals Fleet just over ten years ago and is the first 767-200 to retired from the fleet. Rumors are that is was bought by a Russian Carrier but that can not be confirmed. This aircraft has flown many miles spanning the globe and visiting such

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08May2011
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End of Coolidge Fly-in Season 2011

A few weeks ago, when I got a message from Jason telling me about the Coolidge fly-in this Saturday, I wasn't sure if I wanted to go, part of me said yes, part of me said it's a bit of a long drive (Google said 3 hrs 20) for a morning event. Eventually I decided I was going no matter what and made sure I had Saturday free. I left for Coolidge around 5 AM (30 minutes late!) and thanks to the lack of traffic, made it to Coolidge around 7:45

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05May2011
Author
Jason Bong
Category
Friends, Glendale, Luke, Military
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Cactus Starfighter Luke Air Force Base 2010

Luke Air Force Base is home of the 56th Fighter Wing, the largest fighter wing in the world and the only active duty Air Force F-16 training wing. Luke has 138 aircraft, 24 squadrons, 4 tenant units and more then 6,000 military and civilian personnel.Luke trains all the F-16 crew chiefs and almost all the F-16 pilots for the US Air Force. More then 16,000 F-16 pilots have graduated from Luke since 1994. Since 1941 more the 56,000 pilots have

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03May2011
Author
Jason Bong
Category
Friends, PHX, Uncategorized
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Spotlight Photographer May 2011-Timothy LaBranche

We here at PHX Spotters would like to announce that, Timothy LaBranche has been nominated for this months Spotlight Photographer.  Tim joined the group in Febuary 2011, and has been a great asset to have. He is always active in the forums and is always willing to help out where he is needed. Tim and his wife just had their first baby last month. Here is a little information about Timothy LaBranche. Tim is currently a manager at JetBlue in

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