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Gladiator Fire – Day 4Posted on May 17, 2012
Coming Soon ‘Salmon-Thirty-Salmon II’Posted on May 15, 2012
Gladiator Fire – Day 2Posted on May 14, 2012
Coolidge: A Season In ReviewPosted on May 8, 2012
Pratt and Whitney showing off their stuffPosted on May 4, 2012
Gladiator Fire – Day 4Posted on May 17, 2012- Coming Soon ‘Salmon-Thirty-Salmon II’Posted on May 15, 2012
- Gladiator Fire – Day 2Posted on May 14, 2012
- Coolidge: A Season In ReviewPosted on May 8, 2012
- Pratt and Whitney showing off their stuffPosted on May 4, 2012
26Feb2012
Deer Valley Spotting
Well, a few days ago Jason asked me to write something about a spotting location. Not wanting to run out of options for Sky Harbor, I decided on Deer Valley. Deer Valley is the 2nd busiest airport in the Valley, with just a few thousand operations less than Sky Harbor, it is also (according to some older statistics) the busiest GA airport in the nation. And I think it's a bit underrated in terms of spotting. The terminal building has a
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PHX Spotters Day 2011
PHX Spotters day 2011 was a complete success. A couple weeks ago, Josh Akbar who is our Program Coordinator emailed me his thoughts about having our first Phx Spotters Day event sometime during Memorial Weekend. So we came up with a couple of ideas with our members and decided to have it on Sunday, May 29th 2011. Our first visit was to Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX). We all decided to meet at the NW corner of T4. In
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B-29 SUPERFORTRESS “FIFI” visits Deer Valley Airport (KDVT)
Last Tuesday, April 12, me and some friends traveled down to Deer Valley to watch Fifi, the only airworthy B-29 in the world. We woke up at 5 to get ready for the trip down from Prescott, breakfast and other preparations, and got to DVT around 8:30. Much to our disappointment, all the planes were late; we were informed that the B-17 and B-25 of the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force were going to arrive between 10 and 10:30, and that
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B-29 SUPER FORTRESS “FIFI” arrives at KDVT
On Sunday November 14th 2010, crowds wait at Deer Valley Airport (KDVT) for what is to be expected of a grand arrival. At 12 o'clock sharp I can hear a child in the background "There she is daddy". As I look to the south and I can see "FIFI" turning to make her final approach to 25L. The vision of this B-29 Super fortress getting larger as it gets closer and Touchdown. Airplane enthusiasts and history buffs will want to see three
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Hot Air Expeditions Invites Phx Spotters
We want to start off by giving the staff at Hot Air Expeditions a Big Thank you for showing us a great time. Our Editor Jason Bong was invited to take a ride with this group on Tuesday. He showed up at 515am and was chauffeured to the launch site were a small percentage of there fleet was waiting for the daily flights. Jason was paired with Patrick, who is the chief pilot of the company. Capt. Patrick showed Jason how the day to day
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