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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
13Feb2012
Airport Watch PHX
A project that started well over a year ago has finally been completed. With the first class to graduate the Phoenix Neighborhood Patrol program (PNP). The Airport Watch first class members include, Jason Bong, Felipe Garcia, Billy Ellison (Wild Bill), Peter Nickerson, Ron McLellan, and Saurabh Patel. Airport Watch AZ has already logged in over 100 hours since the class has been active. Some information about how the
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7000th Airbus in Service
On December 12, 2011 in Hamburg, Germany US Airways took delivery of the 7,000th Airbus aircraft ever built - an A321-231, serial number 4957. The aircraft wore test registration D-AZAE, and flew home to Phoenix Sky Harbor via Bangor and Pittsburgh on December 13, 2011 as AWE 9254. US Airways is the largest operator of Airbus aircraft in the world, with 242 Airbus aircraft currently active in the fleet, and another 91 on order.
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Farewell to an Old Workhorse
Without so much as a whimper, the last operational US Airways "West" Boeing 737 made its final journey home on ovember 29th. The aircraft tasked with this assignment, N305AW, touched down in Phoenix, AZ at 1:31 pm, operating as "Cactus 48" from Las Vegas, NV. Among the passengers on the nearly-empty flight was a retired America West Airlines captain who had begun his career with the airline on the day it commenced operations on August
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PHX Spotters Day 2011
Our second annual PHX Spotters day 2011 was a complete success. The staff at PHX Spotters started planning this event about 3 months ago. We decided to plan the event for November 5th, 2011. Even with there being a couple other events in the surrounding areas of Phoenix we decided the day must go one. Invites sent out via Facebook and Twitter. There is no turning back. The day before the event and the weather is not looking to good for our
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Many colors of Phoenix
This photo was provided by PhxSpotters member Bryan Snider. This is a perfect example of the many colors that Phoenix has to offer for photographers. This was taken from Terminal 4 SW corner of the top
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Spotlight Photographer- Peter Van Dyke (October 2011)
I would like to announce Octobers Spotlight Photographer has been selected. Peter Van Dyke has been selected for the month of October. Peter has been a member of PHX Spotters since March 2011. His photos are top notch. And as usual always happy to help out our members when it comes to spotting locations and anything about commercial airlines. I get the pleasure of working with Peter at US Airways. Here is a little information about
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PHX Spotters visit KLAX.
Last week Jason Bong and Kyle Boyd decided to take a flight to KLAX for a day of spotting. We decided to catch a flight out of KPHX to spend the day at KLAX. We caught the first flight out and were in Los Angeles at 0900. We decided to hang out at the In & Out Burger on Sepulveda Boulevard. We were able to walk to our location that we planned out to catch the Quantas 380. This was my first encounter with the AB380. During our visit
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Spotlight Photographer Saurabh Patel (September 2011)
I would like to announce that Saurabh Patel has been nominated for the Septembers Spotlight Photographer. Since he has joined the PhxSpotters group he has been a great asset to have when it comes to taking photos. The photos he produces are breathtaking. He is also took on the the task of building our spotters maps. Please take a second and look at his large portfolio of pictures. Here is a little introduction about Saurabh Patel. My
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Morning light at KPHX
In the next couple months, the Valley of the Sun temperatures will be slowing coming down. And when the temperatures come down it make s for some outstanding Aviation Photography. The next couple weeks will be the start of my spotting season. We look forward to seeing all of the Aviation Spotters at our local airports. If you see someone with a camera don't be afraid to walk up to us and say hello. It is a great to be out at the airport
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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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Members of PHX Spotters Day 2011
Here is a little group photo that was taken by Felipe during our recent PHX Spotters Day 2011. From Left to Right Felipe, Jason, Josh, Joe Kates, Ron, Kyle, Ken who flew into town from CA just for the day. During the day we met up with some other members of PHX Spotters. Our next big event is being planned for October 2011 so stay posted. You can see more of our pictures here.
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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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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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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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