31May2011
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
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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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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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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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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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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Spotting at (KIWA) Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport
The Phoenix-Mesa Gateway airport was built in 1941 and opened as Williams Air Base. It was used to train military pilots during World War II, and converted to training of jet pilots until the decision to close the base was made in 1991. Prior to closing in 1993, growing traffic at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport lead to the consideration of keeping the airport in operation for civilian use. The airport was opened in 1994 as Williams Gateway
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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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Spotlight Photographer April 2011 – Kyle Boyd
Its takes great honor to announce that this months Spotlight Photographer is Kyle Boyd. Kyle joined our group just over a month ago, and has been very active within our forums. He is always willing to help out a member when they are unsure of a certain photo being edited. Kyle has been into aviation photography since the day he could drive himself to the airport. Kyles first DSLR Nikon D5000 was bought just over a year ago. Kyle is currently
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Arizona Aviation Night Photography at Sky Harbor Airport
A couple of weeks back some members of PHXSpotters met out at Sky Harbor International Airport at Terminal 4 on the top deck. When we arrived we unpacked our tripods and started hitting that shutter button. I have always been afraid of taking night time photos, since I had never experienced doing night time aviation photography. I was not sure how my photos were going to turn out. I was thankful that we have some very talented photographers
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Luke Air Force Base 2011 Airshow & Open House
For three days in March the sky was filled with Military and Civilian aircraft. Also on the list of performers were the United States Army Golden Knights and the Red Bull Skydiving Team. There were spectators from across Arizona and many from across the country that were here to see the show. The event kicked off on Friday for base personnel and their family members. This allowed the base staff to have the day off and take the family to
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