Day 2: Spotting @ Las-Vegas

Here are some of my best pictures taken during my second day in LAS. The challenge was to find a great spotting place while hoping that the wind does not change direction of the runway...
Fortunatly, this change has been made in the late afternoon...

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A part of the Allegiant Air's "Mad Dog" Frontier A319

US Airways with a Delta's B767 in background
US Airways with a B737

One of many Continental, this one is a B757-300 with winglets

Well, it's not a mystery, Southwest come in LAS! Not one or two, but at least 100 or 200 a day..

Virgin America "My other ride is a spaceship"

Southwest again, but with a special sticker

Moutains and a pyramid, but it's not Egypt...

After the merging between Continental and United, we can see these kind of hybrid plane.

B757-300 with continental livery, but United title.

B757-200 with the old United livery

Frontier A319

Aeromexico

B757-200 of united with the "old and current" livery

Yes, again, but with a special livery of Nevada

B737-700, Sun Country

B737-800 of Aeromexico, with a little X-wind

The only regular 747. The day before and after this one, the 747 was with the Harry Potter livery... But I have not had the chance to take it...

Take of in the opposite direction, with a part of the Stripe in background

A340-300 from Philippines

This B1900C can be also considered like a "Janet". N623RA replaces another plane that crashed in 2004 (it was N27Ra)

Approach with cross-wind

Air Canada with TCA livery

Southwest

And finally, one picture that represents for me Las-Vegas: A lot of Southwest, Moutains and a Janet !

13 Nov 2010

Day 1: Departure from Montreal to Las-Vegas

Finally, the day of departure arrive! 6 days of planespotting from sunrise to sunset at Las-Vegas and Los-Angeles!
My first flight was from Montreal (CYUL) to Newark (KEWR) with an Embraer 145 and the 2nd flight from Newark to Las-Vegas (KLAS) with a Boeing 737-900ER. This was my first experience with these 2 planes.

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Before leaving Montreal, we went to the deicing pad

Montreal airport at sunrise
Just after take-off from Newark, I had this view from New-York. I really like the bottom of this shot blurried by the jet-blast from the engine. New-york is looking so little...

The Rockies

Grand-Canyon

I think that I choose the right seat! Here is a view from the Nellis Base, one of my destination for the Aviation Nation 2010.

Approching on the runway 19R, I had a fantastic view one the strip! Here, the stratosphere.

One of the famous Boeing 747 SP from Sands Corp.

Just after leaving the airport,

And a plane I really want to see, one of the famous Janet!! Maybe coming back from area 51..

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12 Nov 2010

Air France A380

After several showers in the afternoon, the sun decided to be present when it arrived...

A lot of people are waiting

And finally, a water canon salute...

Panning shots !

After several hours in the air, here is the very first moment of the meeting with the ground...

Long exposure = more chance to catch the beacon light!
1/60 sec @ 200 mm. The result is not too bad...

LH with an A 346, nice upgrade from the usual mix of A 333 & A343...

AF departing to Paris with "foggy engines"

Departures into the sun

1th sept 2010

The most powerful commercial engine...

... with 115 000lb of thrust ( 52 000 kg)

GE90-115B

Colors in the sky

Passing through a high level layer of moisture, this 747 is generating some vorticies.

Evening departure with a shutter speed at 30 sec
Kelvin-Helmholtz wave

Some contrails

Iridescence cloud

Finally, I met her !

A run in taxi from Metro Longueil to the 24R at YHU: 36$

See this unique plane, hear 4 JT3Ds engines, and feel the kerozene, it's priceless !!

P&W Boeing 720 - with PW150 / CYHU 17-08-2010