USA Trip March & April 2017 - Part 3 Atlanta & Tampa

[gtf4j2m]

The third & final part of my report on my Stateside trip earlier this year takes in the 2 major airports we visited. We also did a few smaller fields but whilst we were granted access at most they wanted to remain private  so the photo's are not being put on Flikr.

Atlanta was brilliant. The action is right in front of the hotel, easily seen from the balcony outside the room. Heat haze does become a problem although I could read most stuff off using my 'Mighty Midget' scope with 16 - 45 zoom eyepiece.  2 Runways are right in front of the hotel. one landing and one take off. And 3 more on the far side of the terminals.


C-FEJB ERJ-175SU by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


C-FEJC ERJ-175SU by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N149SF Beech 1900C-1 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N193LA Global Express by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N199Y Beech King Air 350LW by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N230WN B737-7H4 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N304FR A320-251N by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N409WN B737-7H4 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N438FX Learjet 45 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N445YX ERJ-175LR by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N639NK A320-232 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N855SC Citation XLS by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N925FL ERJ-135BJ Legacy by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N966NN B737-823 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


XA-HOF CitationJet CJ4 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr

[graham]

Superb Graham, thank you

[gtf4j2m]

At Tampa we stayed at the Marriot Hotel that is connected to the terminal. The room I had looked out over the eastern runway with a lot of stuff using the western one. I looked out onto the Southwest AL terminal. They are a fairly new airline at Tampa but very busy, very few aircraft came in twice. Most other American airlines come in at least once a day. Spotting was very good from the roof of the multi-story carpark accessed from the terminal & no one bothered us whilst we where up there. Heat haze was again a problem but most aircraft including the many bizjets on the far side could be read off with a little perciverance.

I was present at different times on 4th to 8th April with a full day on the 6th and a full morning on the 8th before flying back to Atlanta. The photo's are not in any date order.


C-GWJU B737-6CT by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N183GJ Canadair CRJ-900LR by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N279EA B737-86J by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N329JB Embraer ERJ-190AR by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N381DN B737-832 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N729YX Embraer ERJ-175LR by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N800MT Citation IIB by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N804SY B737-8Q8 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N236WN B737-7H4 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N377SC Falcon 2000LX by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N475UA A320-232 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N569JB A320-232 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


C-FYJG A319-114 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N305NX B737-823 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N413QS Gulfstream 4SP by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N951DJ Falcon 50 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


PH-HZJ B737-8K2 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N664AW A320-232 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N30GJ Learjet 60 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N68CB Hawker 800XP by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N280GC Gulfstream G280 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N308FR A320-251N by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N474AS B737-990ER by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N530NK A319-132 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N578UW A321-231 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N603NK A320-232 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N770MR Falcon 2000 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N902NK A320-271N by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N922WN B737-7H4 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N981CE Hawker 800XP by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N7885A B737-76N by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N37267 B737-824 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


VP-CNG B737-86Q by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N327AG SAAB SF-340B by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N765XJ Citation X by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N927FR A319-111 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N938FR A319-112 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr


N945WN B737-7H4 by Graham Taylor, on Flickr

Thats all for now. Next trip I am hoping to do Oshkosh again next year and the USAF Museum at Dayton, Ohio. I already have the escape chit from my wife.

Thanks for looking

Graham
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[graham]

Fabulous selection of shots there Graham and so good to see the Eastern 737, the logo seems hardly to have changed in more than 45 years. Myself and two friends on here did a Washington trip way back in 1972 and Eastern were one of the major players at what was then National Airport. Checking those old logs, we saw 34 B727s, 39 DC-9s and 11 L-188s. Good days.

[gtf4j2m]

The Eastern AL that is flying now has little to with the old airline of that title. The Group that now runs the airline bought the 'Interlectual Property' according to Wikipedia, which included the IATA & ICAO codes. And obviously the right to use the old scheme. Very nice to see though. I remember DC-10's at Gatwick & 727 /DC-9's at Montreal in the 80's.

Graham
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[keithh]

Yes I can remember that Washington trip well and I love that Eastern scheme too. I saw many more at Miami in 1980 including L1011 and A300, and I flew to Freeport on one of the A300s while we were there