Palm Beach Memories and Fort Lauderdale incl. Arizona One

After weeks and weeks of not being able to get out to FLL, re-editing some old images (a couple of which I will share), I finally went out to FLL this week to get something I have been looking for for ages - Southwest Arizona One as a 737-700, not the old -300 that I got many times.  It is still the dead of summer, and sun angles are still not the best, but I wanted to get out to get this finally after many ill-fated previous attempts, and it was worth it.

But, firstly, I went back to some of my original trips for Lam Beach International (PBI) to look for some stuff that I had never posted before - can't believe they are 13 years ago - US Airways, Delta, Continental, airTran, some memories for sure!!!

And then ta couple from the FLL trip this week, including Arizona One.

Finally... getting time behind the camera lens......

Rome - July 2018

In between time spent in Malaga, we also headed off to Rome to visit the city for a while.  I didn't get as much chance to take aircraft shots in Rome, with the exception of the last afternoon/evening when our hotel was right under the departure line of the airport and I managed to get some shots.

Alitalia A330s

Emirates A380

 

Alitalia B772

Qatar B773

Malaga - July 2018

One of the trips that we took in the last few years was to visit friends in Malaga, Spain.  We flew British Airways direct from Fort Lauderdale (now longer a route for them) to Gatwick, and then after a day in London, took a flight from Gatwick to Malaga.  While there, I managed to get out to Malaga Airport to get some views that I would not normally get...... here are a few of them.

Scandinavian A320Neo

Brussels Airlines A319

Private Learjet 60

My first even CS300 (now Airbus A220) from Air Baltic

Turkish B737-900ER

Norwegian B737-800

Norwegian B737-800

Ryanair B737-800

Ryanair B737-800

Air Europa B737-800

Iberia Express ATR72

Air Europa ATR72

Easyjet A319

Vueling A320

Vueling A320

Vueling A320

Ты говоришь по-русски? (You speak Russian?)

Yes, I speak Russian, well, I speak Russian aircraft.  Over the years, I have managed to catch a fair share of Russian aircraft in my area.  They are always interesting to catch.  My exposure to their wide range of aircraft is limited - I have seen images from trips to Russia, North Korea, etc from photographers that I am very jealous of.  There is still one that I would love to catch - the Antonov AN-225 Mriya that is currently plying the cargo routes with masses of medical cargo - maybe one day.  In the meantime, the few that I have managed to get.

Antonov AN-12 at Miami

Antonov AN-26 at Opa Locka

Antonov AN-124 at Fort Lauderdale

Antonov AN-12 at Opa Locka

Two Antonov AN-12's at Opa Locka

Ilyushin IL-76 at Palm Beach 

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Ilyushin IL-76 at Fort Lauderdale

Freight Dogs - McDonnell-Douglas MD-11

Of all the freight dogs that ply the airways, I have to say that my second favorite (behind the Boeing 747-8F) is the McDonnell-Douglas MD-11.  I just love the lines of the aircraft and my first exposure to the MD-11 as an aircraft type was my move over from South Africa to the USA back in 1998 when I flew on a Delta passenger version from London-Gatwick to what was then the very busy hub of Cincinnati before flying on to Atlanta.  I just remember how smooth it was to fly in, but how powerful the takeoff was.  Since then, I have tried to get as many MD-11's caught in camera lens as possible, currently the one that I would really like to get is the UPS version (any of my connected friends that can get me a ride???? :) ).  They are becoming a rare breed of bird these days to, and I suspect that I am going to have to make a pilgrimage to Anchorage before long to be able to get them or Louisville and Memphis for the FedEx/UPS hubs.  In the meantime, here are some of the photos I have shot of the freighter versions over the years.

EVA Cargo after landing at Anchorage (my one trip there so far)

World Airways Cargo in full colors powering down the runway  at Miami

World Airways Cargo in hybrid colors lifting the nose wheel at Miami

Western Global plain white version landing at Miami

FedEx approaching Fort Lauderdale

SkyLease Cargo approaching Miami

Martinair after landing at Miami

Interesting sights - 2020 - So far.....

As I try to get more up to date on this ... here are the shots that have been interesting for me so far this year.....

Air Transat received their first A321Neos that they started bringing in on a new flight from Vancouver.

After many many frantic searches, I finally managed to get an Air Canada A321 in the new color scheme.

Air Transat also took over some of A321's from Condor easy to tell because of the yellow engines.

Azul has been running their new A330Neo's into FLL - this was the first time for me to catch one.

Another of the Alaska specials that has eluded me for a long long time - Spirit of the Islands came in in wonderful afternoon light.

After catching the Alaska -900 in the veterans scheme, when the -800 was released, I just had to get that too.

United - Star Ware - The Rise of Skywalker - catch of the year - this is the right on Dark Side.

United - Star Ware - The Rise of Skywalker - catch of the year - this is the left or Light Side

With the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus, there was a lot of different repatriation flights to foreign countries that occurred.  The Privileged Style B767-300 came in to take passengers from a cruise ship affect by the virus to England.

I had heard about this Air Key West Partenavia for a long long time, but had never seen it, until the moment I shot this - what a treat.