Arizona Aviation Photographers (AzAP)

I thought it might be fun to start a thread for this year's Holiday Heavies event/meet-up. I'll go first. I have always liked the DHL bright yellow paint. Heck, I think it makes a 767 (my least favorite Boeing platform) look gorgeous in the early morning light.

HO-HO-HO  ;D
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When they go 7R it's like sitting on the edge of the runway.
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I will play along :)

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Loving this year's haul of the heavies; new angles, some new photogs...a great way to spend the holidays!

Airbus A300F4-605R
FedEx Express

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Outstanding work from the west end!!

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Another winner Jeff, lots of interest in the photo besides the main subject, great eye! Where are you shooting this from? Great perspective and no fence visible, obviously early morning.

Quote from: Tower Guy on December 24, 2014, 09:31:58 AM
Another winner Jeff, lots of interest in the photo besides the main subject, great eye! Where are you shooting this from? Great perspective and no fence visible, obviously early morning.

Thanks Harvey. That image was taken approximately 100-200 yards east of 24th Street on the north side of Old Tower Road. The photo below is from the cargo ramp as the crews began loading aircraft for the morning launches.

Great shots everyone! I'm glad to see a lot of people taking advantage of the extra cargo traffic. Sorry, I could not make it out and join everyone.

When I first saw the "Holiday Heavies" topic I was reminded of the term "Yuma Yummies"...but that's another topic all together... ;)

McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
FedEx Express

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Caught this not-so-little elf this morning.  While the ramp behind him looks empty, he was the last of a long line of Santa's helpers that headed out in a rush this morning.

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Quote from: Dave S. on December 24, 2014, 03:04:02 PM
Caught this not-so-little elf this morning.  While the ramp behind him looks empty, he was the last of a long line of Santa's helpers that headed out in a rush this morning.

I'm glad you were able to catch some action this morning Brother Dave. Yesterday (Tuesday) I kept telling Matt that I thought the cargo traffic was likely over for the morning and then another 757, MD-11, A-300 or 747 would make an appearance. I started to wonder where they were parking all these heavies  ;)

A pano crop from my first photograph taken Tuesday morning.

UNDENIABLE PRESENTS
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Nothing but winners in this thread, feel a bit undergunned posting a modest spotter-shot, but this was the main type I was chasing this season and I wound up catching this one under pretty cool circumstances (it was taking the active right as I was pulling up on the berm). 

This A300 is another rarity for me.  Caught him this morning too, on a nice, clean tarmac as he taxied out for takeoff.

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Quote from: Dave S. on December 24, 2014, 03:04:02 PM
Caught this not-so-little elf this morning.  While the ramp behind him looks empty, he was the last of a long line of Santa's helpers that headed out in a rush this morning.

I'm glad you were able to catch some action this morning Brother Dave. Yesterday (Tuesday) I kept telling Matt that I thought the cargo traffic was likely over for the morning and then another 757, MD-11, A-300 or 747 would make an appearance. I started to wonder where they were parking all these heavies  ;)

A pano crop from my first photograph taken Tuesday morning.

Sublime!

This one goes to eleven

Ground Clutter

Fantastic shot, Scott.  Reminiscent of reindeer pulling a big sleigh.

Thanks Joe! A timely description! There sure have been a lot of great shots posted from this season's Sky Harbor activity.

Quote from: Scott Youmans on December 24, 2014, 11:30:15 PM
Ground Clutter

Love this shot Scott....  They cleared the cargo ramp.    Apt description from Joe.  Wonder which one is Rudolph?    ;D

DHL, Boeing 767, N769AX
Taking the active at Phoenix Sky Harbor

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Quote from: Dave S. on December 24, 2014, 09:42:48 PM
This A300 is another rarity for me.  Caught him this morning too, on a nice, clean tarmac as he taxied out for takeoff.

Dave, Nice look on the A300....

Interesting the shape of the nose with the light reflections.  Looks like it has some big flat surfaces, less rounded then I would have thought.

Scott that looks like one of the I.Q. test. 'One of these does not belong'

Airbus A300F4-605R
FedEx Express

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Gift Giving 21st Century Style - We do live in strange times.

DC - DELIVERING CHRISTMAS
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I think this may be the best group of "Holiday Heavies" photographs ever. Excellent work one and all.

Purple Haze - Early morning departure. You can see the shadow from the MD-11 cast on the building in the background.

FedEX MD-11F N619FE

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Thanks Joe, Anna, and Paul regarding the "Ground Clutter" shot. Dave and I were both down at that end of the runway. I'm sure Dave got a similar shot. I don't recall seeing that many little guys all waiting at one time.  There seemed to be something holding things up, not sure what.

Actually, AmFlight's departures seem to have gotten looser over the past few years.  I remember shooting the holiday traffic in '09 and '10 when they were based on the north side of the field, and like clockwork, they'd all cross the bridge just east of the tower to the south side for departure, all in a row, followed by what looked like an old SAC-style MITO departure of all of them from the south runway.  It was really cool to see, and your shot totally reminded me of that. 

UPS MD-11F 12/23/14

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FedEx A-300 departing Sky Harbor.

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I really like the "head-on" shot of the 3-holer Ned. Nice work sir.

One nice thing about this year's Holiday Heavies is all the 'new' spots we seem to keep finding.  :D

Quote from: Paul Dumm on December 30, 2014, 08:45:35 AM
One nice thing about this year's Holiday Heavies is all the 'new' spots we seem to keep finding.  :D

That was certainly a pleasant surprise for me this year Paul. A couple of new spots, angles, and options - a good thing  ;)

Quote from: Jeff D. Welker on December 30, 2014, 08:19:55 AM
DEUTSCHE POST AG

Jeff, Love this one as well as your V.2 747 landing.  One unexpected cool thing about the DHL 767 shot is the sloping taxi way in the foreground.  Really adds something.

UPS 757-200.

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Quite the climb angle! Always looks good when the gear is going up. Glad you could make it to Phoenix for the holiday rush.

"THESE GO TO ELEVEN."
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McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Western Global Airlines

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Simplicity

Very Large Aircraft

Great shot Scott, a real in your face kind of El Centro look. Beauty!

Thank you Harvey!

Forget all your troubles, forget all your cares and go downtown...

Love the compression on this image Scott. Excellent, excellent.

Thank you Jeff!  Been looking for sleepers among the many shots taken last month.

Variation

Quote from: Scott Youmans on January 06, 2015, 10:19:19 PM
Forget all your troubles, forget all your cares and go downtown...

Really like this image Scott....  Catches the mood of that day.

Thank you Anna, that was a fun evening. Great weather for shooting, not the same old clear skies.

McDonnell Douglas MD-11F cn48541 N284UP UPS - United Parcel Service

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Cool image Bill!

Thanks, Scott

bill