Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA, KIWA, IWA) "Willie"

[dunny]

Looks like I chose the wrong weekend to visit! I've been chasing that Cobra for years, superb catch Jeff!

[bilwor]

Great catch Jeff!

[Jeff D. Welker]

Looks like I chose the wrong weekend to visit! I've been chasing that Cobra for years, superb catch Jeff!

Great catch Jeff!

Thanks Paul and Bill. Just dumb luck on my part. I was off on the south side of 30L shooting arrivals and Jack called me about the Cobra. If he had not given me the heads-up, I would have missed it for sure. Here is a shot of the same bird hovering before he left.

[Chris V]

Sweet shot Jeff!!

[Ned Harris]

Jeff: That Cobra shot is amazing. I hope he will be down at Libby on my next visit.

[Jeff D. Welker]

Sweet shot Jeff!!

Jeff: That Cobra shot is amazing. I hope he will be down at Libby on my next visit.

Thanks Chris & Ned. He was headed your way Ned when he left yesterday afternoon. I hope he gives you a good show.

[Joe Copalman]

Cobra that offers a different kind of fire support:

[Jeff D. Welker]

Extremely nasty Joe    Makes me think a transformer is about to appear.

[Joe Copalman]

Finally getting some MAFFS action at Willie, all the way from North Carolina:

[Matt Ottosen]

Nice catch, Joe!

[Matt Ottosen]

Weekend Warriors

McDonnell Douglas C-17A Globemaster III
452d Air Mobility Wing (452d AMW)

[Jeff D. Welker]

Great shot Matt. That beast can really blow the dust off the runway 

[Matt Ottosen]

Great shot Matt. That beast can really blow the dust off the runway 

Thank you, Jeff!  She sure can blow the dust off the runway.  Maybe she got some of Vicki's slurry off too?

[Paul Dumm]

Talking about Vicki's slurry, there's no way in he** I would park in that new lot if Vicki is around.

[Jeff D. Welker]

GOING THE XTRA MILE - XTRA Airways' 737-4Q8 doing its Hawaiian junket thing at Willie