Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX, KPHX)

[Joe Copalman]

Whoa.

[Joe Copalman]

VERDANCE OF PERMANENCE

One from last year.

[Jeff D. Welker]

My big plans for adverse weather photography at KPHX disappeared nearly as quickly as the sunshine went to hide behind the clouds. The rain was very tardy in arriving and they never switched runways. Aircraft were coming and going in all the wrong directions and the combination of events was definitely not what I had hoped for. Oh well, that's how the ball bounces. I did get a few keepers and enjoyed complaining about conditions (or the lack thereof) to Joe, Matt and Paul.

WHALE'S TAIL

IllUMINATUS AIRBUSUS

[Matt Ottosen]

Airbus A319-111
Frontier Airlines
Domino the Black Tail Deer Fawn

[Joe Copalman]

. . . AND BABY MAKES THREE

Another almost-but-not-quite shot.  For years I've been after a nose-on shot of Honeywell's 757 on short final with an engine mounted on the test pylon.  Yesterday yielded the right combination of winds from the east and an arrival time I could actually make, but the clouds were not what I had planned, and even though I adjusted my position for the a nose-on shot with the crosswind, I still didn't move far enough left.  Still satisfied with the shot, just not the one I've been after.  Guess I'll just have to keep plugging away.

[Matt Ottosen]

Bell/Boeing MV-22B Osprey
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 (VMM-363) "Lucky Red Lions"

[Bubak]

[Bubak]

[Bubak]

[Joe Copalman]

STORMRIDER

WestJet 737 on final at PHX.

[Jeff D. Welker]

BREACHING BOEING

[Scott Youmans]

T-39N - Relatively ancient (1997) scanned from grainy color negative.

[Scott Youmans]

Beech Super 18 - Operated by Catalina Flying Boats, Inc. (2008)

[Scott Youmans]

CF-188B - Another one from the archives.  Early digital photo taken December 7, 2002.

[Jay Beckman]

It's better to be lucky than good...

VMM-363 "Red Lions" Color Bird


910th Airlift Wing AFRC