Friday Night at the Airport

Last Friday night, I decided to go planewatching.  Again, I was hoping to catch the 787.

 First up was a Piper Cheyenne that was coming in from Frankfort, KY.

 Delta 139 Heavy arriving from Amsterdam.  This plane is an Airbus 330.  In order to get the Heavy designation, the plane has to weigh more than 300,000 pounds on takeoff.  It is also a clue to other pilots to be on alert for wake turbulence.

 Jordanian 267 was one of the planes that I was waiting for.  This is the twice per week flight from Amman, Jordan.

 It is a 787 which is also considered as a heavy.

 It is also a pretty cool looking plane to boot.

 Next up was the United 737 from San Francisco.

 N336NW is an Airbus A320 that was arriving from Minneapolis-St Paul Airport.  Apparently that is a place that I need to head over to because they have a really nice spotters park.

 This CRJ-200 was arriving from MBS Airport in Freeland, MI.  It services Midland, Bay City and Saginaw.  According to FlightAware it spent 12 minutes taxiing at MBS and 12 minutes at Detroit.  It was a 24 minute flight.

 This is an Embrear 175 coming in for a landing at DTW.  This is a day in the life of a regional jet.  It started the morning at Reagan Airport and flew to Newark.  From Newark it flew to Covington, KY and then on to O'Hare.  From O'Hare it flew over to Indianapolis and then back to O'Hare.  From O'Hare it came to Detroit as this flight.  After Detroit back to Newark and then to Covington where it spent the night.

 This Boeing 717 was arriving from Grand Rapids.

 An American Airlines 737 coming in from Dallas.

 The Spirit in the Sky.

 Of course another flight I wanted to catch was Flight 505.

 DC-10's are cool.

 This MD-88 was arriving from Milwaukee.

 A Delta 737 arriving from San Diego.

 A CRJ-700 from Norfolk.

 Another plane I was kind of waiting for was the 757.

 This particular one was arriving from Mexico City.

Normally, I'd end with the 757 but this plane wasn't too far behind.  It was an Embrear 175 from O'Hare.