A Stop at Metro

 After I realized that the Yankee Lady wasn't going to make another pass, I checked to see what was coming into Metro Airport.  I figured this was around the time I could catch Turkish.

First up was a CRJ-900 coming in from Harrisburg.

The Turkish Airlines plane was the next in the pattern.

It was a 787 coming in from Istanbul.

Which is not Constantinople.

It's cool that there is another 787 flight that comes into Detroit.

And it's fairly nice livery to boot.

One more shot because I like the looks of the 787.

Then I saw that there was a 757 coming in, so I stayed a little bit longer.

A little fall foilage.

This particular 757 was coming in from Atlanta.

I'm not sure if its a regular flight or a positioning flight.

Either way, it is cool to see.

The light was just about right.

One more because I like the 757.

A beacon shot on a CRJ-900 coming in from Cleveland.

Then I saw that there was a flight coming in from Air France.

This is an A350.  It reminds me of a 787 but I like this plane too.

Like the 787, it is made out of composites.

That makes it light.  In fact, there is an A350 flight from Sydney to New York.  I believe it is the longest direct flight.

This particular one was coming in from Paris, so it wasn't quite a long.

Still a cool plane.

And in nice light.

Another CRJ-900.  This one was coming in from Rochester, New York.

I saw that there was one more cool plane coming in.

This particular one was a UPS 767 coming in from Louisville.

I don't usually catch the big UPS planes because they come in the early morning.

Usually it is dark out when they come in.

So I was happy to catch this one.

The 757 and 767 were designed at about the same time and Boeing made sure that the controls were common so that if you could fly one, you could fly the other.

Shame they didn't apply that to other designs.

A Special Livery Plane Comes In

 I also saw that there would be a special livery plane coming in.  I had a little time before the next ship, so I headed over to the airport to catch the plane.

It was an A350 coming in from Incheon Airport in South Korea.

Since it was coming from the west, I had to wait on the west side of the airport.

The pictures here are nice but not as nice as the other side.

The livery is to commemorate the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

The livery looks pretty cool.

Just wish I could have gotten a better picture of it.

A Nice Night for Planespotting

 After catching the ships, I went back home for a little bit.  Then I looked at Flight Radar and saw that there were some interesting flights coming in.

There were enough clouds in the sky to make it interesting.  This 737 MAX was coming in from Orlando.  I think my normal runway was closed because all the planes were landing on the west side of the airport, so after taking this picture, I headed to that side.  A CRJ was landing on the runway further west which I think makes for a cool picture.

This is one of the planes I wanted to catch.

It is a 757-200 coming out of Orlando.  It was delayed, so that gave me a chance to relax a little bit before coming out.

This wasn't the only plane I was interested in.

One more.

Next up was a United Express plane coming in from Dulles Airport.

An A320 coming in from Baltimore.

This CRJ-900 was coming in from Indianapolis.

This wasn't a flight that was on my radar but it was one I was interested when I saw it coming in.

The livery is Mitch the Wolverine and the plane was coming in from Raleigh Durham.  I love wolverines.

A 737 MAX coming in from Keflavik.  Just once I would love to see Hekla coming into Detroit.

An American 737 coming in from Charlotte.

The other flight I was interested in catching was the Air France flight.

Tonight it was an A350.

And it was coming in from Paris.