Michigan Exposures: Planewatching at Metro Airport

There are a couple of people that post pictures of planes from Metro Airport and I wondered where they take those pictures from. So I decided to do a search on "Detroit planewatching" and I found a few places where people do it from. The first place I visited was a little spot on Wick Road. It looks like it was going to be a road at one time but they never finished it. I didn't see any no parking or trespassing signs there, so I stopped.

It wasn't too long before I was treated to this Canadair Regional Jet. I'm not sure on the model but I've flown on these a few times and they are too bad. These were developed from a design by Bill Lear in 1976 and have since replaced many of the propellor aircraft that were used by regional airliners in the day. They have a cruising speed of 424 knots. This particular aircraft is operated by Delta.

Over on the further runway, I saw an Airbus A340 operated by Lufthansa. The A340 first flew in 1991 and is mostly used by European carriers. It has a cruising speed of around 540 miles per hour.

Another regional jet.

This is an Airbus A319 or 320. This particular aircraft was designed to go up against the Boeing 737.

I think this is a Regional Jet operated by American Airlines.

I want to say that this an MD-90. It was originally designed by the Douglas Aircraft company and designated as the DC-9. When Douglas was bought by McDonnell, the DC-9's became the MD-80's and this particular aircraft is an improvement of that design. It first flew in 1993.

This is a Boeing 717 which originally developed by the McDonnell Aircraft company as the MD-95. It is another growth of the DC-9 family. The name was changed when Boeing merged with McDonnell-Douglas.

A robin by the spot where I was plane watching from.

One of my favorite commercial aircraft is the Boeing 757. I just like how graceful it looks.

This is an Embrear design. Embrear is a company that operates out of Brazil.

An MD-90 coming in for a landing.

This is a Short 360 and is operated by a private airplane company. The Short Company is a British company and this plane was developed in the 80's. These used to be a fairly common sight at airports until they were replaced by the smaller commuter jets.