Michigan Exposures: Spending My Birthday at O'Hare

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Spending My Birthday at O'Hare - Part I

So I had the whole day to go planespotting at O'Hare Airport. First I went to a couple of planes on York Road to catch my first couple of planes. They weren't too bad.

First up was a 787 belonging to American Airlines. I didn't look up the flight information for these planes, so I'm not going to post it. This picture was taken from a parking lot near the landing lights for 10C.

I think this is an MD-90 belonging to Delta Airlines. This picture was taken from a spot near the landing lights. It wasn't a bad spot, but too much belly for my tastes. I prefer the more side shots of planes.

So I went back to Gateway Street. I was parked on the street and one of the business owners let me use his front lawn. That was nice because it had trees, which meant I had shade. this was a CRJ-700 belonging to American Airlines.

An A321 also belonging to American.

I was happy to see this 757-300 belonging to United. I wasn't sure if I was going to see any of these because it seems like all the domestic flights go to the other runway. I was in a position to catch the international flights. As it was, this may have been a flight from Dublin.

An Embrear 175.

A 737 belonging to United.

I see these fairly often at Metro but it's a livery I like, so I was happy to see it.

Volaris is a low cost Mexican Airline founded in 2004. It is based in Mexico City and has hubs in Tijuana and Guadalajara. I'm not sure what the logo is supposed to be but it reminds me of one of those pixelated things in movies.