Thursdays at the Aviary Getting Dusky

So I decided to head over to the aluminum aviary on Thursday as has been my tradition for a while.  Sadly with the waning sunlight I'm not going to have too many more opportunities to do this.  It was a little chilly but it was a nice night for planes.

 First up was a Delta Airlines A330 coming from Amsterdam.

 It was followed by N357NB, the magnum plane which is an A319.

 It was arriving from Mexico City.

 A Spirit Airlines A320 showing off it's beacon as it arrives from Myrtle Beach.

 An A321 arriving from Las Vegas.

 When you see those wingtip lights, you know that you are going to see Mad Dog of some sort.

 This is the 717 arriving from Raleigh-Durham.  I call it a Mad Dog because while it is sold under the Boeing name, it is just an update of the DC-9/MD-80 from years ago.

 A 737 arriving from Minneapolis.

 It was followed by a CRJ-700 coming from Bay City.

 One of the planes I was waiting for.

 In this case Fed Ex Flight 505 from Memphis.

 An A320 from Atlanta.

 The timing worked out so that I could get a shot that is rare in Detroit.  Namely a pair of 787s on approach.

 First up was Royal Jordanian Flight 267 which originated in Amman, Jordan and had a stop in Montreal before continuing to Detroit.

Another angle of that plane.

 I put this one in because I got a beacon shot out of it.

 It was followed by Air France Flight 378 originating from Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris, France.

 A becaon shot.

 And one more shot because I like this plane.

 An A321 arriving from Atlanta.

 A Southwest Airlines 737 coming in from Midway Airport in Chicago.

 I kind of like this shot.

 It is the 757-300 arriving from Orlando.

 I also kind of like this shot.

 A Spirit Airlines A320 arriving from LaGuardia.

 And my last of the evening.

 In this case a 757 belonging to Fed Ex.

 I kind of liked the background of this shot.

And I like this angle.