A Cool Surprise Visitor Tonight at the Aluminum Aviary

 So I was perusing the Michigan Planespotting pages and I saw that we were expecting an unexpected visitor tonight.  It happened to be after work, so I decided to head over the airport catch it.  It was an airline that I never would have expected to see here.

Not this one.  There are plenty of Delta planes that visit Detroit.

This particular one was arriving from Phoenix.

I got to the airport in time to catch Devil 505.  That made me happy.

505 is the Fed Ex flight from Memphis.  I think it arrives every day except Monday.

I was hoping to see the MD-11 but a 767 is pretty cool too.

A 737 coming in from Cancun.

It was followed by one coming in from Las Vegas.

It was also a pretty good night for 757s.  This one was the first of three.

This particular one was coming in from Mexico City.

It is the -200, which is the smaller one.

Another livery I was not expecting to see.  SkyWest is one of the regional airlines that serve as Delta Express.  I think they have this livery for flights they use for multiple airlines.

This particular one was coming in from Alpena, Michigan.

This is an E190 belonging to AeroMexico and it was coming in from Queretaro, Mexico.  That is roughly north of Mexico City.

Another CRJ700.  This one was coming in from Pellston.

This is the plane that I was waiting for.

It is a 787 that belongs to Iraqi Airways.

It was carrying the Prime Minister of Iraq who was coming to visit Chaldeans in Dearborn.

It flew from Baghdad to Houston and then from Houston to here.

Apparently it will be flying to Andrews Air Force Base next.

And then presumably home to Baghdad.

I'll have to admit, this is not a livery I expected to see.

A 737 from Delta arriving from the land of Hendrix, Coffee and Nirvana.

This was  737 MAX belonging to Southwest Airlines.

It was coming in from Denver.

I felt like I was living on the edge given all the news lately.

But it was pretty cool to see.

One more shot.

Another 757.

This particular one was coming in from John Wayne Airport which is in Santa Ana, California.

It was cool to see another 757.

One more shot.

But I was not done catching 757s yet.

This was another Fed Ex flight from Memphis.

I like this 757 because I think they look nicer with out the winglets.

But I like 757s period.

Had to take a couple more pictures.

And one more before heading home.