A Gulfstream III at Willow Run

 After I go through taking pictures of the P-8, I saw this plane sitting near by.  I thought it looked pretty cool, so I grabbed a picture.

This is a Gulfstream III, I'm not sure who it belongs to.

I wish I could have gotten pictures at Willow Run earlier.  There were a ton of business jets there.  They were for people who were attending the Michigan-Ohio State game (which Michigan won btw).  While I was taking pictures of this and the other plane, it sounded like O'Hare.  In the roughly 5 minutes that I was taking these pictures, there were at least 5 planes that took off.  I'm not sure how many were waiting, but there were quite a few.  It was pretty cool.

Planespotting after THE Game

 After the Michigan-Ohio State game, I decided to head over to Willow Run.  I had heard that the plane that did a fly by at Michigan Stadium was there.  I didn't see it, so I decided to see what was flying into Metro.  There was a pretty good group just before sunset, so I headed over there.

First up is an Airbus A321.

This particular one belongs to Spirit Airlines.

It was coming in from Fort Lauderdale.  Normally, I don't post more than one picture of anything but a 757 or 787 or 747, but I like these pictures.

An AeroMexico E190 coming in from Monterrey, Mexico.

This is an A320 belonging to Delta Airlines coming in from LaGuardia.

A Delta 737 coming in from Las Vegas.

This Spirit Airlines A320 was coming in from Fort Myers.

This is a Gulfstream IV.

I don't know where it was coming from because the owner had it blocked.

This Delta Airlines 717 was coming in from Madison, Wisconsin.

A Delta Airlines CRJ-900 coming in from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

And this CRJ-900 was arriving from Elmira, New York.

The plane that I wanted to catching.

It was a 757-300.

It was coming in from the World of the Mouse.

Otherwise known as Orlando.

The sky looked pretty cool.

I loved the clouds.

But it was getting darker.

There was still some pink in the sky though.

A CRJ-700 belonging to American Airlines coming in from Reagan International Airport in Washington DC.

A United 737 coming in from O'Hare Airport in Chicago.

This E175 was coming in from Newark.

I couldn't decide which beacon shot I liked better, so I put both in.

And we finish with an A321 from Atlanta.

Michigan Exposures Welcomes Icelandair to Detroit

 I found out that tonight was the inagural flight of Icelandair from Keflavik to Detroit.  While I was hoping that it would be one of the 757s, it wasn't but that's still cool, I guess.

I got to the airport a little early (but not much).

First up is this 717 coming from the land of cheesesteaks and cream cheese.

This A319 was coming from the land of Lady Liberty (well the LaGuardia portion of that).

A Gulfstream.

Another angle of the Gulfstream.

This CRJ-900 was coming in from the land of poutine.

An A321.

I had to include the beacon shot.

And another beacon shot.  This plane was coming in from Orlando.

And the plane I was waiting for.

It was a 737 MAX belonging to Iclandair.

It was coming in from Keflavik.

This isn't the first time Icelandair has been to Detroit.

So I guess, welcome back.  Now bring Hekla.

An A321 coming in from the land of baked beans.

I believe this may very well be my first robin of the year.

Well not the first one I've seen but the first one I got a picture of.

A CRJ-900 coming from Toronto...so land of maple syrup, I guess.

A 757.

This one was coming in from San Juan.

Because I like the plane.

Another angle.

More pics.

And one more.

An A220 coming in from Houston.

Another 757.

This one was coming in from John Wayne Airport.

Which is in Santa Ana.

A CRJ-900 coming in from Cleveland.

An A350.

This one belonged to Air France.

I was able to get a few beacon shots.

Plus it's a cool looking plane.

It was coming in from Paris.

One more.

And I finish with an A319 coming from the land of scum and villainy.