Another Sunny Sunday

 So it turns out that I had a three day weekend but I wasn't in the mood to do much on Sunday.  I was thinking about heading up to Marine City to catch the icebreakers but I saw that some ships were heading down, so I thought about going to Belle Isle.  It looked cold outside and sure enough it was.  Then I saw that something cool was coming into Detroit Metro.  So I headed down there first and then would decide what I wanted to do.

First up was an Embrear 170 coming in from Columbus.

I'm not sure where this Cessna Citation was coming in from but it was kind of neat to see.

I do like the look of business jets.  And speaking of which, I thought I read somewhere that Bombardier was going to end production of the Lear Jet.  It's kind of sad because the Lear Jet was the first luxury business jet.  It's almost like saying Kleenex when you mean facial tissue.  I have a feeling COVID might bring about a re-adjustment in the airplane industry.

This plane was kind of a surprise.

It is an A320NEO.  It's amazing to think about it.  Spirit is generally considered as a low frill airline but they seem to have newer planes than some of the traditional airlines.  This plane was built in Hamburg and delivered 1 year ago.

This particular plane was coming in from Orlando.

Next up was a plane from JetBlue.

This is an E190 and it was coming in from Boston.

It was called "Blissfully Blue".

Next up was a Delta A350.  Even though I am still upset that the 747 is no more, this plane isn't a bad replacement.

This particular one was coming in from Incheon Airport in Seoul.

A 717 coming in from Nashville deserves a break today.

And the plane that I was waiting for.

It is a 787-9 belonging to TUI.

It was flying in from Manchester, England.  Not be confused with Manchester, Michigan.  It was carrying auto parts for GM.

Manchester is home to Manchester United and if I remember correctly, that is the New York Yankees of English Premier League.

It was nice to see this plane because I like the livery.

Especially against a blue sky.

One more shot.

Next up was the A350.

this one is growing on me.

Although I still prefer the looks of the 787.

This A350 was arriving from Amsterdam.

I think it might have been carrying passengers but I'm not sure.

One more shot.

A Nice Sunny Sunday

 It was a nice sunny day on Sunday but I wasn't sure if I wanted to go out or not because it was pretty cold.  I knew  that I wasn't going to go boatwatching, so I took a look at FlightRadar.  I saw that there was a special livery coming in, so I decided to head over to the airport.

First up was not a special livery.  It was an A321 coming in from Tampa.  I guess folks wanted to get out of there ahead of the Super Bowl silliness.

Next up was also not particularly special, a CRJ-900 coming in from Elmira.  Elmira is kind of a neat town in the middle of New York.

And then there was a plane that I was interested in.

This is a 757-300.

It was coming in from Orlando.

A beacon shot to go with the clouds.  I like shots where I get some clouds.

Another angle because I like this plane so much.

I can't get enough.

ONe more.

A 737 belonging to Southwest Airlines coming in from Baltimore.

Another A321.  This one came in from Fort Lauderdale.

And this is the plane that I was waiting for.

This is a plane belonging to JetBlue.

And it looks like a set of blueprints.  Get it?  Haha.

It looks pretty cool against the sort of blue sky.

I've never seen this one before but I've seen pictures of it.

It was coming in from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.

One more shot.

An E170 coming in from Cleveland.

Another angle of that plane.

A CRJ-700 belonging to Piedmont Airlines flying for American Express.  This one was coming in from Philadelphia.

And a 737 coming in from Atlanta.

Christmas Eve at the Aluminum Aviary

 I thought I would do a little boatwatching on Christmas Eve but the boats weren't cooperating for me.   So I headed over to the airport because I needed to take pictures of something.  I figured airplanes were as good as anything.

First up was an Embrear 175 from Buffalo.

It was followed by a CRJ-900 from Cincinnati.

A Jet Blue Embrear 190 flying in from Boston.  This was one of the planes I was hoping to catch.

It was followed by a 767 which was another plane I was hoping to catch.

This particular one was coming up from Orlando.

Like I said in another post, I think Delta has been using a few of these on domestic routes.

Another plane I was going out for.

I wasn't expecting to catch it though because it was coming in from Minneapolis and those usually come to the other side of the airport.

So I was happy when I saw it approaching.

One more shot.

And I decided to stick around for one more plane.

It was an A350 coming in from Amsterdam.  I haven't seen too many of these since the beginning of COVID.

The bulk of them come in from Asia and travel from there has been shut down.

One more shot.