Planewatching at Detroit Metro Again

After catching the ship yesterday, I didn't really want to end my day because it was actually too nice.  After close to a week of sub-freezing temperatures, it was nice to be a little above 32 for a change.

 An MD-90 arriving from Atlanta.  Allegiant has retired all of their MD planes.  American is in the process of retiring their MD planes.  I think Delta is in the process of retiring their MD planes.  Soon these planes will be rare after serving the airlines in one form or another for over 50 years.

 A Gulfstream G650 arriving from somewhere.  Business jets tend to get blocked on flight tracker programs.  It was kind of neat seeing this plane.

 One more view of it.

 an A330 arriving from Heathrow.

 Another angle of that plane.

 Another A330 arriving from Amsterdam.

 The plane ended up turning around and heading to Paris.

 An A320 arriving from Miami.

 An A320 belonging to Spirit Airlines arriving from Fort Lauderdale.

 another view of that plane.

 The beam shot of that plane.

 A Delta E175 arriving from Rochester, New York.

 A beacon shot of a Frontier A321.

 the Frontier showing off Courtney the Cougar on the table.  This particular plane arrived from Orlando.

 An E175 arriving from Washington DC.

 A 737 arriving from Jacksonville.

 Another angle of that plane.

 A CRJ-900 arriving from Charlotte.

This is an Embrear Phenom 300.  It is another business jet.  This particular one is built in Brazil and first flew in 2009.

 I had to stick around for this plane.

The 757 is by far my favorite commercial plane.  This particular one was arriving from Orlando.

Catching Up to an Old Friend

Before I left work on Thursday, I saw that I had a pretty good chance to catch up to the Royal Jordanian 787 so I decided to head to the airport.  It was a pretty nice night but a little on the windy side.

 First up was catching the 717 as she was taxiing to take off for Charlotte.

 She was followed by this MD-90 heading for Baltimore.

 It wasn't too long before my 787 appeared.

I managed to get a beacon shot.

 I was a little out of practice, didn't quite catch the whole tail.

 Her thrust reversers going off as she comes to a stop.

 The MD-90 getting into position for takeoff.

A 757 getting ready to takeoff for Atlanta.

 A 737 taxiing for Philadelphia.

 Another shot as it turns.

 An A330 arriving from Amsterdam.

 And touchdown.

 An MD-90 getting ready for Philadelphia.

A 737 arriving from Atlanta.

 Landing with a cloud of smoke.

 The 737 turning towards the gate.

 A JetBlue A320 arriving from Boston.

 A 757 arriving from Orlando.

 Getting closer to the ground.

 A puff of smoke as it hits.

Taxiing away.

 Turning for the gates.

An American A319 heading for Philadelpha.

 Another shot of the 757 from Orlando as it passes a group of UPS planes.

 One more shot.

 A Spirit A320 arriving from LaGuardia.

The Air France 777 passing the moon.

 The moon.

 An A320 from LaGuardia touching down.

 A 777 belonging to Air France arriving from Paris.

 A cloud of smoke after setting down on the ground.

And a puff of smoke from the front tires.