[cactuswings 3770] LOGette - SE Michigan (March 2017)

YIP (3/15/2017)
I returned to an airport that I hadn't visited in almost 20 years and that wasn't quite as familiar as I'd assumed that it would be.  There were lots of police with flashing lights along with ordinary folks milling about with Bernie paraphernalia which seemed odd until I Binged "trump michigan"!  Despite the other visitor inbound to YIP, I got to see most of this amazing little slice of history, including the still-broken fence and torn-up berm where the MD-80 accident occurred a week earlier.  A full log follows...

Active Aero          72F  N727US
Ameristar            M80  N786TW  on pallets, w/o
Kalitta              DF2  N192CK
Kalitta Charters II  72F  N720CK
Kalitta Charters II  72F  N722CK
Kalitta Charters II  72F  N726CK
Kalitta Charters II  D9F  N915CK
Kalitta Charters II  D9F  N917CK
                     EM2  N561SW
                     EM2  N707TG
                     D8F  N865F   all-white
                     M80  N948AS  all-white, hulk only

...plus a Metro and, near the large but off-limits on this day hangars, a Sierra Pacific 737-200 and a 727 with a blue tail.


PTK (3/15/17)
The Ides of March also afforded an opportunity to do a quick driveby of Oakland County International Airport.  The weather was frigid but the spotting was excellent...another full log follows.

Delta      752          #664‎, likely NBA charter
IFL Group  CVR  N191FL
IFL Group  DF2  N471FL
           CRJ  N831FL  all-white
           CRJ  N841FL  all-white, missing engines
           CVR  N51211  blue stripe c/s
           CVR  N51255  blue stripes c/s
           CVR  N7813B  metal c/s, faded registration
           CVR  N8149P  piston engines, "County" titles
           EMB  N64DA   no engines

...plus a white 727 freighter seen climbing out as I arrived (darnit!).

TL

Tobias Lutterodt

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