[cactuswings 4284] LOG - Inland Pacific Northwest (7/18/2020)

I took a quick trip around the region yesterday - here's a summary.

SEA (7/18/2020)

Departure was held up because the cabin crew's inbound flight arrived at approximately our departure time.  Great.  That was good for a ~30 minute delay.  Other than that it was really nice to take my first flight in about four months.  There wasn't much of note though I saw five (!) United 737s on their postage-sized maintenance ramp as we taxied out.  Plus there were 747Fs from Korean Air and China Airlines

GEG (7/18/2020)

My full log follows, thanks to rental car #1 (returned due to a non-functioning audio system after my loop around Geiger Field).  Given my infrequent visits I usually find something of interest here.

Alaska Horizon      DH4  N400QX  still in service

Alaska Horizon      DH4  N443QX

Ameriflight         EM2  N189CA  monster frame!

Ameriflight         EM2  N267CA  mispole for N247CA

FedEx Feeder        AT4  N921FX  at cargo area

FedEx Feeder        AT4  N917FX  at Empire mx hangar

                    72F  N264FE  on remote stand, ex-FedEx c/s

                    ARJ  N403A_  engineless at Aero-Flite hangar, EU stars at top of fin

                    ARJ  N430AC  at Aero-Flite hangar, another monster!

                    CNA  N569WA  at FBO

...plus the nose section of a 737 (presumably) dumped near the Aero-Flite facility.  The paint hangars were sealed - perhaps they hid a gem of some kind?

COE (7/18/2020)

I drove through the countryside to reach the most unlikely interesting facility that I know.  The hangar's parking lot was full - Empire's busy - though there was a side lot near the F-27 being used by a motorcycle school.  And, indicative of who's visiting Coeur d'Alene, there was a new FBO hangar being completed, already with some visiting metal parked in front.  Poppy Boyington Field had some nice bizjets today including a GV, but that's not my cup of espresso.

FedEx Feeder        AT4  N803FX  inside hangar

FedEx Feeder        AT4  N807FX  inside hangar

                    AT7  N816HC  ex-FedEx c/s

                    AT7  ZSXCB   green forward freight door - just converted?

...plus the long-resident all-white wfu F-27 and a white Q400 with a United rudder seen in the hangar.

SFF (7/18/2020)

A very very very long freight train frustrated my first attempt to get to Spokane's other airfield.  I found a way around eventually to a very quiet Felts Field.  The restaurant had just closed unfortunately.  I didn't know that the Historical Flight Foundation had an office here.

Pan American        DC3  N877MG  absolutely. immaculate.

EPH (7/18/2020)

I had the privilege of making a stunning drive across Eastern Washington's Palouse, framed by blue skies, lovely rolling hills, and amber waves of grain.  Absolutely lovely.  This made way for Dry Falls, an amazing and little known canyon which, along with the shimmering lakes nearby, made for more spectacular scenery.  All of that was a prelude for reaching Ephrata's airport at which there was...nothing.  Well, a Catalina, but I don't pursue those.  The airfield was very well kept but on this Saturday afternoon it was a big donut.

MWH (7/18/2020)

Persevering south, I arrived at Moses Lake for the first time in about three years and only after more time in the lovely farmland of Eastern Washington.  The place was much as I remembered it, with some well-known new residents.  My full non-MAX log follows.

Delta                73G          #3605

Delta                73G  N306DQ

Delta                73H  N775DE

Delta                73H          #3708

Delta                73H          #3709

Delta                73H          #3712

Delta                73H          #3713

Delta                73H  N380DA

Delta                73J          #3823

Delta                73J          #3824

Delta                73J  N825DN

Delta                73J          #3826

Delta                73J  N879DN

Delta                73J  N881DN

Skyteam              73H  N381DN

                     ???  N777LW  story with this sleek bird?!

                     744  N747RR  ex-Qantas c/s

...plus 66 MAXs that I noted (missing from my log were white aircraft, aircraft with "N" test registrations, Chinese - and few other - aircraft with no registrations, aircraft at odd angles, and aircraft at the Boeing facility where I didn't linger given their visible security operation).  There were neither MRJ SpaceJets nor VIP 787 conversions in the out in the open.  There was the resident 727-100F which I didn't take the time to track down.  I looked quickly for the Convair(?) in a field near the 727 which I remembered from previous visits...but perhaps it's now gone.  There was still a 757(?) fuselage section not far from the 727-100.  Oh, and there might have been one or two more Deltas; these were all parked so as to suggest that ATS Greenpoint was providing on-going maintenance.

TL

Tobias Lutterodt

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