July 1, 201510 yr Did some plane spotting work out at Dallas/Fort Worth International (KDFW) today. Got some nice stuff I think! Captain K-Man FlightBlog Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCulqmz0zmIMuAzJvDAZPkWQ // Streaming on YouTube most Wednesdays and Fridays @ 6pm CST Brian Navy
July 1, 201510 yr Commercial Member The bright yellow Spirit aircraft is quite loud. Reminds me of a Caterpillar Digger! Aamir Thacker
July 1, 201510 yr Author The bright yellow Spirit aircraft is quite loud. Reminds me of a Caterpillar Digger! Proud and loud! These are the kinds of Liveries I really like to see. It's one of the reason that Southwest Airlines is one of my favorite airline companies. Their planes and speciality planes are beautiful to my photographer's eye. I was glad I finally got the Spirit Digital livery in the air. Been hunting that one for weeks. Captain K-Man FlightBlog Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCulqmz0zmIMuAzJvDAZPkWQ // Streaming on YouTube most Wednesdays and Fridays @ 6pm CST Brian Navy
July 6, 201510 yr Very nice! Where exactly do you go to take pictures like this at DFW? I've always wondered with the new regs.
July 6, 201510 yr Author DFW Airport built an observation point for people to enjoy aircraft landing and departing. I just drive in, park, get out and start shooting. Wish more airports had such locations. Captain K-Man FlightBlog Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCulqmz0zmIMuAzJvDAZPkWQ // Streaming on YouTube most Wednesdays and Fridays @ 6pm CST Brian Navy
July 7, 201510 yr DFW Airport built an observation point for people to enjoy aircraft landing and departing. I just drive in, park, get out and start shooting. Wish more airports had such locations. Oh man, I'll have to try that out sometime... the past few times I've been there I've been in a hurry trying to catch flights.
August 3, 201510 yr I live around DFW but have never heard of this observation point. Where specifically is it located?
August 3, 201510 yr It's called Founder's Plaza. It's at the north end of the airport at the intersection of Texan Trail and West Airfield Drive. Brian, I can't believe you didn't get the big pigs. Emirates or Qantas A380's. Here's one from rampside.
August 4, 201510 yr Awesome shots! Whenever I'm in town, I always head out there for some observing. Question: Is that Air China a divert or charter? I know Air China Cargo services DFW, but I didn't know they did passengers. P3D v4, REX SF3D, AS16, ENVTex, PTA 2.60, FSDT KDFW, KLAS, KLAX, KORD, KJFK, KSFD, KIAH, KMEM, KCLT FlightBeam KDEN, KIAD, KPHX, KSFO, KMSP ASUS Z97 Pro + Wifi, Intel i7 4990k 4.0GHz, EVGA NVidia 970 4GB DDR5, Corsair 16GB DDR3 2400, Samsung SSD 850 250GB, 2x Acer 32" Monitor
August 4, 201510 yr What's up with the Spirit Airlines aircraft with the old livery? The engine cowling doesn't look like it belongs, as if it was replaced by a cowling from another craft...seems dodgy to me. -Jim Engage, research, inform and make your posts count! -Jim Morvay Origin EON-17SLX - Under the hood: Intel Core i7 7700K at 4.2GHz (Base) 4.6GHz (overclock), nVidia GeForce GTX-1080 Pascal w/8gb vram, 32gb (2x16) Crucial 2400mhz RAM, 3840 x 2160 17.3" IPS w/G-SYNC, Samsung 950 EVO 256GB PCIe m.2 SSD (Primary), Samsung 850 EVO 500gb M.2 (Sim Drive), MS Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit
August 4, 201510 yr What's up with the Spirit Airlines aircraft with the old livery? The engine cowling doesn't look like it belongs, as if it was replaced by a cowling from another craft...seems dodgy to me. -Jim It's not unusual to use an old part like that when needed. I work for US Airway@DFW, this morning we had an A321 in American's new livery but a panel that covers the emergency slide on the L2 door was replaced with one in U.S. Airways livery. It looked very strange.
August 4, 201510 yr It's not unusual to use an old part like that when needed. I work for US Airway@DFW, this morning we had an A321 in American's new livery but a panel that covers the emergency slide on the L2 door was replaced with one in U.S. Airways livery. It looked very strange. I don't know how I would take that if I was a passenger. I mean, I know why, from a technical standpoint, but to the layman, you'd think that may shake some confidence on whether that plane is gonna come apart. Ugh, what am I saying, the same would hold true for the Millennium Falcon, and she got by just fine. -Jim Engage, research, inform and make your posts count! -Jim Morvay Origin EON-17SLX - Under the hood: Intel Core i7 7700K at 4.2GHz (Base) 4.6GHz (overclock), nVidia GeForce GTX-1080 Pascal w/8gb vram, 32gb (2x16) Crucial 2400mhz RAM, 3840 x 2160 17.3" IPS w/G-SYNC, Samsung 950 EVO 256GB PCIe m.2 SSD (Primary), Samsung 850 EVO 500gb M.2 (Sim Drive), MS Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit
August 4, 201510 yr The parts are all interchangeable. I've even seen parts from other airlines on an airplane. It's an aesthetic issue not an airworthiness one.
August 4, 201510 yr The parts are all interchangeable. I've even seen parts from other airlines on an airplane. It's an aesthetic issue not an airworthiness one. I know, but some people may call it into question. Yeah it looked odd, but I get why it was done. -Jim Engage, research, inform and make your posts count! -Jim Morvay Origin EON-17SLX - Under the hood: Intel Core i7 7700K at 4.2GHz (Base) 4.6GHz (overclock), nVidia GeForce GTX-1080 Pascal w/8gb vram, 32gb (2x16) Crucial 2400mhz RAM, 3840 x 2160 17.3" IPS w/G-SYNC, Samsung 950 EVO 256GB PCIe m.2 SSD (Primary), Samsung 850 EVO 500gb M.2 (Sim Drive), MS Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit
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