^N398AN is a 767-300 that's ten years old and flying for American all its life. Here it is taking 31L after receiving its takeoff clearance. About this point some spotty rain showers moved through the area, but even light rain feels like sandblasting when it's driven by 40+mph winds. One spotter was crouched down using his car as a wind/rain break while he continued to shoot pictures!
^US Airways 737-300 crosses the threshold while an American Eagle ATR-72 waits its turn for takeoff. N166AW was built in 1986 and flew for America West before the merger with US Airways. It was even leased out for a time to Ansett Australia.
^That UPS A300-600F that I previously posted (N133UP) that had to go-around due to wind shear finally landed and here it is headed past our vantage point to the West Cargo complex.
^Chautauqua Airlines ERJ-145 operating as Continental Express- prior to 2007, Chautauqua operated N286SK under the US Airways Express banner.
^Bit of a hairy landing for this NWA Airlink CRJ-900 (N922XJ is flown by Mesaba for Northwest) as it lands on one main. Landings like this weren't all that unusual this particular day. At one point the wind got so bad that flights were electing to hold in hopes of the wind dissipating. It wasn't unusual to see 15+ aircraft all in line waiting to take off on 31L.
^N638RW flies for Shuttle America under the United Express banner. I was surprised at the number of ERJ-170 flights we get at DFW- there was a time when the first ERJ-170 service got a lot of attention from the local spotting community. That was when Founders' Plaza was still located on the SE side of DFW.
^N690AE is another one of American Eagle's Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness jets...this one taking its position short of 31L to await its turn. Listening in on the scanner, while this aircraft was #6 in line, the winds were gusting to near 50mph and this aircraft's flight crew were discussing with the tower a return to the gate as the conditions were beyond their comfort level.
^US Airways' N166AW that I had already posted on its arrival heads back out for the return trip to Phoenix. The building complex in the background is the Simuflite center on the corner of West Airfield Drive and Glade Rd.
^The same United Express ERJ-170 I posted earlier also heads back out, taking position next to an American MD-82 at the hold line to 31L.
^N589SW is an early vintage CRJ-100 (it was built in 1995) that has been flying for Comair for Delta Connection. Prior to that it flew with Skywest, but still under the Delta Connection banner.
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