DFW | April 2009 | Founders' Plaza | 36R Departures

^N825SK, a brand-spankin' new CRJ-900 flying for Skywest in Delta Connection colors, hauls it out of DFW for Salt Lake City. This CRJ-900 was built and delivered to Skywest in January of this year. Probably the *youngest* aircraft I've photographed at DFW yet.


^This aircraft also belongs to Skywest, but it's flying in United Express colors- N716SK, a CRJ-700 (note the shorter fuselage and lack of ventral fins under the rear fuselage compared to the CRJ-900) built and delivered to Skywest in December 2004. I think this flight was headed to Chicago, but I'm not sure.


^American 737-800 making an unusually flat climbout off 36R, this is N924AN, built and delivered to American in 1999 and retrofitted with winglets in 2007.


^Now we're talking! Korean Air Cargo 747-400F (HL7462, built and delivered to Korean in July 1997) on climb out headed to Anchorage on its way to Seoul-Inchon International.


^Passing nearly directly overhead Founders' Plaza, there's a lot more grime and streaking on the underside compared to the near spotless top and sides......


^"[I]Korean Air 36 Heavy, contact departure, good day....[/I]"


^N773AN, a ten year old Boeing 777-200ER with American Airlines starts its landing gear retraction cycle....


^Mmmmmm....Rolls-Royce Trent 892-17 engines, 92,000 pounds of thrust times two.....dig it.........


^Getting cleaned up and heading out, departure contacted, gradual turn to the east....I think this flight was headed to London..........