Mo' shots from August, this time early in the morning as I didn't feel like suffering from heatstroke out there during the afternoons.
Here's Delta's regular early morning departure for Atlanta, this time it's a Deltaflot scheme MD-88 with the tail number N919DL. This particular 88 was built and delivered to Delta back in April 1988 and has worn the old Widget scheme as well as the Interim transitional livery that came before the Deltaflot colors. Maybe one of these days it'll show up at DFW in the new Angry Widget colors.
I'd been trying to see if could get a plane that was turning onto 18L for takeoff just right so that you could see out the other cabin windows. Got it on this one. On the original you can make out the passengers' silhouettes in the windows.
United Express ERJ-170 flight arriving from Chicago O'Hare with the International Terminal in the background. This particular aircraft, N650RW, was supposed to go to Chautauqua but instead got picked up by Shuttle America who has been flying it in United Express colors since its delivery from Embraer in May 2005.
Once an independent airline with its own branding, Shuttle America went bankrupt following September 11 and in 2005 was purchased by Republic Airways which also owns other regional airlines like Chautauqua as well as mainline carriers like Midwest and now Frontier. This ERJ-170 and more like it were transferred from Chautauqua to Shuttle America as Chautauqua had been flying as American Connection and the arrival of the ERJ-170s violated the scope clauses with American Airlines, so they were shifted over Shuttle America in 2005.
One of the nicknames for Republic? Shupubliquat. Hilarious.
Rolling down Taxiway C after leaving the West Cargo complex is ABX Air's Boeing 767-200F. This particular aircraft, N752AX, is a regular at DFW in its bright yellow and red DHL color scheme always a treat to see.
Built in April 1987 for All Nippon Airways of Japan, it was leased for a short while to Japanese startup carrier Skymark before reverting back to ANA. In 2005 it was purchased by ABX and converted to freighter configuration by Israeli Aircraft Industries in April 2005.
Nice shot of ABX Air's Boeing 767-200F N752AX holding on Taxiway Y for clearance for an intersection takeoff on 18R while an American 767-300 heads to the maintenance hangars on Taxiway Z.
One of Martinaire's Cessna 208B Caravan I "Super Cargomasters" heads out for departure from their ramp which is west of the UPS ramp. Between 800 and 830am there's something like two or three Martinaire departures along with an Ameriflight Metro III. This particular Caravan, N9331B, was built back in 1987.
UPS MD-11F N273UP heads out for the east side of DFW for departure. This particular MD-11F was built and delivered in passenger configuration to Japan Airlines in June 1994 and then sold to UPS in 2003 who had STAS Singapore convert her to freighter configuration at Paya Lebar Airport before entering revenue service with UPS.
Yep, there's sumthin' not right with this here enjun'. This is N250UP that has misbehaved enough this early morning to get two guys to come, unbutton the nacelle up and go diggin' in the back side of that CF6-80C2.
This particular aircraft was built and delivered in December 1995 for the Brazilian airline VASP before it was sold to UPS and converted in Singapore into freighter configuration. As a matter of fact, N250UP is UPS's very first MD-11F.
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