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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Flying "Low and Slow"

I'm a bit of a plane nut (among other things), and observed Evergreen's Supertanker 979 on landing approach this morning at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway airport (formerly Williams Field AFB). This plane is in town for some retrofitting for the upcoming fire season.

It's not every day you see a 747 flying and low and slow over your house. Here's a nice shot I found on Flickr that Joe Copalman took earlier this year of the same plane during take-off at PMG.