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The low sun creates a spectacular yellow glow on the wing and clouds as we descend into Portland as Southwest 144 from Phoenix. To give you an idea of our landing, we were at about 2,000 ft AGL at the time of this shot. The visibilty at touchdown was less than a mile.

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Aircraft

N657SW - Boeing 737-3L9 - Private

MF Mei N657SW
2,537 29 2 Boeing 737-3L9
N657SW - Boeing 737-3L9 - Private

Jonathan He N657SW
458 2 0 Boeing 737-3L9
N657SW - Boeing 737-3L9 - Private

AGUIJUN-Lei N657SW
883 4 0 Boeing 737-3L9

Photo location

N76522 - Boeing 737-824 - United Airlines

Hard to photograph Yosemite when flying directly over it but look at the lower right corner and you can see Half Dome

Hongming Zheng N76522
179 1 0 Boeing 737-824
N323DU - Airbus A220-371 - Delta Air Lines

Extremely clear day over SoCal, line of sight well over 200 miles

Hongming Zheng N323DU
133 3 0 Airbus A220-371
N550WN - Boeing 737-76Q - Southwest Airlines

Descending over Lake Mead into Vegas before continuing on to Los Angeles

Devan Mayer N550WN
100 0 0 Boeing 737-76Q

Photographer

N372NW - Airbus A320-212 - Delta Air Lines

Still with a Northwest registration, but repainted into the new Delta livery, bird 372 departs runway 08 on a warm, sunny afternoon

Anthony Tiranu N372NW
2,723 0 3 Airbus A320-212
D-AVRO - British Aerospace Avro RJ85 - Lufthansa Regional (CityLine)

Picture perfect take-off from MUC rwy 26L

Anthony Tiranu D-AVRO
2,714 1 0 British Aerospace Avro RJ85
N167US - Airbus A321-211 - US Airways

Pushback during a dust storm at Sky Harbor

Anthony Tiranu N167US
2,572 0 0 Airbus A321-211

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N657SW

Photo Date

Oct 07, 2008

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Notes

The low sun creates a spectacular yellow glow on the wing and clouds as we descend into Portland as Southwest 144 from Phoenix. To give you an idea of our landing, we were at about 2,000 ft AGL at the time of this shot. The visibilty at touchdown was less than a mile.

Camera

Canon Powershot S5 IS Show Exif data
N657SW - Boeing 737-3L9 - Private

MF Mei N657SW
2,537 29 2 Boeing 737-3L9
N657SW - Boeing 737-3L9 - Private

Jonathan He N657SW
458 2 0 Boeing 737-3L9
N657SW - Boeing 737-3L9 - Private

AGUIJUN-Lei N657SW
883 4 0 Boeing 737-3L9
N76522 - Boeing 737-824 - United Airlines

Hard to photograph Yosemite when flying directly over it but look at the lower right corner and you can see Half Dome

Hongming Zheng N76522
179 1 0 Boeing 737-824
N323DU - Airbus A220-371 - Delta Air Lines

Extremely clear day over SoCal, line of sight well over 200 miles

Hongming Zheng N323DU
133 3 0 Airbus A220-371
N550WN - Boeing 737-76Q - Southwest Airlines

Descending over Lake Mead into Vegas before continuing on to Los Angeles

Devan Mayer N550WN
100 0 0 Boeing 737-76Q
N372NW - Airbus A320-212 - Delta Air Lines

Still with a Northwest registration, but repainted into the new Delta livery, bird 372 departs runway 08 on a warm, sunny afternoon

Anthony Tiranu N372NW
2,723 0 3 Airbus A320-212
D-AVRO - British Aerospace Avro RJ85 - Lufthansa Regional (CityLine)

Picture perfect take-off from MUC rwy 26L

Anthony Tiranu D-AVRO
2,714 1 0 British Aerospace Avro RJ85
N167US - Airbus A321-211 - US Airways

Pushback during a dust storm at Sky Harbor

Anthony Tiranu N167US
2,572 0 0 Airbus A321-211
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