A few at MIA [4/7] - DSC_8039.jpg (1/1)

Charles Lindbergh wrote in
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On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 18:58:26 -0600, (Indrek)
wrote:

Looks like something that would fly in and out of Groom Lake........


we see a lot of that, each christmas season here at SDF , UPS leases
extra aircraft to handle the overflow loads at Worldport. all of them
are white plain-jane except for the required N-numbers..

that being said..
Heres a shot I took of the first 747-800 that made a stop here on its
cross-country checkout flight, I had my airport CFR radio on that day,
and the fire crews were talking about it coming in for a test landing on
the newly extended west runway. grabbed my camera , radio and
hightailed to the airport. they made their landing, taxied to the UPS
ramp turnoff then turned around. sat for a minute and then took off.

Got a video of the takeoff. made for an interesting break in the day.