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A330 on 36C

New Tower Under Construction

De-Icing

A330 taxiing

Conga line across 36C

A330 Departing

Concourse A Expansion

Delta 717 Departing

A321 taxiing

FEDEX DC10 Departing 36C

Andrew Vane
DVA2887
Senior Captain, B727-200
OLP, VFROLP, PPL, 737-ATP
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"No step"
Charlotte, NC

812 legs, 1,236.7 hours
501 legs, 677.6 hours online
795 legs, 1,215.9 hours ACARS
24 legs, 36.7 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5 hours

Posted onPost created on December 19 2017 11:05 ET by Andrew Vane

Picked up my son on Saturday and had some time to do some planespotting from the Hourly Deck. Lots of heavies for an early Saturday. Mostly the European flights arrive after lunch and depart in the evenings.

The early AM sky was a bit hazy for a cold morning so not the best backdrop for aircraft photos. Took these with a 200mm zoom lens on my Samsung NX1100. Unedited.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

Christian Samuels
DVA12568
Assistant Chief Pilot, CRJ-200

Joined on March 20 2015
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Atlanta, GA

589 legs, 1,579.4 hours
527 legs, 1,468.8 hours online
554 legs, 1,518.2 hours ACARS
19 legs, 89.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 19 2017 13:32 ET by Christian Samuels

Great photos!

Christian Samuels (DVA12568)

David Keech
DVA613
Senior Captain, B727-200
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"Beware of the Green Baron!"
Charlotte, NC USA

1,791 legs, 3,103.7 hours
1,652 legs, 2,763.0 hours online
1,440 legs, 2,288.7 hours ACARS
126 legs, 230.8 hours event
163 legs dispatched, 99.4 hours

Posted onPost created on December 20 2017 09:36 ET by David Keech

That new tower is massive. Drew, are they planning on demoing the existing tower?

David Keech (DVA613)

Posted onPost created on December 20 2017 10:13 ET by Andrew Vane

Yes. That old tower is gone. The new tower will be the 2nd tallest in the US from what I understand.

In place of the old tower, I believe the airport plans to build another terminal for drop-offs combined with a hotel and conference center. Eventually, after the light rail is extended down Wilkinson Blvd. there will be a train that goes over the parking lots and then dives down under the terminals to beneath the main terminal and then extended out to the future island terminal when they get rid of 5/23. Its insane. It must be $6 Billion they plan to spend in the next 25 years, if not more.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

Logan Lynch
DVA6377
First Officer, B747-400

Joined on September 11 2008
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Killdeer, ND

580 legs, 1,515.2 hours
270 legs, 494.8 hours online
560 legs, 1,479.6 hours ACARS
11 legs, 18.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 23 2017 12:16 ET by Logan Lynch

Love Charlotte!

Logan Lynch

First Officer, B747-400

Ronald Pearson
DVA8917
Captain, MD-11
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Greenville, SC

940 legs, 1,761.3 hours
14 legs, 23.5 hours online
934 legs, 1,750.4 hours ACARS
6 legs, 12.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 23 2017 18:37 ET by Ronald Pearson

Great shots. I have family that lives near Stanley, northwest of CLT. When I visit, depending on the winds, I can watch a lot of traffic over the house. Thanks Andrew.

Ronald Pearson (DVA8917)

Joe Flanagan
DVA13370
Captain, A320

Joined on November 25 2017

Fort Mill, SC

25 legs, 38.1 hours
7 legs, 9.0 hours online
23 legs, 32.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 24 2017 08:10 ET by Joe Flanagan

I used to live in Stanley too. Now I'm in Fort Mill, still close to the airport. Before 9/11 you could park at the end of the runway and watch them fly overhead. Now you have to go to a different area, but it's still fun.
Do they have a Cityscape scenery pack for Charlotte in X-Plane 11? The airport is great, but flying over the city with generic buildings kinda ruins it for me.

Joe Flanagan

Captain, A320

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