Hello there!
A few months back, Alaska Air Group had announced by the end of Q1 2023 its DASH8 Q400 fleet will be retired, making Alaska Horizon an all jet fleet of E175s. Many sources I’ve seen are pointing to January 2023 as the final month of in service operations for the Q400s.
So after countless years of them humming overhead around the Pacific Northwest and a slightly outside of it, I thought we should give them a send off of sorts. That’ll be in the form of a massive Q400 flyout from Seattle.
Further Event Details
Time: 2000z
Where: KPDX
To: KSEA
Server: Expert
Aircraft: Dash8 Q400
Livery: Horizon (it’s not listed as Alaska, or Alaska Horizon, just listed simply as Horizon)
The Route
The last revenue flight will be from Spokane to Seattle and the final flight with staff will be the following day. So we’ll be doing an IF Q400 flight from Portland (KPDX) up to Seattle (KSEA), as both airports are large and close together as well as being big in Alaska Horizon’s Q400 network.
The FPL will be made the day of, since whenever this is posted will likely be too far out to have an accurate FPL.
Gates
Why gates for an event like this? It’s just so there’s no conflict over who gets what spot and no one’s having issues spawning in on each other.
A1 : @AIDAN101
A2 : @United403
A3 : @Butter575
A4 : @EUG_Aviation
A6 : @Flyin.Hawaiian
A9 : @Generic_Flyer
A10 : @Apple_Haye
A11 : @Bay_Area_Aviation
A12 : @AirCanada11
A13 : @CaptainE
A14 : @EnthusiasticAviation
B3 : @j_asonalk
B2 : @AviationPhu
B1 : @Michael_Czyz
C1 : @Topgottem
C3 : @JMacMcd
C5 : @Avgeek1
C7 : @Qatari777YT
C9 : @john_frank
C11 : @Skismd
C13 : @IFA_YT
C15 : @Monkey_Pilots
C17 : @iiMaximo11
C19 : @UALPilot
C21 : @AviatorChina
C23 : VACANT
C22 : VACANT
C20 : VACANT
C18 : VACANT
C16 : VACANT
C14 : VACANT
C12 : VACANT
C10 : VACANT
C08 : VACANT
C06 : VACANT
C04 : VACANT
C02 : VACANT
yes those are in order
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Ground: @AVMEX
Tower: @AVMEX
Approach: None
Departure: None
Center: None
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Important
-pictures/screenshots were taken by me, that’s why there isn’t any credit underneath the photos, because i gave myself permission to use my own photos.
-I am not responsible for violations achieved during the event.
-If ATC can’t be acquired, then use Unicom respectfully and wisely.
-pretty important, and once again, the livery is listed as “Horizon” I’ve seen people have trouble finding it since they’re looking for “Alaska”
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~If there’s any mis-formatting, do let me know and i can try and fix it~