Spotting @ KAUS and KHOU 2021-2022

Real World Aviation Spotting
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Hey IFC!

These are my favorite photos I took at Austin Bergstrom Intl (KAUS) and Houston William P. Hobby (KHOU)

N96AH taking off runway 18L at KAUS

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Aircraft: Pilatus PC-12 NGX
Location: Austin Bergstrom Intl
Airline: N/A
Age: 1 Year
Livery: N/A
Camera: Sony A7III
Lens: 200-600mm
Tail #: N96AH
Route: AUS - N/A
Date: Feb 20, 2022

British Airways B789 Dreamliner on final approach for runway 36L at Austin from London Heathrow

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Aircraft: Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Location: Richard Moya Park
Airline: British Airways
Age: 5 Years
Livery: Chatham Dockyard
Camera: Sony A7III
Lens: 200-600mm
Tail #: G-ZBKG
Route: LHR - AUS
Date: Jan 9, 2022

Southwest B737-800 zooming past runway 13R at KHOU

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Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
Location: 1940 air terminal museum (GOLF)
Airline: Southwest Airlines
Age: 3 Years
Livery: Heart
Camera: Sony A9
Lens: 200-600mm
Tail #: N8566Z
Route: DAL - HOU

United Airlines A319 at gate 29 ready for a flight to Chicago.

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Aircraft: Airbus A319
Location: Blue Garage
Airline: United Airlines
Age: 20 Years
Livery: United Blue
Camera: Sony A9
Lens: 200-600mm
Tail #: N847UA
Route: AUS - ORD
Date: Oct 31, 2021

Southwest New Mexico One slowing down on 18R at AUS

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Aircraft: Boeing 737-7H4
Location: Austin Bergstrom Intl
Airline: Southwest Airlines
Age: 21 Years
Livery: New Mexico One
Camera: Sony A7III
Lens: 200-600mm
Tail #: N781WN
Route: LGB - AUS
Date: Jan 3, 2022

Zero G lining up on runway 18L at KAUS and heading off to Long Beach!

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Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
Location: Austin Bergstrom Intl
Airline: Zero G
Age: 45 Year
Livery: G-FORCE ONE
Camera: Sony A7III
Lens: 200-600mm
Tail #: N794AJ
Route: AUS - LGB
Date: Mar 26, 2022

Hope you liked them all! It’s been an amazing journey catching all these aircraft and let’s see what the future leads me too!

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#2

Smexy Photos!

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#3

Amazing photos

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#4

Thank you!

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#5

Means a lot!!

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#6

Holy smokes these are amazing!

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#7

Appreciate it!

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#8

Never heard of this acargo airline before… livery is absolutely beautiful though. Great pictures… keep 'em coming!

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#9

Thank you! Yeah it’s a pretty rare airline to catch here in Austin. Glad a saw it!

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#10

Awesome photos!

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#11

Very much appreciated!

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Incredible shots!

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#13

Thank you!

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I see it all the time because it comes to Lobg Beach a lot

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I dont think its a crago airline, im pretty sure its actually one of those Zero G expirences you see when people float on the plane

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#16

Cool shots though

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#17

Appreciate it!

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#18

these are hot

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#19

You are right. I looked it up immediately. I was so surprised this existed! It’s like a bunch of weightless parabolic flights for the price of maybe a first class ticket. You go up one time but you do over a dozen because obviously you can only fall so far before aircraft speed builds up too much.

I had heard the cast of the film apollo 13 talk about the weightless scenes being filmed in this way. It was a first. But didn’t know anyone could do this.

Why go to orbit - identical to weightlessness on the ISS etc.

Great photos!

edit: whaaat?: this company was founded 2 years before Apollo 13 was released (though they used NASA planes)

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Love to see that you like them!

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