December 12th 2012

This is the part 3 of my december 5th spotting trip, please enjoy the commentary below the photos.

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A southwest 737-700 (N957WN) taxing to runway 28L for departure. 

 A Horizon Q-400 (N400QX) wareing theidaho vandals livery, Alaska and Horizon are strong supporters of the northwest's colleges, to see all of Alaska/Horizon's repants click here N400QX is seen exiting rwy 28L. arriving from Seattle,WA

 A southwest 737-700 climbing thru  400ft or so on its way to its destination. 

 here's ole N400QX again, this time parking at its gate.  

 An Alaska 737-900 (N317AS) being pushed back and starting its engines for a short haul flight to Las Vegas, NV notice the smoke from the start of engine 2.

ATC Tower at PDX, now that'd be a great spot to spot

that AS 737-900 from before doing its final before taxi checklist before taxing to rwy 28L with a SWA 737-300 in the background, but we'll get to him later. 

 now for that SWA 737-300 (N360SW), seen taxing to rwy 28L, its destination was Phoenix  AZ . fun fact, this aircraft is over 20 years old, ist first flight was on March 6th 1992. sadly SWA's 737-300 aircraft will soon be retired:( They'll be replaced by the 737-700 and 800. SWA's the largest operator of 737-300 in the world.

 that 739 taxing to the active rwy.