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| ID 29961 Views: 503 Photo Comments: 0 |
Airline / Aircraft Type | Location and Date | Photographer |
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Champion Air Boeing 727-225/Adv |
Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, October 24, 2007 |
Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact |
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| N679MG (cn 22557) Champion Air were regular visitors, especially when they had the NBA contract to fly the teams around, but when that contract went to Northwest Airlines, Champion lost their major source of income and soon folded, once and for all sealing the fate of any kind of regular service by passenger 727's at Hopkins. Pictured here rising off of runway 6C during the last period of usage before being converted to a taxiway. | |||
| ID 8750 Views: 539 Photo Comments: 0 |
Airline / Aircraft Type | Location and Date | Photographer |
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Champion Air Boeing 727-225/Adv |
Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, May 22, 2008 |
Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact |
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| N379MG (cn 22557) Departing as Champion flight 8700 to Minneapolis, this may be one of the last passenger configured 727's to depart Cleveland, as the airline's contract with the NBA has expired, and they will no longer carry the Cavaliers nor any other NBA basketball team. | |||
| ID 8642 Views: 481 Photo Comments: 0 |
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Champion Air Boeing 727-225/Adv |
Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, May 17, 2008 |
DJR107 Contact |
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| N679MG (cn 22557) Beginning to roll down runway 24L, taking the Cleveland Cavaliers to Boston for game #7 of their playoff series with the Celtics. This photo shows the opposite side of the same departure pic posted by Chuck on 5-17-08. His shows the sunshine on the north of the airport over the lakeshore, mine shows the dark rain clouds inland to the south. | |||
| ID 8639 Views: 475 Photo Comments: 0 |
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Champion Air Boeing 727-225/Adv |
Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, May 17, 2008 |
Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact |
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| N679MG (cn 22557) Rolling down runway 24 left, this Champion Air 727 is taking the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team to Boston to play the Celtics in game 7 of the NBA playoffs. This may very well be one of the last flights for this aircraft under the Champion Air banner as the airline lost its NBA contract, and will suspend operations at the conclusion of this years playoffs. | |||
| ID 8489 Views: 519 Photo Comments: 0 |
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Champion Air Boeing 727-225/Adv |
Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, May 1, 2008 |
DJR107 Contact |
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| N679MG (cn 22557) The Cleveland Cavaliers leaving for Washington DC to continue their playoff series with the Wizards. After last nights effort, they should be riding down there in a school bus. | |||
| ID 8464 Views: 558 Photo Comments: 0 |
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Champion Air Boeing 727-225/Adv |
Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, April 27, 2008 |
DJR107 Contact |
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| N679MG (cn 22557) Flight 2066 from Washington DC/Dulles landing runway 06L. Bringing the Cleveland Cavaliers home to continue their playoff series after a game 4 victory over the Washington Wizards. | |||
| ID 8376 Views: 461 Photo Comments: 0 |
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Champion Air Boeing 727-225/Adv |
Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, April 17, 2008 |
chrisjake Contact |
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| N679MG (cn 22557) Sitting idle on the ramp | |||
| ID 8371 Views: 504 Photo Comments: 0 |
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Champion Air Boeing 727-225/Adv |
Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, April 17, 2008 |
chrisjake Contact |
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| N679MG (cn 22557) | |||
| ID 7979 Views: 480 Photo Comments: 0 |
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Champion Air Boeing 727-225/Adv |
Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, November 11, 2005 |
Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact |
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| N679MG (cn 22557) A busy scene on the Air Services ramp as this Champion 727 shares the apron with two A-10 Thunderbolt II's, an F-18, and the ex-Midwest DC-9 that was stored for years in that corner before heading off to Africa. November 11, 2005 | |||
| ID 7153 Views: 428 Photo Comments: 0 |
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Champion Air Boeing 727-225/Adv |
Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, January 5, 2008 |
DJR107 Contact |
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| N679MG (cn 22557) Final approach for runway 24R on 1-5-2008. Arrival from Memphis TN to pickup the Cleveland Cavaliers for their game in Toronto ON. A youngster for a 727, built in 1982 just a few years before Boeing stopped production of this highly successfull airliner. | |||
| ID 6934 Views: 448 Photo Comments: 0 |
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Champion Air Boeing 727-225/Adv |
Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, December 15, 2007 |
Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact |
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| N679MG (cn 22557) Parked on the Air Services ramp, this Champion 727 may soon be a thing of the past as Champion's contract with the NBA is about to expire at the end of this season. The reason stated is that they want more modern equipment to fly the basketball teams to their games. December 15, 2007 | |||
| ID 6112 Views: 436 Photo Comments: 0 |
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Champion Air Boeing 727-225/Adv |
Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, October 24, 2007 |
Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact |
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| N679MG (cn 22557) Lifting off of 06C under an overcast October sky on its way to Toronto, YYZ. October 24, 2007 | |||
| ID 6032 Views: 406 Photo Comments: 0 |
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Champion Air Boeing 727-225/Adv |
Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, October 24, 2007 |
Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact |
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| N679MG (cn 22557) Departing as CCP 2065 to Toronto, Champion Air 727's are a welcome sight in Cleveland. October 24, 2007 | |||
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