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ID 31981 Views: 742 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	LTU - Lufttransport Unternehman GmbH Airbus A330-223	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	D-ALPC (cn 444) Rolling out runway 12 in the old colors of LTU.

ID 31980 Views: 725 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Northwest Airlines Airbus A320-211	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N328NW (cn 298) Still wearing the KLM sticker and with a mis-matched radome to boot, this Northwest A320 is about to land on runway 09 in Miami.

ID 31975 Views: 851 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Arrow Air Cargo McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10(F)	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N68041 (cn 46900) Landing runway 09 in 2005 with a company DC-8-60 visible in the distance, this was a former Continental and Emery Air Freight bird, and has since been retired. On May 2, 1972 while on a training flight out of Tucson, this aircraft suffered a massive number 2 engine failure causing separation of the aft portion of the engine from the airframe. Further information on this incident can be found here: http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR72-29.pdf

ID 31974 Views: 670 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	American Airlines Boeing 777-223 ER	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N775AN (cn 29584) In the flare for runway 09.

ID 31973 Views: 850 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	American Airlines Airbus A300B4-605R	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N8067A (cn 510) This American Airlines A300 is on short final for runway 09 at Miami, while yet another company A300 lines up for runway 12 in the distance. Once synonymous with MIA, American's A300's were retired for good in 2009.

ID 31972 Views: 743 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Alitalia Boeing 777-243 ER	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	I-DISB (cn 32859) "Porto Rotondo" on short final for runway 09 at Miami in 2005.

ID 31968 Views: 597 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	TACA Airbus A320-233	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N465TA (cn 1374) On May 30 2008, this TACA A320 overran runway 02 at Tegucigalpa, Honduras while operating as TACA 340, a regularly scheduled flight from San Salvador, El Salvador (SAL/MSLP), to Miami, with a stop at Tegucigalpa (TGU/MHTG) in between. Landing in a light rain, the aircraft went down a 65' embankment after exiting the runway with the unfortunate loss of five lives. One crew member perished, as well as two passengers and three people on the ground. The aircraft was written-off.

ID 31967 Views: 444 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Jamaica Airbus A320-214	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	6Y-JMK (cn 2048) "Spirit of Mandeville" landing runway 9 at Miami. Since this photo in 2005, this plane has gone on to fly with Turkuaz Airlines of Ankara, Turkey (as TC-TCH), and now flies as XA-FOG for Interjet, of Mexico.

ID 31931 Views: 540 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	AmeriJet International Boeing 727-233 Adv (F)	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N495AJ (cn 20937) Taking runway 9 in Miami in 2005, this 727 is happily still flying as of December 2011.

ID 31930 Views: 496 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Continental Connection (Gulfstream International Airlines) Beechcraft Beech 1900D	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N81536 (cn UE-152) Certainly one of the least photographed Gulfstream Beeches on our site, this one has yet to be captured in Cleveland. Pictured here landing runway 9 at Miami in 2005.

ID 31929 Views: 445 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Arrow Air Cargo McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 F	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N524MD (cn 46999) Ready to take runway 9 at Miami in 2005, this DC-10 has also met the scrapper's torch since.

ID 31928 Views: 479 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Arrow Air Cargo McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 F	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N526MD (cn 46998) Unmarked at the time, this DC-10 would eventually be painted into Arrow's last livery, and along with Arrow itself, it too has since passed into history and was parted out at Opa-Locka.

ID 31927 Views: 486 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Centurion Air Cargo McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 F	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N279AX (cn 47816) Preparing for departure at Miami in 2005, this 1980 build DC-10 was named "Wings of Miami", and has since been retired and last reported stored engineless at Orlando/Sanford.

ID 31926 Views: 490 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	FedEx Express Boeing 727-233 Adv (F)	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N222FE (cn 20933) Roaring off runway 12 on a Miami morning, this 727 was last reported stored at Victorville.

ID 31925 Views: 490 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	DHL Aero Expreso Boeing 727-264 Adv (F)	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	HP-1310DAE (cn 20894) With eight 727's, a 737, and a DC-8 already parked at Cargo City, this Aero Expreso example taxies around the blast fence to join them in this view from across the Dolphin Expressway.

ID 25305 Views: 512 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Gemini Air Cargo McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 F	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N606GC (cn 47929) Exiting runway 9 on a Miami morning, with the rush hour traffic creeping along the Dolphin Expressway in the foreground. There's almost more cargo capacity in this one photograph than Hopkins sees in a full week.

ID 15806 Views: 465 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	TACA Airbus A320-233	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N465TA (cn 1374) Inbound for runway 09 in Miami, this TACA A320 would crash some three years later (as EI-TAF) while landing in Tegucigalpa, Honduras when it overran the runway with the unfortunate loss of three souls on the plane and two on the ground.

ID 15805 Views: 450 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Jamaica Airbus A320-214	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	6Y-JMK (cn 2048) Still wearing the classic Air Jamaica livery in this shot from 2005, this A320 is nearing touchdown on runway 09 in Miami inbound from Montego Bay.

ID 15803 Views: 370 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	American Airlines Boeing 757-223	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N624AA (cn 24582) (Best at 1152 size.) This 757 diverted to Miami due to some mechanical issues and after rolling out nearly the entire length of runway 9, it was met by the MIA ARFF team to make sure all appeared well.

ID 15802 Views: 568 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	FedEx Express Boeing 727-233 Adv (F)	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 23, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N222FE (cn 20933) Can't you just hear it? Rising off runway 12 on a nice Miami morning in 2005, I caught a photo of this same aircraft thirteen years earlier while it was still in the old FedEx purple scheme.