As you can probably tell from the freeway flyover ramps in the background (curiously devoid of traffic, as a couple of you pointed out), this is a view of the southeast corner of the airport, specifically the Imperial Cargo Complex, which we shorten to ICC (it's the government; we have to have an acronym or abbreviation). Although several of you noted it right off, a bit of inside knowledge might be required to realize that a FedEx tail isn't typically seen there. After all, FedEx has their own ramp just down the taxiway. The really sharp-eyed among you may even notice that it's not a normal FedEx tail.
The ICC ramp is one of the many areas of the airport that we can't see from the tower. We do, however, have a remote-control camera with a display in the tower cab. Here's a shot of the screen:
Lo and behold, it's a FedEx B777: I was told that this is the first one to appear at LAX. FedEx has two dozen B777s, with more on the way. I've heard that this one may operate between LAX and Honolulu.
Something seems a little off with the date and time. Can't quite put my finger on it, though.
ReplyDeleteI've read that the trijets are on the way to retirement as are so many of the older 747s. I can't argue with efficiency and cost but having mostly two engine aircraft come in and out of LAX will take some of the fun out of plane watching.
Agreed: More and more of the airplanes we see are twinjets. Admittedly some of them are very big twinjets, but they just look like great big copies of the little twinjets. The B747-8 and A380 may well be the last four-engine airliners.
DeleteIt looks like the cam needs the time stamp on it updated!
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Yes, just a wee bit.
DeleteAny chance of a blog post about all the cameras you guys use now up there in the future? :-)
ReplyDeleteDon't know that it's worthy of an entire post: My primary camera is currently a Lumix FZ150; the spare is a Lumix FZ18. :-P
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