Airplane Art Special from the Hyatt Regency O’Hare
Surprise, Surprise!
It’s time for a parade of aircraft. Some pretty pictures to keep you all amused for a while.
In this surprise-laden adventure
- We all know the drill by now… don’t we?
- The early morning road to nowhere (and Heathrow Terminal 3 first thing in the morning, with an equipment change shock)
- Morning Lounging at the Cathay Pacific and American Airlines Lounges
- AA87 London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare – Main Cabin Extra
- Into the USA and The Crowne Plaza O’Hare
- Hyatt Regency O’Hare
- Airplane Art Special from the Hyatt Regency O’Hare
- Various nibbles around Chicago
- An Instagram Trap? Coffee at Brü
- Chicago Classics: Giordano’s Deep Dish Pizza
- Enjoying a Chicago River tour… in the rain
- Back to O’Hare and the British Airways lounge
- BA296 Chicago O’Hare to London Heathrow – Club World (Club Suites)
- Racing across Heathrow… but where’s the coach?
- To onward surprises
It’s a Sunday again (at the time of publication), so it must be time for some more Airplane Art.
If you’re a regular reader of Economy Class and Beyond, you’ll know that we have a weekly feature called “Airplane Art” where I debut some of my photography of aircraft.
I tend to rotate photos in this section a lot through the blog, but it’s time for a “Special” from one of my favourite spotting locations – at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare.
Why here?
It’s right on the Approach/Departure paths for Chicago O’Hare. This screenshot should say it all:
This, of course, is dependent on the room, which will depend on your view. For all of this trip, I seemed to have take-off views, rather than landing views.
Let the winds guide you, as well as the room.
As usual, I’m using my default shooting equipment – a Canon EOS R, with an RF to EF adaptor – with a classic EF 100-400mm f5.6-f6.3 L Series Zoom lens. The kit is a little older, with the lens having seen better days (and I’m still eyeing the new RF lenses from afar).
On this occasion, I was facing the Expressway and Rosemont station – which for aircraft departing O’Hare gives a great angle. Let’s have a look at what I caught.
United Airlines Boeing 787
China Airlines Boeing 747-400F
United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800
The accent angle meant that i was getting the belly of the beast, more often than not.
China Airlines Boeing 777F
United Airlines Boeing 777-200
Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900ER
Delta Air Lines Embrart E-170
Conditions vary – one morning, there was snow.
United Airlines Boeing 777-200, climbing as the snow falls
Americaan Airlinex Boeinb 737-800
Delta Air Lines Airbus A220
LATAM Boeing 767-300BCF
Aer Lingus Airbus A330-300
Americana Airlines A321
United Airlines Boeing 787-9
United Airlines Boeing 757-300
Spirit Airbus A320
Overall
For lazy airplane-watching, this is perfect. You’ve got the range of good take-off and landing paths, as well as the comfort to go inside and get warm quickly, grab a drink or relax, whilst you can let your electronics charge between sessions (or when the winds demand another runway to be used)
It’s important to work out the main departure and arrivals banks – as there is some noise ablation in the area. For that, invest in a FlightRadar24 subscription – it can be the best money spent.
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Random Food snippets that don’t deserve their own segments.
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