Spotting Spot
For the photographer and enthusiast, Las Vegas has it all – especially during its high-profile events and busy convention season, as Barry Ambrose discovers.
Delta Air Lines Boeing 757, N519US (c/n 23207) departing from Runway 7L is photographed from the official viewing area on East Sunset Blvd through one of the specially provided holes in the fencing. All images author.
One of two daily Virgin Atlantic flights that arrive during the late afternoon. Here G-VROY burns a little rubber as the main undercarriage meets the McCarran runway.
Ultra lowcost carrier Swoop operates daily services to Las Vegas/ McCarran. One of the airline’s Boeing 737-800s, C-GXRW (c/n 39082), lifts off into the blue Nevada skies en route back to Canada.
The huge Consumer Electronics Show in early January, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) races and the biennial National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) Convention are among the major events that draw business and chartered aircraft into the airports of Las Vegas – adding to the high-rollers who fly in on a Friday afternoon to gamble the weekend away before departing on Sunday.
